69 organizations
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My Sister’s House is an Atlanta Mission overnight shelter for women and children who are homeless. It gives residents a safe place to sleep, meals, counseling, childcare, medical care, life skills classes, referrals, and job training when available. Women and children must start intake through Restoration House.
Marietta Street Artery7 services
Caring For Others is an Atlanta human services nonprofit that helps people facing poverty and hardship. They provide food, clothing, furniture, household goods, disaster relief, and programs that support stability and opportunity.
Glenrose Heights11 services
Sowing Seed Academy and Mentoring Center (SSAMC) is a nonprofit that runs free after-school and mentoring programs for teens in grades 6-12 and young adults ages 18-25 across the Atlanta metro area. They help students with homework, life skills, job training, and getting back on track in school, and they also offer classes to support parents. Programs include meals, transportation from school, college and career field trips, and on-the-job training through partner companies.
5 services
The Georgia Fatherhood Program is a free, voluntary state program run by the Division of Child Support Services (DCSS) for parents who owe child support and are out of work or underemployed. It helps them find jobs and become self-sufficient through job training, job placement, GED classes, driver's license reinstatement, and emotional wellness courses. It also helps parents stay involved in their children's lives and avoid going to court over unpaid support.
7 services
This is the Goodwill of North Georgia thrift store and donation center on Roswell Road in Marietta. You can shop for low-cost clothing, furniture, books, computers, and household goods, or drop off your gently used items as a tax-deductible donation. Money from sales helps pay for free job training and career help across North Georgia.
3 services
J. Grier Community Development Center is a faith-based nonprofit in Tucker, GA, founded by Dr. Janice Grier and connected to Greater New and Living Way International Deliverance Ministries. It helps low-income and homeless families with food and clothing, rent and utility assistance, and counseling. It also runs leadership and mentor training and a workforce program that offers resume and job-search help.
7 services
Feeding GA Families is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit food pantry started in 2010 that gives free groceries and basic supplies to anyone in need, with no ID, no residency rules, and no questions asked. They run drive-up and 'Grab N Go' food markets near Fairburn and also offer a clothing closet, diapers and hygiene items, plus a career and learning center. They serve people across Fulton County and the wider Atlanta area, including seniors, families, youth, and veterans.
7 services
Community Assistance Center (CAC) is the largest human services nonprofit in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody, helping neighbors avoid hunger and homelessness since 1987. They run a food pantry and thrift shop, and provide rent and utility help, free job training, English and adult-education classes, free tax help, and youth programs. In 2024 they served nearly 10,000 people and gave out about one million pounds of food.
9 services
SafeHouse Outreach is a faith-based nonprofit in downtown Atlanta that has helped people living in extreme poverty or homelessness since 1982. They serve hot meals five nights a week, offer showers, hygiene, clothing and case management, and connect people to housing, jobs, and benefits.
10 services
The organization at this address, phone, and website is YWCA Greater Atlanta, a nonprofit founded in 1902 that works to eliminate racism and empower women, girls, and families. It runs an on-site early learning and childcare academy, job-skills and digital-literacy training, a breast-health program for underserved women, and teen and women's leadership programs. ('Atlanta Children's Day Shelter, Inc.' appears to be an outdated or incorrect name for this listing — the separate Atlanta Children's Shelter is a different organization at North Avenue Presbyterian Church.)
7 services
This is the Goodwill of North Georgia thrift store and donation center on Roswell Road in Sandy Springs. You can buy low-cost used clothing, furniture, books, and household goods here, and drop off donations of gently used items. Money from sales pays for Goodwill's free job training and career centers.
4 services
Veterans Center, Inc. is a nonprofit and HUD-approved housing counseling agency that helps veterans, their families, and low-income community members find and keep safe housing. They offer free homebuyer classes, foreclosure and rental counseling, senior home repair, fair housing help, rent and mortgage assistance, and job training. Their goal is to help people reach housing stability and financial self-sufficiency.
Downtown8 services
Veterans Empowerment Organization (VEO) is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps U.S. veterans who are homeless or at risk of losing their homes. They offer emergency and long-term housing, mental health and addiction care, counseling, rental help, and job training to get veterans back on their feet. They welcome veterans regardless of past drug use or criminal record.
Grove Park6 services
Refugee Women's Network helps refugee and immigrant women and their families in metro Atlanta build new lives in the U.S. They offer help settling in, English and job-readiness training, small-business support, health and wellness programs, and youth programs. They are based at Legacy Park in Decatur and have served refugee women for more than 20 years.
8 services
The Northeast Georgia Homeless Veterans Shelter is a faith-based nonprofit in Winder that helps homeless male veterans and their families. It is the only veterans shelter in Northeast Georgia and provides a place to stay, meals, clothing, and job and life skills training. Staff also help veterans get VA benefits and move into permanent housing through the VA housing voucher program.
5 services
The D'Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) is a national program based at Syracuse University that helps service members, veterans, and military spouses build civilian careers and start businesses. Most of its help, like the free Onward to Opportunity career training, is offered online so veterans anywhere—including the Atlanta area—can take part. They offer career certifications, coaching, job placement, and entrepreneurship training at no cost.
4 services
Leave No Veteran Behind is a Chicago-based national nonprofit founded by Army veterans that helps returning veterans find work and pay off school debt. They run transitional jobs, security and leadership training, job placement, and a scholarship that pays down veterans' student loans in exchange for community service. Note: their programs operate in the Chicago area, not Atlanta.
10 services
The Shepherd's Inn is Atlanta Mission's shelter for single men over 18 who are experiencing homelessness. It serves up to 450 men a day with a bed, hot meals, laundry, counseling, recovery and life-skills classes, job training, and spiritual support. The goal is to help each man, step by step, move toward independent living.
11 services
Veterans Empowerment Organization (VEO) is an Atlanta nonprofit, founded in 2008, that helps veterans rebuild their lives and become self-sufficient. They provide transitional and permanent housing, job training and workforce support, and behavioral health care for mental health and substance use. Veterans in need can call them or stop by their West Lake Avenue campus to get connected to services.
4 services
This is one of Fulton County's three day programs (Training Centers) for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, run by the county Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities. The center helps adults build everyday living skills, social and communication skills, and work skills (from volunteering through pre-vocational training) so they can be more independent and active in the community. To join, you must first qualify for a Georgia DBHDD waiver (COMP or NOW).
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