175 organizations
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Road to Hire is a Charlotte-based nonprofit that helps young people move from high school into college, apprenticeships, and good jobs. Its current website focuses on Charlotte students and young adults, with high school support, college scholarships, mentoring, and paid tech apprenticeships.
5 services
WorkSource Atlanta is the City of Atlanta workforce agency, now connected with the Atlanta Department of Labor and Employment Services. It helps Atlanta residents with job search help, career counseling, training funds, work readiness classes, GED support, youth work experience, and employer connections.
Summerhill8 services
Nobis Works now operates publicly as Tommy Nobis Center. They help people with disabilities prepare for work, build job skills, find jobs, and get support to keep working.
8 services
The Investors Academy Inc. is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps families, youth, veterans, and people coming home from jail or prison. Its website lists a food pantry, youth job and life-skills support, transitional housing for veterans, employment help, and reentry training.
Downtown4 services
Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta gives donated furniture to people and families who are moving into stable housing after homelessness, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, or another crisis. Clients must be referred by an approved partner agency, and the Furniture Bank delivers the furniture instead of allowing drop-ins or pickup.
7 services
Skills for L.I.F.E. Foundation helps service members, military spouses and families, and veterans get ready for civilian jobs and life after military service. They offer live workshops, one-on-one coaching, resume help, interview practice, networking help, and DOD Career Skills Program/SkillBridge certified training.
4 services
Wounded Warriors Family Support is a national nonprofit based in Omaha, Nebraska. It helps combat-wounded veterans and their families with caregiver respite, mobility vehicle grants, welding job training, family retreats, and a planned assisted-living home for combat-wounded veterans.
6 services
Rescuing Hope is a Marietta-based nonprofit that fights sex trafficking through survivor support, public awareness, and training. They help sex trafficking survivors make action plans, connect to housing and jobs, build life skills, get clothing and goods, and apply for education or small-business support.
11 services
Atlanta GLOW is a faith-based nonprofit that helps low-income young women and girls of color, ages 14 to 25. They offer mentoring, leadership, life skills, money education, job readiness, tutoring, period and hygiene supplies, and referrals to other services.
11 services
100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc. helps African-American youth in Atlanta through mentoring, education, scholarships, STEM activities, career preparation, and violence prevention work. Its programs serve students from Atlanta Public Schools and college students preparing for careers.
5 services
Goodwill of North Georgia helps people find a first job, a better job, or a new career. Its career centers offer free job search help, computers, resume help, career coaching, workshops, training programs, and job placement support.
25 services
Covenant Community, Inc. helps men who are homeless and recovering from alcohol or drug use. It runs a small residential treatment program, transitional support, family recovery support, and a free peer-led recovery support center in Midtown Atlanta.
9 services
USA Cares is a national nonprofit that helps post-9/11 veterans, service members, and their families during money crises. They may help with housing, utilities, transportation, food, career transition support, and follow-up support after emergency aid.
9 services
Pour Over Love is a nonprofit community program for young adults who need stable support, mentoring, and career help. It runs a 1-year program with leadership growth, job or internship help, financial literacy, mental health support, and a dedicated mentor.
5 services
Operation PEACE is a nonprofit in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward. It helps children, families, adults, and seniors with after-school and summer programs, tutoring, mentoring, adult education, job training, senior activities, and community safety programs.
Old Fourth Ward7 services
Ken's Krew helps adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities get and keep paid, competitive jobs. They screen applicants, match them with retail jobs, give one-on-one job training, and keep supporting workers after they are hired. The group has a New York office and says it currently operates in Georgia and several other states.
4 services
GiGi's Playhouse Atlanta is a Down Syndrome Achievement Center in Roswell. It offers free educational, therapeutic, fitness, social, and career programs for people with Down syndrome and their families.
12 services
The United States Department of Labor is the federal agency for workers, job seekers, retirees, and employers. It helps people find information about unemployment benefits, job training, workplace rights, safety rules, and other work-related benefits.
5 services
Best Buddies International helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities make friends, build leadership skills, find jobs, and be included in school, work, and community life. In Georgia, they run school and adult friendship chapters, employment support, leadership programs, family support, and fundraising events.
8 services
Blessings Working Together helps teen mothers and other young parenting families in metro Atlanta. They offer counseling, life skills, parenting education, and connections to community resources so families can become more stable and independent.
5 services
