127 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
Trans Housing Atlanta Program helps transgender and gender non-binary people in metro Atlanta who are homeless or unstably housed. They offer housing support, small stipends for approved housing costs, case management, and connections to resources like SNAP and HOPWA.
Candler Park4 services
Homeownership Preservation Foundation runs 995Hope, a national nonprofit housing counseling hotline and a GreenPath company. HUD-certified counselors help homeowners, renters, and homebuyers understand their options, make an action plan, and deal with foreclosure, rent trouble, mortgage changes, debt, and money stress.
6 services
SAGE is a national organization that supports and advocates for LGBTQ+ older adults. Its former National LGBTQ+ Elder Hotline was discontinued in 2023, but SAGE still offers online community, resources, partner referrals, advocacy, housing information, financial wellness tools, and in-person services in New York and Florida.
7 services
Covenant Community, Inc. helps men who are homeless and recovering from alcohol or drug use. It runs a small residential treatment program, transitional support, family recovery support, and a free peer-led recovery support center in Midtown Atlanta.
9 services
Georgia Legal Services Program is a nonprofit law firm that gives free civil legal help to people with low incomes and seniors in most Georgia counties outside metro Atlanta. They help with problems like eviction, public benefits, family violence protection, health coverage, school issues, farmworker rights, and consumer debt.
13 services
Blessings Working Together helps teen mothers and other young parenting families in metro Atlanta. They offer counseling, life skills, parenting education, and connections to community resources so families can become more stable and independent.
5 services
StandUp for Kids is a nonprofit that helps young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. In Atlanta, they focus on school-based mentoring and also connect youth to help with housing, food, supplies, education, jobs, and other needs.
6 services
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is a federal agency that supports housing programs, fair housing rights, and FHA home loan information. In Georgia, HUD points people to housing counselors, public housing authorities, fair housing complaint help, disaster housing resources, and its FHA Resource Center phone line.
6 services
Volunteers of America Southeast helps people across Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi with housing, health, and human service programs. In Warner Robins, its veterans programs help veterans and veteran families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with housing stability, benefits, case management, job training, employment help, transportation, and referrals.
3 services
Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, or NACA, is a nonprofit housing counseling and homeownership group. It helps people buy homes with counseling and a low-cost mortgage program, and it helps homeowners try to lower unaffordable mortgage payments or avoid foreclosure.
10 services
Navy Gold Star Program is the U.S. Navy's official support program for families of Sailors who died while on active duty. It helps surviving family members find coordinators, understand benefits, connect to resources, honor loved ones, and join support activities.
11 services
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation gives free legal help to qualified Atlanta-area families and tenants. They help with domestic violence protective orders, eviction defense, unsafe housing, family law after abuse, and some emergency support referrals.
Downtown11 services
Mercy Housing Southeast is an affordable housing nonprofit with an office in downtown Atlanta. It develops and manages low-income apartments for families, seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and people who have experienced homelessness, and it offers resident services at many properties.
9 services
Interfaith Outreach Home helps working families with children who are homeless or facing serious financial problems. They provide safe, affordable interim housing and support services so families can save money, pay debt, repair credit, and move toward permanent housing. They are not an emergency shelter and do not provide rent help or financial aid.
5 services
Visions Federal Credit Union is a credit union that offers banking services and free financial wellness help. Its financial counseling program helps people make budgets, understand credit scores, manage debt, set money goals, and prepare for homeownership. Its community programs appear focused on New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, not Atlanta.
5 services
HomeStretch helps working families with children move from homelessness toward stable housing. They provide affordable or supportive housing, coaching, youth support, and help with work, money, credit, and family stability.
6 services
The Bridge of Christ Corporation is a faith-based nonprofit that helps people and families in Georgia who are homeless, close to homelessness, living in unsafe housing, or displaced by a local crisis. They help people connect to housing and crisis resources, fill out forms, gather documents, and get guidance and spiritual support.
5 services
GreenPath Financial Wellness is a national nonprofit that helps people understand money, debt, credit, and housing choices. Certified counselors work by phone and online to review budgets, explain options, and help with debt, foreclosure, renting, home buying, student loans, and credit reports.
12 services
CPACS is a nonprofit in Atlanta that helps people from many backgrounds, especially immigrant and refugee communities. They offer help with food, housing, health, youth tutoring, immigration services, translation, benefits, senior support, and community programs.
15 services
MUST Ministries Smyrna Client Services helps people in need in the Smyrna area with food, clothing, referrals, and job help. It is part of MUST Ministries, a metro Atlanta nonprofit that also offers housing help, health care, summer meals for children, and holiday toy support through its wider programs.
17 services
