Housing & Shelter

Rising Sun Recovery is a recovery residence in Hiram, Georgia (west of Atlanta) for people working to recover from drug and alcohol addiction. Residents get a safe, sober place to live with housing and utilities, a recovery coach, a case manager to help find a job, and support through a 12-step recovery community. It is part of the GARR network of certified recovery residences in Georgia.

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The Shepherd's Inn is Atlanta Mission's shelter for single men over 18 who are experiencing homelessness. It serves up to 450 men a day with a bed, hot meals, laundry, counseling, recovery and life-skills classes, job training, and spiritual support. The goal is to help each man, step by step, move toward independent living.

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Veterans Empowerment Organization (VEO) is an Atlanta nonprofit, founded in 2008, that helps veterans rebuild their lives and become self-sufficient. They provide transitional and permanent housing, job training and workforce support, and behavioral health care for mental health and substance use. Veterans in need can call them or stop by their West Lake Avenue campus to get connected to services.

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Trinity Community Ministries runs Trinity House–Big Bethel, a 36-bed program in downtown Atlanta for men who are homeless and struggling with drugs or alcohol. It gives men a safe place to live along with recovery support, classes, and life skills. The goal is to help each man find a steady job, save money, get his own housing, and reconnect with his family. (Note: this listing is filed under the name 'Good Shepherd Recovery House,' but the website, address, and phone all belong to Trinity Community Ministries.)

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Good Shepherd Recovery House is a Christ-based residential recovery program for men 18 and older who are struggling with drug or alcohol addiction. Men live on-site for at least 12 months and get a 12-step recovery program, counseling, church services, and help finding a job. The home, on 36 acres in Jasper, GA, also offers transitional sober housing for men who have finished treatment or are in drug court.

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Awaken Voices is a nonprofit started by a domestic abuse survivor that helps people who are facing or escaping abuse. They offer safety exit planning, counseling and support groups, legal advocacy, help finding safe shelter, and job training to help survivors rebuild their lives. Founded and led by survivor-advocate Kendra Appling, they serve metro Atlanta counties including Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, and Gwinnett.

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West Georgia Domestic Violence Shelter is a nonprofit that helps people and their children escape abuse in five rural counties west of Atlanta (Carroll, Heard, Haralson, Coweta, and Meriwether). They run a safe emergency shelter with meals, clothing, and case management, plus a 24-hour crisis line, support groups, help getting protective orders, classes, and some transitional housing and financial help.

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Atlanta Recovery Center is a nonprofit that has helped homeless men in Atlanta since 1969. It offers low-cost, drug-free transitional housing with a bed, clean linens, hot showers, toiletries, and daily meals while men work to get back on their feet. To stay, men must be sober and pass a drug or alcohol test.

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The Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence (now becoming In Safe Company) helps people in metro Atlanta who are survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. They run two free, 24-hour hotlines, a confidential emergency safe house for survivors and their children, support groups, legal help with protective orders, and programs for kids. All services are free and confidential.

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Veterans Empowerment Organization (VEO) helps veterans who are homeless or about to lose their housing get back on their feet. On their Atlanta campus they offer a place to stay (emergency, transitional, and permanent housing), counseling for mental health and substance use, and job training to help veterans find steady work. There are no barriers to getting a bed, regardless of drug use or criminal history.

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Rising Sun Recovery is a nonprofit recovery housing program in Hiram, Georgia for people working to stay sober from drugs and alcohol. They give residents a safe place to live, a recovery coach, and a case manager who helps them find work, all built around a 12-step recovery community.

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Refugee Family Assistance Program (RFAP) was started in 2006 by refugee mothers to help refugee and immigrant families in the Atlanta area, especially families raising children with autism or other disabilities. They offer case management, school advocacy, interpretation, help understanding disability laws and Medicaid Waivers, HUD-approved housing and homeownership counseling, and programs for refugee women and elderly women.

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Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) is an Atlanta nonprofit that has helped people escape and heal from domestic abuse since 1975. They run a free 24-hour crisis line, emergency shelter for women and children, longer-term supportive housing, counseling, support groups, legal advocacy, and safety planning. They also teach prevention in schools and the community across metro Atlanta.

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Not One More Domestic Violence Victim (NOMDVV) is a nonprofit founded by Dr. Bonnie Bonita Bond that works to end domestic violence and sex trafficking. It offers advocacy, education, and free, confidential support and resources to help victims and survivors find safety. The group says it can connect people to safe shelter and basic help like meals through its community partners.

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Good Shepherd Recovery House is a faith-based, Christ-centered residential recovery program for men 18 and older who are struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. It runs a 12-month state-licensed treatment program and separate transitional housing on a 36-acre property in Jasper, GA, using the Celebrate Recovery 12-step approach. Many residents come through the courts or drug court, and the program helps them get sober, find work, and rebuild their lives.

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Ezekiel's Valley is a faith-based recovery ministry (started in 1997) that runs a transitional home for men 18 and older who are recovering from drug or alcohol addiction, including men living with HIV/AIDS or coming out of homelessness. Residents live there for at least six months and get nutritious meals, daily 12-step meetings, group therapy, substance-abuse and HIV education, drug screening, life-skills classes, and help finding work. It is a sober living home, not a treatment center, so men must already be stable in their recovery before moving in.

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disABILITY LINK is the Center for Independent Living for metro Atlanta, a nonprofit run by and for people with disabilities. They help people live independently with advocacy, peer support, independent living skills, help moving out of nursing facilities, employment and benefits help, accessible housing and home modifications, assistive technology, a free loan closet for medical equipment, and travel training. Services are free and serve 12 metro-Atlanta counties.

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FODAC (Friends of Disabled Adults and Children) gives free or very low-cost wheelchairs, hospital beds, walkers, and other home medical equipment to people with disabilities and their families. They also refurbish and repair equipment, build wheelchair ramps, modify vehicles, and run a thrift store. Most equipment is provided at little or no cost based on need.

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