Central Outreach and Advocacy Center is a downtown Atlanta nonprofit that helps adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Staff help with IDs, birth certificates, Social Security cards, food stamps, Medicaid, SSI/SSDI, and job readiness classes. Partner groups also come on site for health care, eye clinics, and more.
First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta is a Midtown church whose Community Ministries serves neighbors who are homeless or low-income. The Venable Food Market is a free grocery pantry where clients choose their own food. The church also serves a hot Sunday breakfast and offers help with IDs and birth certificates, clothing, hygiene items, showers for men, and a mail room.
) church in Decatur. It holds worship on Sundays and runs a food pantry every Tuesday afternoon. The pantry also helps neighbors with voter registration and free ID cards, birth certificates, and replacement Social Security cards.
S. State Department office in downtown Atlanta. It helps people who need a passport fast: those traveling out of the country within 14 days, or who need a foreign visa within 28 days. You must have an appointment, and it is not for routine passport applications.
Richardson Health Center is a DeKalb Public Health clinic at 445 Winn Way in Decatur. It has an HIV clinic called the Ryan White Early Care Clinic, a TB and Refugee Health Program, and a vital records office. The Ryan White clinic has some evening and Saturday hours.
Vietnamese Elder Association South Atlanta is a senior community center in Forest Park where older Vietnamese adults gather for karaoke, singing, and dancing. Volunteers also help seniors read mail, translate documents, and apply for benefits like Medicare and food stamps, and the center hands out free food with support from the Atlanta Community Food Bank.
Emmaus House is a nonprofit in the Peoplestown neighborhood of Atlanta. Its Lokey Help Center at 27 Haygood Ave SW gives out groceries and helps with rent and utility bills, Georgia ID vouchers, SNAP and Social Security applications, and more. It also runs summer reading, youth and family, job training, and case management programs.
Midtown Assistance Center helps low-income working people in 14 Atlanta ZIP codes stay housed and fed. It offers a choose-your-own food pantry, help with rent and utility bills, work clothes, and MARTA passes for job seekers and new workers. You need an appointment, and you start with an online form or the assistance phone line.
DeKalb Public Health is the public health agency for DeKalb County. Its health centers offer vaccines, family planning, HIV and STI testing and care, and treatment for minor health problems. It also runs a mobile wellness van and handles birth and death certificates and medical records requests.
Cobb & Douglas Public Health is the local health department for Cobb and Douglas counties. It runs WIC food and nutrition help, free HIV testing, birth control and family planning, cancer screening, well-child checkups, and birth and death records. It has a center in Smyrna on South Cobb Drive.
Central Presbyterian is a church across the street from the Georgia State Capitol in downtown Atlanta.m. every Sunday. The church also supports the Bashor Men's Homeless Shelter, a winter night shelter for men that runs November 1 through March 31.
Lost-n-Found Youth is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps LGBTQ+ young people ages 18 to 25 who are homeless or in need. It runs a 24/7 support line, a drop-in center with meals, showers and laundry, emergency and transitional housing, street outreach, and a thrift store.
First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta is a church in Midtown, next to the High Museum. Through its Community Ministries, it runs the Venable Food Market, a free grocery pantry where clients choose their own food. It also has Sunday worship, kids and youth ministries, and a weekday childcare program for babies and toddlers.
First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta is a church in Midtown, next to the High Museum. Its Community Ministries runs the Venable Food Market, a free pantry where Midtown neighbors pick out their own groceries. The church also offers children's and youth programs, a weekday childcare program for babies and toddlers, and Sunday worship.
This is the Louise Watley Library at Southeast, a public library branch on Pryor Road in Atlanta. It is part of the Fulton County Library System. The branch has a computer lab, meeting and study rooms, and GED testing. The system's Social Services team can connect people to longer-term help.
The Georgia Department of Public Health is the state health agency. Its website points people to shot records and school vaccine forms, free vaccines for eligible children, dental clinics for children and families, home visits for pregnant women and babies, and birth and death records. Its Constituent Services line can answer questions.
College Park Regional Health Center is a clinic of the Fulton County Board of Health. It offers vaccines, family planning, teen health visits, travel health advice, refugee health screening, and SSI disability screening. It is open Monday to Friday.
StandUp for Kids – Atlanta is a local chapter of a national group that helps young people who are homeless or at risk of losing their housing. Trained volunteers mentor students at school twice a month. Young people can also call a non-emergency helpline and get a call back within 24 hours.
Crossroads Community Ministries helps people in Atlanta who are homeless or could soon lose their housing. Staff help with case management, ID papers, a mailing address, MARTA rides for work or medical needs, and rent, utility and move-in costs. People using two of its programs can also get a meal on site.
Crossroads Community Ministries helps people who have no home or may lose their home. Staff help with case management, ID and birth certificate help, a mailing address, MARTA passes, and rent, utility and move-in costs. A weekday meal is served to people who get these services.
