S. Department of Justice-accredited representatives. It is not a law firm. It gives low-cost immigration legal help to families in the metro Atlanta area. The group also shares the hope of the gospel and helps people find a church home.
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) gives free immigration legal help to children who came to the United States without a parent or legal guardian. Its Atlanta office has staff lawyers and works with volunteer lawyers from law firms, companies, and law schools. They help children with their cases and represent them in immigration court.
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.
The Latin American Association helps Latino families and immigrants. At its Atlanta office on Buford Highway, staff help with food and basic needs, rent and utility bills, immigration legal services, classes, jobs, and youth programs. Services are by appointment, so call first.
The Latin American Association helps Latino families and immigrants in the Atlanta area. It offers immigration legal help, basic needs and benefits help, job and English classes, youth programs, and support for people facing violence. Most services are by appointment, so call first.
Tahirih Justice Center is a national nonprofit with an office in Atlanta that gives free, private legal and social services to immigrants who have faced violence because of their gender, such as domestic violence, sexual assault, forced marriage or trafficking. Its lawyers help with immigration cases like asylum, VAWA, T visas, U visas and special immigrant juvenile status, and its social services team helps with safety planning and connecting to other help. The Atlanta office serves survivors across Georgia. They do not take walk-ins, so start by calling.
The Center for Pan Asian Community Services (CPACS) is a nonprofit started in 1980 that helps Asian and other immigrant communities in DeKalb, Gwinnett and Fulton counties. It offers immigration and citizenship help, housing counseling, health programs, youth education, benefits help, and translation in more than 25 languages. Translation is available on site, and free rides are offered in many cases.
Amani Women Center is a nonprofit in Clarkston that helps refugee and immigrant women and survivors of violence. Staff and community ambassadors help people apply for benefits like SNAP and Medicaid, get interpreters and translation, and get immigration help. It also runs a 12-month sewing academy that builds job skills.
New American Pathways is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps refugees and other new Americans from arrival through citizenship. It offers case management, help finding jobs, immigration legal help, programs for parents and students, and health and benefits help. Each program has its own rules about who can join.
CPACS is a nonprofit in Atlanta that has helped people since 1980. It helps with immigration and citizenship, health, housing, youth after-school classes, a food pantry, and help in many languages. Staff can speak with you in more than 25 languages.
APS Adult Education is Atlanta Public Schools' free program for adults and teens 16 and older who are not in high school. It offers GED and HiSET test prep, English and citizenship classes, and career services. The program moved its offices from Mary Dell Drive to 433 Peeples Street SW in July 2026.
Raksha is an Atlanta-area nonprofit that has helped the South Asian American community since 1995. It gives free, private help to survivors of family violence, sexual assault and other crime, including adults and children. Staff can talk with you in English and several South Asian languages.
This is the office that prosecutes felony crimes in DeKalb County. Its Victim Services staff guide and support people hurt by crime, give crisis counseling, send court notices, and make referrals. The office also runs diversion programs that let some people avoid a regular prosecution.
The International Rescue Committee in Atlanta helps refugees and immigrants build new lives in Georgia. It helps newly arrived refugees with housing, health care, English classes and jobs. It also offers immigration legal help, adult classes and youth programs, and it welcomes volunteers.
Catholic Charities Atlanta is a social service agency with a Service Center on Parklake Drive. It offers counseling, English and citizenship classes, housing counseling, immigration legal help, help applying for food stamps and other benefits, refugee services, and support for veterans. Many services are offered in English and Spanish.
The International Rescue Committee's Atlanta office helps refugees and immigrants build new lives in Georgia. New refugees get a furnished home, rent help, health care, food and case management. People in the wider community can get help with immigration applications, English classes and career help.
Angkor Resource Center is a nonprofit in Riverdale that helps immigrants.S. Department of Justice. It also runs English and citizenship preparation classes.
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 Georgia nonprofit works for the civil rights of Asian American, Pacific Islander and other immigrant communities. It gives immigration legal help, holds free citizenship clinics and Know Your Rights sessions, and helps people vote. It also runs a monthly free grocery pop-up and a multilingual resource guide.
Atlanta Asylum Network is a volunteer program of Emory's Institute of Human Rights. Health professionals examine people who are seeking asylum and write reports for their lawyers to use at hearings. Lawyers or asylum seekers start by filling out an intake form.
