Housing & Shelter

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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Atlanta Recovery Center is a nonprofit that has helped homeless men in downtown Atlanta since 1969. They offer drug-free, dormitory-style transitional housing for men, with a bed, clean linens, toiletries, and hot showers for $12 per day. It is fully self-supported and uses no government funds.

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This is Community Concerns, Inc., a nonprofit that helps homeless people in Atlanta move into stable housing and jobs (the 605 Spencer St site is their Odyssey Villas housing). It provides supportive housing with single-room units, case management, hot meals through a soup kitchen, and job and life-skills support. It is NOT a drug or alcohol recovery center, despite the name on file.

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MARR's Men's Recovery Center is a residential drug and alcohol treatment program for adult men in the Atlanta area (Doraville). Men live on-site through a phased program that starts with intensive daily care and moves into sober living, with counseling, group therapy, and life-skills training to support long-term recovery.

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Homestead HOPE Foundation is a nonprofit (connected to Homestead Hospice) that acts as a one-stop information source for seniors and their families. They help you find and understand senior housing, financial help programs, medication help, Medicare/Medicaid, and other care options. Their staff offers free Individual & Family Support and case management to connect older adults with the right services.

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Christian City is a faith-based nonprofit in Union City that helps children and families in crisis and also runs a senior living community. For kids and teens it offers residential care, foster care and adoption, a 24/7 emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth, and support for young adults aging out of foster care. For older adults it offers assisted living, skilled nursing and rehab, and affordable senior patio homes.

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The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center is a free, faith-based residential program in Atlanta that helps men and women recover from drug and alcohol addiction. You live at the center for about six months and take part in counseling, work therapy, life-skills classes, and spiritual support, with meals and housing included. The program does not charge a fee and does not require insurance.

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The Extension is a nonprofit in Marietta that helps adults who are homeless and struggling with drug or alcohol addiction. They run a free 12-month live-in recovery program with counseling, life skills classes, and support, on separate campuses for men and women. There is no cost to enter, and once you have a job you pay back a small part of your income.

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The SPOT is a free drop-in center run by CHRIS 180 for young people ages 16-26, including those who are homeless or struggling. In a safe, judgment-free space you can get counseling and mental health support, help with school (GED, tutoring, college), job and employment help, free meals, a food pantry and clothing closet, and connections to housing and other resources.

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Jesus Set the Captive Free (JSCF) is a faith-based nonprofit that helps homeless men and men with a criminal record get back on their feet. They offer apartment-style transitional housing where rent is based on your income, plus faith-based mentoring, GED classes, and computer/job-skills classes to help you find work. Residents can stay from 6 months up to 24 months.

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Little Debbie's Second Chance Home is a nonprofit (founded 2004, CARF-accredited) that runs structured, home-like residential programs for displaced teens ages 14-18, including pregnant and parenting teens and their babies. They provide safe housing, life-skills and parenting training, education and job-readiness support, counseling, and foster-parent training and child placement. They also serve young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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The Thurman Perry Foundation is a national nonprofit (based in Louisiana, serving women nationwide) that helps women and girls impacted by incarceration. They give college scholarships to formerly incarcerated women and daughters of incarcerated parents, provide free period products to women in jails and prisons, and help justice-impacted mothers pay rent or mortgage.

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RWB Housing offers safe, sober, shared housing for adults who are rebuilding their lives — including veterans, people coming out of homelessness, addiction recovery, or prison reentry, and other low-income adults. They provide clean, furnished shared rooms with utilities, kitchen access, and basic needs included, at affordable rent on a sliding scale based on your income. They have 24-hour emergency intake and can sometimes waive or lower the one-time program fee.

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Redeemed Outreach CDC (Redeemed Community Outreach Inc.) is a faith-rooted community development group in Atlanta's West End that has served the neighborhood since the 1990s. Their REDEEM House program offers re-entry and transitional housing for single working women, including help with deposits, first month's rent, furniture, and job training. They also run urban farms, community gardens, and the West End Farmers Market, plus neighborhood safety work through the West End Neighborhood Association.

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Serenity House of Atlanta Ministries is a faith-based nonprofit that runs transitional housing and support for homeless and at-risk adults across several metro Atlanta locations, including separate houses for men and women. Residents live in a structured, supervised home and must be working or looking for work. The program also helps with re-entry after jail or prison, GED and education, job help, and life coaching.

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Georgia Works is a nonprofit that helps chronically homeless men become independent through a 6-to-12-month live-in program. While in the program, men get housing, paid transitional work, case management, and life-skills classes, plus help getting a GED, a driver's license, and a bank account. Men must stay drug- and alcohol-free, work 30+ hours a week, and save part of their pay.

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