Covenant House Georgia helps young people ages 18 to 24 who are homeless or escaping trafficking. It has a crisis shelter, longer-term apartment housing, health care and counseling, school and job help, and street outreach. A young person who needs shelter can call the youth line.
Lost-n-Found Youth is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps LGBTQ+ young people ages 18 to 25 who are homeless or in need. It runs a 24/7 support line, a drop-in center with meals, showers and laundry, emergency and transitional housing, street outreach, and a thrift store.
This ministry serves homeless and less fortunate men, women, children and veterans around Metro Atlanta. It offers counseling, job outreach, free classes, and gives out clothes, shoes, blankets and holiday meals and toys. It also gives referrals for emergency housing.
PAD is an Atlanta nonprofit that offers help instead of police response or jail for people dealing with extreme poverty, substance use, or mental health problems. You can ask for a PAD team by calling 311. PAD also gives case management to people diverted by law enforcement or with open court cases.
Church of the Common Ground is a church with no building. It meets outside in downtown Atlanta, and everyone is welcome. It holds Sunday worship in Woodruff Park, morning prayer, Bible study, and a weekly foot clinic for people living on the streets. Volunteers and visiting groups can join in.
Mercy Care is a health center at 424 Decatur Street SE in Atlanta. It offers doctor visits, dental care, eye care, and mental health care in one place, and everyone is welcome no matter their insurance or income. People without insurance can pay on a sliding fee scale based on income, and walk-ins are welcome. Outreach teams also bring care to people living outside.
Frontline Response, once known as the Atlanta Dream Center, helps people escape sex trafficking and homelessness in Atlanta. Staff do street outreach, case management, and run a free winter warming shelter with shuttle rides during very cold weather. They also run a youth prevention program that mentors at-risk kids ages 3 to 12 in Atlanta neighborhoods.
StandUp for Kids – Atlanta is a local chapter of a national group that helps young people who are homeless or at risk of losing their housing. Trained volunteers mentor students at school twice a month. Young people can also call a non-emergency helpline and get a call back within 24 hours.
The Grove CDC is the nonprofit partner of The Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church in Atlanta. It helps people in crisis with free food, referrals, and emergency money help when funds are available. It also works on housing, education, and jobs for people in Metro Atlanta, including Grove Gardens at East Lake senior apartments.
Intown Cares works to end homelessness and hunger in Intown Atlanta. It runs a pantry where you choose your own groceries twice a week, and it delivers food to people who cannot get there. Its team also helps people who are homeless move into housing and keeps helping after they move in.
Intown Cares runs a free food pantry in Atlanta on Tuesdays and Saturdays. You can pick out groceries without showing ID. They also deliver food to some seniors and newly housed neighbors, and they help people without homes move toward housing.
Mobile Showers Atlanta is a nonprofit that parks a trailer with four private shower and restroom suites at a set spot each Saturday. Anyone who needs a shower can come, and visitors also get a hygiene bag and can look over clothing and other items. Volunteers also serve food and drinks to neighbors.
Gateway Center is a homeless service center at 275 Pryor Street SW in downtown Atlanta. It runs shelter and housing programs, a drop-in Engagement Center, a place to start a housing assessment, street outreach, and job and recovery help. Many programs are for men, and families can use the Engagement Center and housing assessments.
Crossroads Community Ministries helps people who have no home or may lose their home. Staff help with case management, ID and birth certificate help, a mailing address, MARTA passes, and rent, utility and move-in costs. A weekday meal is served to people who get these services.
CHRIS180 is an Atlanta nonprofit that has served children, adults and families since 1981. It offers counseling, foster care and adoption help, and housing and a drop-in center for young adults facing homelessness. You can call the helpline or fill out an intake form to get started.
Mad Housers is a volunteer-run Atlanta nonprofit that builds small, simple shelters called huts for people sleeping outside. The huts give people a locking door, a roof, and a safe place to keep their belongings, and the group also speaks at schools and community events about homelessness.
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.
Keep Showing Love is a Christian nonprofit in Decatur. It helps homeless people, low-income families, and youth. By appointment, it offers clothing, shoes, hot meals, food, and hygiene items. It also holds youth events and outreach.
7 Bridges to Recovery is a Christian ministry that helps people who live on the streets or struggle with addiction. It runs a free live-in program for men and a free live-in home for women and children. Teams also go out with food, clothing and prayer, and people can volunteer to join them.
Central Presbyterian is a church across the street from the Georgia State Capitol in downtown Atlanta.m. every Sunday. The church also supports the Bashor Men's Homeless Shelter, a winter night shelter for men that runs November 1 through March 31.