POWER Atlanta is a nonprofit in Atlanta's West End. It runs a free food, hygiene and clothing pantry, a clinic with HIV and STI testing, and a center that helps people with health insurance, public benefits and housing referrals. It also offers money and job training, youth programs, and support for people hurt by violence.
The Georgia Department of Community Health is a state agency. It runs health coverage programs like Medicaid, PeachCare for Kids, and the State Health Benefit Plan. It also oversees licensed health care facilities, with a website to look them up and a way to file complaints.
Zion Hill CDC is an East Point nonprofit that works to end homelessness and poverty, with a focus on South Fulton. It helps South Fulton residents with rent, mortgage and utility bills, and offers motel stays and rapid rehousing to people who are homeless. It also helps people who qualify get free Kaiser health insurance, and has a 2-1-1 center where you can search for other services.
Georgia DFCS is the state agency for family and children's services. On its website and in Georgia Gateway you can start applications for food stamps (SNAP), Medicaid, cash help (TANF), and energy help. It also takes reports of child abuse and works with foster and adoptive families.
Empowerline is run by the Atlanta Regional Commission. It helps older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers in metro Atlanta. You can call and talk to a certified counselor for free, or search a database of local services.
This is Grady's Urgent Care Center at 56 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE in downtown Atlanta. You can walk in for sudden illnesses and minor injuries without an appointment. The center has limited on-site lab and imaging.
Southside Medical Center is a nonprofit community health center that has served metro Atlanta since 1967, with a main center on Ridge Avenue SW and about 18 locations in the area. It offers family medicine, children's care, women's health, dental, eye care, pharmacy, counseling and other specialty care. It takes Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance, and has a sliding fee scale based on income and family size for people without insurance.
The Georgia Department of Community Health runs Georgia Medicaid. Its website explains Medicaid programs and waiver programs that help older people and people with disabilities get care at home or in the community instead of in a nursing home. Each program has its own way to apply.
First African Community Development Corporation runs food pantries where people stay in their cars. One drive-thru pantry is on Fridays at New Piney Grove church on Snapfinger Road in Decatur. The group also runs a Tuesday pantry, a senior box program, and a health coverage program.
Georgia's Division of Family and Children Services is a state agency that works to keep children safe. Staff look into reports of child abuse and neglect and work with the family. The agency also helps with foster care and with food, cash, health coverage, and child care benefits.
SVdP Georgia Community Pharmacy is a charitable pharmacy run by St. Vincent de Paul Georgia. It fills long-term medicine prescriptions for Georgia residents who cannot afford them. The same team also offers free over-the-counter medicine, medical equipment, health referrals, and help signing up for Medicaid. To start, call the assistance line and follow the phone prompts.
The Entertainment Community Fund is a national nonprofit for people who work in theater, film, TV, music, dance and other entertainment. Its social workers offer counseling, health insurance help, career coaching and emergency money. The work is run through offices in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles and helps people across the country.
The Division of Aging Services is part of Georgia's Department of Human Services. It helps older Georgians and adults with disabilities with help at home, meals, Medicare questions, legal help, and reports of abuse. Most services are set up through your local Area Agency on Aging, and one main phone line connects you.
Georgia Legal Services Program is a nonprofit law firm. It gives free civil legal help to Georgians with low incomes who live outside metro Atlanta, in 154 of the state's 159 counties. It does not represent people who live in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton or Gwinnett counties.
AID Atlanta helps people in the Atlanta area who are living with HIV, and it also offers HIV and STI testing. It has medical clinics, a pharmacy, mental health therapy, case managers, and help with housing, bills, and rides.
CPACS is a nonprofit in Atlanta that has helped people since 1980. It helps with immigration and citizenship, health, housing, youth after-school classes, a food pantry, and help in many languages. Staff can speak with you in more than 25 languages.
UCB, Inc.S. arm of a drug company, with its address in Smyrna, Georgia. It is not a clinic. If you take certain UCB medicines and need help paying, its ucbCARES team can answer questions, point you to co-pay card programs, or help you apply for free medicine if you qualify.
Toco Hills Community Alliance is a food pantry in northeast Atlanta where neighbors help neighbors. It gives free groceries to low-income households in northeast Atlanta and North Central DeKalb County on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. It also gives to-go hot meals to people without homes and holds mobile food pantries.
This is the Georgia office that licenses and oversees insurance companies and agents, and looks into reports of insurance fraud. It also works on fire safety through inspections, education, and reporting. If you have a problem with an insurance company, an agent, or a claim, you can file a complaint with its Consumer Services Division.
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.
