65 organizations
How re-entry works in Atlanta
Coming home is a project with a critical path, and the first item is ID: birth certificate first (vital records), then state ID at DDS — almost every other door requires it. Re-entry navigators can speed this up; some programs start the paperwork before release.
The honest landscape: housing is the hard part. Transitional and re-entry houses vary widely in quality, cost, and rules — before you commit, ask three things: what are the fees, what are the rules, and do they accept your record (this directory lets you filter housing by "accepts felony records"). Records: Georgia's record-restriction law has expanded; the Georgia Justice Project does free record-clearing clinics — an old charge sealed can reopen jobs and apartments. Work: some staffing agencies and employers in Atlanta hire returning citizens on purpose; re-entry orgs keep the real list.
What to expect when you call: questions about your release date, supervision terms, and record. Plain answers get you matched faster — nobody on these lines is judging.
Give an Hour is a national nonprofit that offers no-cost mental health support for people affected by trauma. It helps military members, veterans, families, financial fraud survivors, rare disease caregivers, justice-impacted people, and others through counseling, peer support groups, training, and online tools.
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The DeKalb County Solicitor-General is a county government office that prosecutes misdemeanor crimes and county ordinance cases in DeKalb County. It helps crime victims with court information, victim rights, referrals, and advocacy, and it also runs diversion and community safety programs.
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Connecting Communities and Families, Inc. helps people in metro Atlanta build job, life, and computer skills. They focus on young adults aging out of foster care, people coming home from jail or prison, and low-to-moderate-income families.
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Lighthouse Community Housing provides independent living housing for adults in Metro Atlanta and nearby cities. They offer furnished shared and private rooms with utilities, laundry, Wi-Fi, and a substance-free living setting.
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Be Light Filled Community Solutions provides shared supportive housing in metro Atlanta for single adults who need a stable place to live. They offer furnished shared rooms, utilities, Wi-Fi, community standards, case management, life coaching, mental wellness check-ins, and referrals for health care, benefits, and jobs.
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Guided Steps Independent Living provides shared and private supportive housing in the Atlanta metro area. It serves single adults, including people who are homeless or housing unstable, veterans, seniors, domestic violence survivors, returning citizens, aged-out foster youth, and people with mental health challenges.
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Calm Quarters describes itself as supportive shared living for seniors and returning citizens. It appears to help people who need stable shared housing and support, but its website did not show a public address, hours, or detailed intake steps in the accessible live text.
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Red Shield Services is part of The Salvation Army in Metro Atlanta. At the Center of Hope, it helps people who are homeless with emergency shelter, transitional housing, recovery support, re-entry housing, rapid rehousing, and veteran housing programs.
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The phone number and description match The 345, a City of Refuge transitional housing program for men. It helps young men, veterans, and men coming home from incarceration with housing, a case plan, and steps toward work, savings, transportation, and stable housing.
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Georgia Innocence Project is a nonprofit law firm that helps people convicted in Georgia of serious crimes they say they did not commit. They review written requests, investigate strong innocence claims, provide free legal representation in some post-conviction cases, and support people after they are freed.
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The Urban League of Greater Atlanta helps people build stable, better lives through jobs, money, housing, and small-business support. They offer job training and career help, housing and homeownership counseling, emergency assistance, financial coaching, entrepreneur support, and a re-entry program for people returning from incarceration. They serve youth, adults, families, and returning citizens across Metro Atlanta.
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Good Shepherd Recovery House is a faith-based, Christ-centered residential recovery program for men 18 and older who are struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. It runs a 12-month state-licensed treatment program and separate transitional housing on a 36-acre property in Jasper, GA, using the Celebrate Recovery 12-step approach. Many residents come through the courts or drug court, and the program helps them get sober, find work, and rebuild their lives.
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Care Guide Services is a phone- and online-based health navigator that helps returning citizens and people on supervision sign up for low- or no-cost ACA health insurance. They also help you find doctors, mental and behavioral health care, dental care, and other benefits like Medicare Extra Help and Social Security disability. They are not based in Atlanta and have no local office; they serve people by phone in English and Spanish across many states, including Georgia.
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Jesus Set the Captive Free (JSCF) is a faith-based nonprofit that helps homeless men and men with a criminal record get back on their feet. They offer apartment-style transitional housing where rent is based on your income, plus faith-based mentoring, GED classes, and computer/job-skills classes to help you find work. Residents can stay from 6 months up to 24 months.
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Integrity Transformations CDC is a nonprofit on Atlanta's Westside that helps people get jobs and rebuild their lives, with special focus on people coming home from prison or jail. They offer free job-readiness classes, resume and interview help, computer skills, case management, and connections to free vocational training and full-time work. They also work on affordable housing and financial literacy in the community.
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NewLife-Second Chance Outreach is a volunteer-led nonprofit that helps Georgians who have been arrested, convicted, or incarcerated rebuild their lives. They offer job-readiness training, financial coaching, digital skills classes, and reentry navigation, and they connect people to housing, food, healthcare, and other community resources. They also work on criminal justice reform and voter education.
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The Thurman Perry Foundation is a national nonprofit (based in Louisiana, serving women nationwide) that helps women and girls impacted by incarceration. They give college scholarships to formerly incarcerated women and daughters of incarcerated parents, provide free period products to women in jails and prisons, and help justice-impacted mothers pay rent or mortgage.
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HCF Preventative Services is a faith-based nonprofit in Stone Mountain that helps people coming out of jail or prison get back on their feet and stay out of trouble. They offer re-entry coaching, mental health and life-skills coaching, job and work-readiness help, family support, and emergency help with food and utilities. Office visits are by appointment only.
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RWB Housing offers safe, sober, shared housing for adults who are rebuilding their lives — including veterans, people coming out of homelessness, addiction recovery, or prison reentry, and other low-income adults. They provide clean, furnished shared rooms with utilities, kitchen access, and basic needs included, at affordable rent on a sliding scale based on your income. They have 24-hour emergency intake and can sometimes waive or lower the one-time program fee.
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Redeemed Outreach CDC (Redeemed Community Outreach Inc.) is a faith-rooted community development group in Atlanta's West End that has served the neighborhood since the 1990s. Their REDEEM House program offers re-entry and transitional housing for single working women, including help with deposits, first month's rent, furniture, and job training. They also run urban farms, community gardens, and the West End Farmers Market, plus neighborhood safety work through the West End Neighborhood Association.
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