Not One More Domestic Violence Victim is a nonprofit that helps people hurt by domestic violence and sex trafficking. It offers a crisis line, support groups, help with restraining orders, and help finding resources. It also teaches the community about abuse. The website says its programs are free and private.
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.
The Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council is a state agency. It runs money help and programs for crime victims, and it gives out grants for criminal justice and victim service groups. It also leads Georgia's work against human trafficking, including a statewide hotline.
youthSpark is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps teens who have been hurt, exploited, or are at risk. Its Youth Services Center offers case management, counseling, support groups, and help in court and at school for young people ages 12 to 18 in Fulton County. It also trains adults and groups to spot warning signs and speak up for youth.
This is Georgia's state law office. It represents the state in court and prosecutes serious crimes such as human trafficking. It also takes reports about consumer problems, Medicaid fraud, election fraud, and antisemitic incidents. It cannot give legal advice to private people.
Frontline Response is a Christian nonprofit in Atlanta. It works with people who are homeless and with people caught in sex trafficking, and it runs programs for children. This winter it is teaming up with the City of Decatur and DeKalb County on a warming center for people without housing on dangerously cold nights.
The Mayor’s Office of Violence Reduction is an Atlanta city office that works with community groups to prevent gun violence and make neighborhoods safer. It coordinates youth violence prevention, support for people returning from incarceration, domestic violence awareness, and human trafficking prevention.
Wellspring Living has helped survivors of sex trafficking and exploitation, and people at risk, since 2001. It offers safe housing, counseling, school, and job training for women and for youth ages 12 to 17. Many programs need a referral or an application, so call before you go.
Revved Up Kids is a nonprofit that teaches children, teens, parents, schools and youth groups how to stay safe from sexual abuse, trafficking and online predators. They teach self-defense and safety classes in person, on Zoom and by video. Groups can ask for private training, and public classes are offered from time to time around metro Atlanta.
Tapestri helps immigrant and refugee survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and sexual abuse in Georgia. They offer case management, crisis counseling, legal advocacy, and referrals. They also train service providers and run a program for men. They are not a shelter and do not have housing on site, but they can connect people to shelters and housing through their referral network.
This is the Metro Atlanta Area Command of The Salvation Army. The office is open on weekdays. You can call the main number to ask what help is offered.
This is the Fulton County District Attorney's office, led by Fani T. Willis. It has divisions for domestic violence cases and for special victims cases such as sexual assault and child abuse. The pages show the team and news about its cases, but give no steps for getting help.
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) works to protect children who travel to the United States alone. It connects them with lawyers for their immigration cases and with support for health, school and safety needs. It also pushes for fairer laws for these children.
Inspiritus (once called Lutheran Services of Georgia) helps people whose lives have been upended. It helps new refugees and immigrants settle in, find jobs and get legal help. It also finds foster homes for children with serious medical or behavior needs, and host homes for people with developmental disabilities. After natural disasters, it helps families rebuild.
Power Atlanta is a nonprofit in Atlanta's West End. It helps people with free food and clothing, health coverage and benefits help, HIV and STI testing, and money and job skills. You can start with one need and get pointed to other help too.
Tahirih Justice Center is a national nonprofit with an Atlanta office. It gives free, private legal help and social services to immigrants who have faced violence because of their gender, such as domestic violence, sexual assault, forced marriage or trafficking. Lawyers handle immigration cases, and case managers help with safety plans and finding other help.
The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy helps children who have been sexually abused, seriously physically abused, or who saw a violent crime. It offers free forensic interviews, support for families, and trauma therapy for children and their caregivers in Fulton and DeKalb counties. It also trains adults and professionals across Georgia to prevent child abuse.
Georgia Cares is a nonprofit that works across Georgia to help children and teens who have been sexually exploited or trafficked, or who are at risk. It keeps a 24-hour hotline. Its licensed social workers check what each young person needs and help set up care, a safe place to stay, and follow-up.
Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia is the statewide group that supports Georgia's 53 Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs). These local centers help children after abuse. The group also trains forensic nurses, and it helps families find the CAC that serves them.
Atlanta Redemption Ink is a survivor-led nonprofit. It helps survivors of trafficking, gang life, addiction, jail or prison, and self-harm remove or cover tattoos and scars. It also offers trauma-informed support and trains police, medical staff, and tattoo artists.
