The Georgia Coalition for Safe Communities is a group of advocates from groups across Georgia. They work to cut gun violence by pushing for safer policies and more research. They also ask residents to contact lawmakers about bills, such as one on safe gun storage around kids.
Girassol Wellness is a nonprofit that offers low-cost mental and behavioral health care. It offers talk therapy, wellness coaching, and a monthly healing space for people who work to stop violence in Atlanta. It also offers therapy for children who survived gun violence.
100 Black Men of Atlanta is a group of professional men who mentor young people in Atlanta, especially African-American youth. Their main program, Project Success, gives students mentors, help getting ready for college, and tuition money after high school. They also run a robotics program and a campaign to cut gun violence.
IVYY is a hospital-based program at Grady Memorial Hospital for young people and young adults, ages 14 to 34, who were hurt by gun violence. Trained staff with lived experience meet patients at the bedside, then connect them and their families to follow-up care, counseling, case management, and help with housing, food, legal, school, and job needs. The program is free to enroll in for eligible patients treated at Grady.
IPRCE is a research center at Emory University. It works to cut injuries, violence, and overdoses in Georgia and the Southeast. It runs research, trainings, webinars, task forces, and student programs, and it shares data tools and grants with partners.
E. Hustlers is the violence prevention program of Cure Violence Atlanta, Inc. Outreach teams step in to calm conflicts and support people hurt by violence and their families, including at partner hospitals. Life coaches work with young people ages 13 to 24 and their families, and the services are free.
The Mayor’s Office of Violence Reduction is an Atlanta city office that works with community groups to prevent gun violence and make neighborhoods safer. It coordinates youth violence prevention, support for people returning from incarceration, domestic violence awareness, and human trafficking prevention.
youthSpark is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps teens who have faced abuse or exploitation, or who are at high risk. Its Youth Services Center offers counseling, case management, weekly support groups, a clothing and supplies closet, and help in court and at school. Young people ages 12 to 18 in Fulton County are referred mostly by partner agencies, and a parent can sometimes ask for help too.
Exploring Your Purpose helps people get ready for work, find jobs, and keep them. This includes people with mental or physical disabilities, young adults, seniors, and veterans. They also offer therapy, case management, housing referrals, and a food pantry and clothing closet.
Jared's Heart of Success is a nonprofit that works to stop gun violence. It helps young people, especially those hurt by trauma, with mentoring, conflict resolution, grief and wellness support, learning programs, and money workshops. It serves Georgia and South Carolina.
This is the office that prosecutes felony crimes in DeKalb County. Its Victim Services staff guide and support people hurt by crime, give crisis counseling, send court notices, and make referrals. The office also runs diversion programs that let some people avoid a regular prosecution.
E. Atlanta has served the Old Fourth Ward since 1995. It runs after-school and summer learning for kids, mentoring, job training for young adults, and activities and wellness programs for older adults. It also brings help to families in the buildings where they live.
Wholistic Stress Control Institute is an Atlanta nonprofit that teaches ways to handle stress and live healthier. It runs classes and programs for kids, teens, young adults, seniors and families. Topics include stress, violence, drug use, HIV and teen pregnancy. It also offers a monthly online anger management class and free resource guides for five metro counties.
The Rocket Foundation was started by the rapper Quavo to honor his nephew Takeoff. It works to end gun violence, starting in Atlanta. It gives grants to groups that prevent violence and backs a summer program for teens.
Summer Safe Atlanta is a not-for-profit group that works with school-age kids in Atlanta neighborhoods that have fewer activities. It runs a summer camp and programs all year, with mentors, career talks, field trips and events. Its goal is to give kids safe things to do and other ways to solve problems besides violence.
This is a group inside Emory's Injury Prevention Research Center. It works with the City of Atlanta's Office of Violence Reduction on community violence prevention. It also helps build a hospital-based violence prevention program at Emory Hillandale and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. People who want to take part can fill out an interest form.
This is the Cobb County Juvenile Court in Marietta. It hears cases about children under 18 who may be abused or neglected, and about young people accused of unruly behavior or breaking the law. It also runs programs for families and youth, such as drug and alcohol treatment courts, family therapy, and volunteer child advocates.
POD Society is a nonprofit that works to help people coming home from jail or prison succeed. It offers mentoring, thinking-skills programs, help finding work and housing, and mental health and substance use support for people still inside. It also holds community events on second chances and gun violence.
MOVR is the City of Atlanta's office for cutting down violence, especially gun violence. It works with neighborhoods, schools and families on prevention, stepping in early, and building trust. It also keeps a list of local groups that help families hurt by violence.
The Urban Advocate is a group of neighbors and professionals working to reduce gun violence in Atlanta's historically Black neighborhoods. They offer care after violence happens, restorative justice, and ATLlink, which connects students facing school discipline and their families to support.
