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.
Empowerline is the help line of the Atlanta Regional Commission's Area Agency on Aging. You can call and talk with a certified counselor about aging, disability, and caregiver needs in metro Atlanta. The counselor helps you find services, and can set up a check to see if you qualify for help paying for them.
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church is a church in South Atlanta that has served its members and neighbors for over 100 years. It runs a food pantry on Fridays and offers help signing up for Medicaid. It also holds Sunday worship, in person and online, and a Wednesday evening Bible study.
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.
The Division of Aging Services is part of Georgia's Department of Human Services. It helps older Georgians and adults with disabilities get help at home, meals, Medicare counseling, free legal help, and protection from abuse. Most services run through your local Area Agency on Aging.
Zion Hill CDC is a nonprofit in East Point that works to end homelessness and poverty, with a focus on South Fulton. It helps with rent, mortgage and utility bills, motel stays and rapid rehousing, free health insurance for those who qualify, and cash payments through FLOW + IDA. It also has a 2-1-1 center where you can look up other services.
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.
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.
CPACS is a nonprofit in Atlanta that has helped people since 1980. It offers help with housing, immigration and citizenship, youth after-school programs, health, benefits and a food pantry. Staff can help in more than 25 languages.
MedCura Health is a community health center with 16 sites around metro Atlanta. Its Candler Road site in Decatur offers dental care, foot care, and pregnancy care. The wider network also offers primary care, children's care, and mental health care, with income-based pricing for people without insurance and help signing up for Medicaid or other coverage.
This is the Georgia state agency that runs family and children's services. Through its website and Georgia Gateway, you can apply for Medicaid, SNAP (food stamps), TANF cash help, energy help, and more. It also takes child abuse reports and works with foster and adoptive families.
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.
carafem is a reproductive health clinic with a health center in Atlanta. It offers abortion pills and a short in-office abortion procedure, birth control, testing and treatment for common infections, and ultrasounds. Help with cost is available, and some clients pay nothing.
This is a Grady Health System neighborhood clinic in East Point. It offers primary care for adults and children, women's and pregnancy care, behavioral health, lab work, X-rays, and mammograms. You can also see a Grady provider by video.
This is a Grady Health System clinic on Buford Highway in Atlanta. It has care for adults and children, women's and pregnancy care, HIV care, behavioral health, same-day and video visits, and lab and imaging in one place.m.m.
This is a Grady Health neighborhood clinic on Atlanta's Westside. It gives checkups and everyday care to adults and children, plus pregnancy and women's care, mental health help, and same-day visits. Bloodwork, X-rays, and mammograms are done at the same place.
Kirkwood Health Center is a Grady neighborhood clinic on Memorial Drive. It gives checkups and ongoing care to adults and children. It also has eye care, women's health, counseling, lab and X-ray services, and a pharmacy in the same building.
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.
