113 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
PeopleReady is a staffing company that helps people find temporary and flexible work. Job seekers can use its JobStack app or job website to look for local jobs in fields like construction, hospitality, manufacturing, logistics, retail, and general labor.
3 services
AISES is a national nonprofit that supports Indigenous students, educators, and professionals in science, technology, engineering, and math. It helps through scholarships, mentoring, school programs, career resources, science fairs, and national STEM events.
11 services
United Spinal Association supports wheelchair users and people with spinal cord injuries or disorders. It helps people find resources, peer mentors, support groups, advocacy, employment help, emergency planning tools, and local chapters, including a Georgia chapter in Atlanta.
13 services
Thankful Baptist Church of Kennesaw is a Christian church in Kennesaw, Georgia. It offers worship, virtual Sunday school, virtual Bible study, youth ministries, job networking support, outreach, and rides to worship services through its D.R.I.V.E. ministry.
12 services
Goodwill of North Georgia runs thrift stores, donation centers, and career centers in North Georgia. Money from donated goods helps pay for free job search help, career coaching, job training, and placement support.
8 services
MEO Staffing is a staffing and recruiting company that helps job seekers find remote, hybrid, and on-site jobs. They focus on matching people, including people with disabilities or other workplace challenges, with jobs that fit their skills and needed accommodations.
4 services
Atlanta Children's Day Shelter helps families facing homelessness in metro Atlanta. It offers free early childhood education for children under 5, meals and snacks for enrolled children, family support, counseling, job help, education pathways, and referrals for housing and benefits.
Downtown11 services
AARP Foundation in Atlanta offers the Senior Community Service Employment Program for older adults who need work. The program helps eligible people age 55 and older get paid part-time training, build job skills, and look for full-time or part-time work.
Downtown1 service
iFoster is a national nonprofit for children, youth, caregivers, and agencies connected to foster care. It helps members find free or discounted resources, job training, paid work pathways, clothing support, peer support, technology help, and education or daily living supports through an online portal and support team.
11 services
TechForce Foundation is a national nonprofit that helps students explore and enter technician careers like automotive, diesel, aviation, collision, HVAC, welding, marine, and motorcycle work. It offers a free online network, scholarships and grants, career resources, contests, events, and connections to schools, mentors, apprenticeships, and jobs.
7 services
Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes is a national nonprofit that helps severely wounded post-9/11 veterans and their families. It offers emergency financial aid, peer support, holiday gift checks, youth support for children of wounded veterans, retreats, and links to job and training resources.
9 services
The Drake House helps single mothers and their children in North Fulton who are experiencing homelessness. It provides short-term furnished housing, basic needs, mentoring, classes, career help, and a next-step affordable housing program.
12 services
The Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association became part of the Navy Seabee Foundation in 2024. The foundation helps children and grandchildren of Seabees, Civil Engineer Corps officers, and others who served with the Naval Construction Force pay for college or career and technical school.
8 services
First Baptist Church Decatur is a welcoming church in Decatur. Its Assistance Ministry helps local people with needs like clothing, MARTA cards, gift cards, utility help, housing referrals, and job search help when supplies are available. The church also runs children, senior, support group, music, preschool, after-school, and camp programs.
12 services
Clifton Sanctuary Ministries is a faith-based Atlanta shelter for men experiencing homelessness. It provides overnight shelter, meals, case management, life skills support, health checks, referrals, and longer transitional housing through Joe's Place.
9 services
Career Transitions Center of Chicago is a nonprofit that helps people find meaningful work. They offer career coaching, job search workshops, peer support, resume and interview help, and programs for college-age young adults and recent graduates. Their office is in Chicago, and many services are virtual by Zoom or phone.
10 services
Making A Way Housing helps single adults in Atlanta who are homeless and may also be in recovery, living with HIV/AIDS, or dealing with mental illness. They offer emergency shelter, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, case management, HIV prevention, job help, life skills, and some food support for residents.
Grove Park10 services
Dress for Success Atlanta helps women prepare for work and build careers. They offer professional clothing, job search help, resume support, interview practice, workshops, and a business center for clients.
11 services
My Employment Options helps people who receive SSDI or SSI disability benefits get back to work. They offer free virtual job counseling, resume help, job leads, benefits counseling, and long-term support through Social Security's Ticket to Work program.
6 services
LockLeed International is a veteran-owned military placement and executive search firm based in Minneapolis. It helps employers hire vetted veterans, transitioning service members, and cleared military professionals, and candidates do not pay a fee.
5 services
