Housing & Shelter

Fulton County runs Homeless Assessment Centers for people and families experiencing homelessness in Fulton County outside the City of Atlanta. The centers do housing assessments, help with emergency shelter placement, and connect people to diversion, homeless prevention, long-term housing, and support services.

3 services

Youth Empowerment Success Services, Inc. is a nonprofit that helps young adults ages 18 to 24 in metro Atlanta, especially youth aging out of foster care or experiencing homelessness. They provide supportive housing, rent help, life coaching, case management, and help with school, work, transportation, documents, and basic needs.

7 services

GreenPath Financial Wellness is a national nonprofit that helps people with money, debt, credit, and housing problems. They serve Georgia by phone and internet, including free foreclosure prevention counseling for homeowners who are behind on mortgage payments.

8 services

Consolidated Credit Solutions is a nonprofit credit and housing counseling organization based in Florida that serves people by phone and online. It helps with debt, budgeting, home buying, foreclosure questions, reverse mortgage counseling, and personal finance education. The counseling call is free, and they say they are not a loan company.

5 services

The Right Move is a senior resource and placement company based in Cumming, Georgia. They give free local consultation to seniors and families who need help choosing assisted living, independent living, memory care, personal care homes, or in-home care options.

8 services

Ben Hill United Methodist Church is a church in southwest Atlanta. It offers worship, Sunday school, a Saturday food bank, temporary rent or utility help for some Ben Hill-area residents, youth programs, scholarships, and volunteer outreach.

Kings Forest11 services

MARTA is the public transit agency for metro Atlanta. It runs buses, trains, streetcar service, paratransit, on-demand MARTA Reach vans, and fare programs that help seniors, people with disabilities, Medicare cardholders, students, schools, employers, and riders get around.

Downtown10 services

Georgia DFCS is a state agency that helps Georgia families and children with benefits and safety services. It handles applications and questions for TANF cash assistance, SNAP food benefits, Medicaid, child welfare, adoption, foster care, and some local Fulton County assistance.

Grove Park10 services

Georgia National Guard Family Support Foundation is a nonprofit that helps current Georgia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, and full-time Georgia Department of Defense civilian employees, during emergencies. They may help with short-term money needs like rent or foreclosure prevention, utility shutoff prevention, vehicle repossession prevention, illness, injury, job loss, disaster damage, funeral costs, or temporary military pay problems.

4 services

Columbia Residential is an Atlanta-based affordable housing developer, owner, and manager. Its Columbia Heritage Senior Residences property at 1900 Perry Boulevard NW offers senior apartment homes for people age 62 and older, with community amenities and monthly resident activities. The property page says it is under renovation, so callers should ask about current availability and the waitlist.

West Highlands3 services

WestCare Foundation is a nonprofit that runs WestCare Georgia programs in the Atlanta area and other Georgia locations. It helps people with substance use treatment, mental health support, HIV testing and education, outpatient support for women, and housing support for veterans experiencing homelessness.

Mechanicsville5 services

NETWorks Cooperative Ministry is a church-based nonprofit serving neighbors in the Northlake, Embry Hills, and Tucker area. They help with free groceries, limited rent and utility help, referrals, and some everyday needs like school supplies for eligible families.

4 services

Develop & Empower USA is the current name for the organization formerly called D&E A Housing & Economic Empowerment Center. It helps people and families with housing counseling, homebuyer education, foreclosure prevention, credit help, money skills, and community programs.

13 services

D&E is now called Develop and Empower USA and says it was formerly D&E A Housing & Economic Empowerment Center. It helps people and families with homebuyer education, housing counseling, foreclosure prevention, credit help, financial education, workforce training, youth programs, senior programs, and veteran support.

12 services

Rosaleana's Community Development Center helps people in Atlanta with housing, food, transportation, job training, education, and support services. They focus on people who have been homeless, young adults aging out of foster care, families, and people with developmental or behavioral disabilities, including autism.

13 services

Debt Reduction Services is a nonprofit credit counseling agency that serves people nationwide, including Georgia, mostly by phone or online. They help people review debt, make a budget, consider debt management plans, get housing counseling, and complete bankruptcy counseling courses.

5 services