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.
org is a free website that explains everyday legal topics in plain language, like family law, housing, money problems, and immigration. It is run together by Atlanta Legal Aid Society and Georgia Legal Services Program, and it helps people find a lawyer, court forms, and other legal resources across Georgia.
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 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.
Immigrant Hope - Atlanta helps immigrant families get legal help with green cards, citizenship, asylum, and other immigration paperwork.S. Department of Justice, and since it is not a law firm, help costs much less than hiring a lawyer. The group also teaches Know Your Rights classes and helps people find a caring church home.
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.
CPACS is a nonprofit in Atlanta that has helped people since 1980. It offers help with housing, immigration and citizenship, youth after-school programs, health, benefits and a food pantry. Staff can help in more than 25 languages.
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.
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.
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.
Karibu Community Legacy is a nonprofit in Tucker that helps people who have faced sexual or domestic violence. It focuses on African immigrant and refugee communities, but it says it serves anyone who needs help. It offers advocacy, counseling, legal support, support groups, and help in many languages, and says its services are free.
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 immigrant families in South Metro Atlanta.S. citizenship, and it offers English and citizenship learning. The first immigration talk is free, and some other services cost a fee.
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.
Boat People SOS Atlanta helps Vietnamese and other immigrant families in metro Atlanta with immigration paperwork, a low-cost health clinic, domestic violence support, and senior and youth services. Staff also offer free tax help, financial literacy, job training, and English classes for people with limited income or English skills.