ARCHI is a group of more than 100 hospitals, nonprofits, and other partners working to make health fairer in metro Atlanta. It runs a single online application for rent, mortgage, and utility help, and a referral network where community health workers connect people to food, housing, and care. It also leads projects on high blood pressure and holds public trainings and events.
SisterLove is an Atlanta nonprofit that works on HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health, with a focus on Black women and other communities that get left out. It offers HIV and STI testing, peer support, and education, and it works on health laws and policy. People can get tested at its MotherHouse in the West End or on its Healthy Love Bus.
Emory University School of Medicine is the medical school of Emory University in Atlanta. It trains doctors and other health workers, and its faculty care for patients at partner hospitals across the city. Its students and faculty also run outreach and clinics for people who have a hard time getting health care.
YWCA Greater Atlanta is a nonprofit that works for women, girls, and families. It runs a child care school, a free digital skills course for women, a breast health program with free mammograms, and a leadership program on state policy. You can also volunteer or give.
Black Women's Health Imperative is a national nonprofit started by Black women to protect and improve the health of Black women and girls. It runs health programs, trains young leaders, and pushes for fair health policies. Its contact page lists an Atlanta address.
Refugee Women's Network is a nonprofit that helps refugee and immigrant women and their families in Georgia. It offers help settling in, job and business training, health support, leadership classes, and outdoor groups for women.
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute studies Georgia's state budget, taxes and public policy. It writes reports and analysis on topics like health care, education, jobs and the justice system. You can read its work online, and you can ask one of its experts to speak at your event or meeting.
Equitable Dinners, also called Out of Hand Dinners, brings neighbors and strangers together for a meal and a short play. After the play, small groups talk about community issues with a trained facilitator. The series is free.
The Health Law Partnership (HeLP) is a team of lawyers and health care workers. They give free legal help to families of children who get care at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Lawyers help with problems like health insurance, public benefits, housing, school services, and guardianship. HeLP also trains health care workers and students.
I Will Survive, Inc. is a nonprofit led by veterans. It helps military-connected families who are at higher risk for breast cancer or are living with it. Help includes money support such as paying housing costs, wellness workshops, and mentoring with a peer who has been through it.
Community Church is a church in Southwest Atlanta. Its food pantry, called Community Marketplace, gives out free groceries on Wednesdays from 10 AM to 1 PM at the Vicars Community Center. The church also has Sunday worship, programs for kids and teens, and ways to volunteer.
The Thomas W. Dortch, Jr. Foundation was started in 2005 in Atlanta. It works to build strong leaders in underserved communities. It offers mentoring, health and wellness, money skills, and business and entrepreneurship programs for students in Georgia.
My Style Matters is a nonprofit in Atlanta that helps people living with cancer, with a focus on breast cancer. It offers a peer support group, a 3-month wellness program for Black women, and limited money help for people in active treatment. It also offers plant-based nutrition classes and health events.
Feminist Center is a nonprofit clinic in Atlanta that has given reproductive health care since 1976. It offers abortion care, birth control, STI and HIV testing, gynecology exams, miscarriage care, and hormone therapy. It also does community programs and works on state laws.
This is the Atlanta chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women. It is a volunteer-run nonprofit that speaks up for Black women and girls on health, education, money and civic issues. Its main youth program, Teens on the Move, mentors girls ages 13 to 18 and gives college scholarships.
Amani Women Center is a nonprofit in Clarkston that helps refugee and immigrant women and survivors of violence. Staff and community ambassadors help people apply for benefits like SNAP and Medicaid, get interpreters and translation, and get immigration help. It also runs a 12-month sewing academy that builds job skills.
This nonprofit helps young Black men ages 18 to 28 build better lives. It offers free workshops, job readiness classes, mentoring, and referrals to other agencies. It also works with employers who hire program participants.
Out of Hand Theater is an Atlanta nonprofit that uses short plays, information and group talk to work on social issues. It brings plays to homes and community spaces, runs free dinners with a play and a guided talk, and gives free theater classes in Atlanta-area schools.
Georgia STAND-UP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group in Atlanta. It was founded in 2004 and is led by Black women. It helps people take part in civic life through voter education, organizing, and leadership training. It also speaks up for workers, public transit, affordable housing, and Medicaid expansion.
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.
