16 organizations
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Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network, or GAIN, is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps immigrant survivors of crime and persecution. They provide free immigration legal help, connect clients with support services, and train community partners across Georgia.
8 services
Tapestri is a Georgia nonprofit that helps immigrant and refugee survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual abuse, and exploitation. They provide case management, crisis counseling, legal advocacy, referrals to attorneys, help in many languages, and training for service providers. Tapestri says it is not a shelter and does not provide onsite housing.
6 services
Transgender Law Center is a national trans-led civil rights group. It helps transgender and gender-nonconforming people through legal information, policy advocacy, lawsuits, community programs, and online resources. Its Legal Information Helpdesk gives basic information but does not give individual legal advice or representation through the helpdesk.
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
Catholic Charities Atlanta is a nonprofit social service agency that helps families and individuals become stable and self-sufficient. It offers counseling, parenting support, English and citizenship classes, financial and housing counseling, SNAP help, immigration legal help, refugee services, and veteran support.
17 services
Welcome to America Inc. is a nonprofit immigration and health support organization in Hesperia and Long Beach, California. It is recognized by the Department of Justice and helps with immigration forms, legal advice, citizenship classes, health insurance enrollment, and community health worker support.
11 services
New American Pathways is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps refugees and other immigrants in Georgia build a stable life. They help with immigration legal services, case management, jobs, school support, parenting support, health navigation, SNAP information, and civic leadership.
16 services
The International Rescue Committee in Atlanta helps refugees and immigrants rebuild their lives in Georgia. It helps with resettlement, case management, furnished housing, rental help, health care connections, English classes, job support, youth programs, and immigration services.
10 services
Inspiritus helps refugees, immigrants, children in foster care, people with developmental disabilities, disaster survivors, and low-income communities. In metro Atlanta, they offer refugee support, immigration legal help, foster care support, disability residential services, disaster recovery help, and small-business lending through Thrive Community Lending.
Midtown12 services
Center for Pan Asian Community Services, or CPACS, is a nonprofit in Atlanta that helps people from many backgrounds, especially immigrant and refugee communities. They offer help with housing, immigration and citizenship, youth programs, food, benefits, health education, senior services, and translation.
19 services
Tahirih Justice Center helps immigrant survivors of gender-based violence, including domestic violence, sexual assault, forced marriage, human trafficking, and female genital cutting. They provide free and confidential legal help, social services case management, safety planning, and referrals in Atlanta and other U.S. cities.
Downtown8 services
The Center for Pan Asian Community Services (CPACS) is a long-running nonprofit that helps immigrants, refugees, and low-income families across metro Atlanta. They offer help in 25+ languages with immigration and citizenship paperwork, housing counseling, health and dental care, counseling, senior and youth programs, food, and free translation. Most services are free or low-cost.
North Buckhead12 services
The Latin American Association (LAA) is a nonprofit that helps Latino immigrants and their families build a stable life in metro Atlanta. At its Atlanta Outreach Center on Buford Highway, they offer immigration legal help, English and adult classes, job and money help, youth programs, and family support that includes a food pantry and rent or utility help. They also host free health screenings and help people sign up for benefits like Medicaid and food stamps.
11 services
The Center for Pan Asian Community Services (CPACS) is a nonprofit that helps immigrants, refugees, and other under-served families in metro Atlanta, with services offered in more than 10 languages. They provide health care (including affordable dental and behavioral health counseling), immigration and citizenship help, senior and youth programs, housing and energy bill assistance, and domestic violence support. The address on file (6315 Roswell Rd, Sandy Springs) could not be confirmed as a CPACS site; their main office is at 3510 Shallowford Rd NE.
9 services
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) has an Atlanta office that helps refugees and immigrants with their legal paperwork. Their lawyers handle things like asylum, green cards, work permits, family petitions, and becoming a U.S. citizen, often at low cost. They also help refugees who have recently arrived get settled and get the documents they need.
4 services
Immigrant Hope - Atlanta is a nonprofit, faith-based ministry in Brookhaven that gives low-cost immigration legal help. Their staff are recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice to prepare and file immigration paperwork like citizenship, green cards, work permits, and family visas. They serve low-income immigrants in English, Spanish, and several other languages.
7 services
