Legal Help

Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network, or GAIN, is a nonprofit that helps immigrant survivors of crime and persecution. They provide free immigration legal help, connect clients with social services, and support people seeking safety in Georgia.

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Ahimsa House helps people in Georgia who are escaping domestic violence and need a safe plan for their pets. They run a 24-hour crisis line, arrange temporary safe shelter and care for animals, help with pet transport, supplies, veterinary care, and safety planning.

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The Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity is part of HUD, the federal housing agency. It helps people report housing discrimination and enforces fair housing laws when someone is treated unfairly because of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, family status, disability, or retaliation.

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Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services is the state aging agency for Georgia. It helps older adults, adults with disabilities, caregivers, and families find services like meals, in-home help, Medicare counseling, elder abuse reporting, legal help, and long-term care advocacy.

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The Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office Victim Witness Program helps crime victims and witnesses during criminal court cases. It gives case updates, court support, referrals for counseling and support groups, help with victim impact statements, restitution information, property return help, and information about Georgia crime victim compensation.

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The Office of the Attorney General of Georgia is the state government's lawyer. It represents the State of Georgia in court, prosecutes certain crimes, handles consumer complaints, open government complaints, Medicaid fraud reports, election fraud complaints, and human trafficking enforcement, but it cannot give legal advice to private people.

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Anti-Defamation League Southeast is the regional office of ADL serving Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and Tennessee. It responds to antisemitism, bias, bigotry, extremism, and hate incidents, offers education programs for schools and workplaces, advocates for policies, and may connect victims of antisemitism or extremism with legal help.

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Housing Justice League is an Atlanta housing justice group led by renters, homeowners, and community members. They help tenants learn their rights, fight eviction and unsafe housing, form tenant groups, and connect with free legal help.

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Unidos Georgia is a Spanish-language community resource site and coalition led by Latino Community Fund Georgia. It helps Latino, immigrant, undocumented, and Spanish-speaking families find health screenings, resource referrals, Know Your Rights information, and trusted organizations across Georgia.

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Atlanta Legal Aid Society gives free civil legal help to people who cannot afford a lawyer. The Fulton County/Downtown Headquarters helps with issues like housing, family safety, benefits, consumer problems, seniors, disability rights, veterans, and health-related legal needs.

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Atlanta CASA trains and supports volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children in Fulton County foster care. Volunteers gather information, speak up in juvenile court, and help children move toward safe, permanent homes.

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The Housing Court Assistance Center is a walk-in legal clinic run by Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation for Atlanta tenants whose landlords are taking them to court. They help tenants understand eviction papers, tenant rights, court steps, and how to prepare documents or responses.

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ImmigrationLawHelp.org is a national online directory that helps low-income immigrants find free or low-cost nonprofit immigration legal help. People can search by state, ZIP code, county, or detention facility and compare providers by services, languages, populations served, and contact information.

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Promise Place helps people who are experiencing domestic violence. They offer a 24-hour crisis hotline, emergency shelter, legal advocacy, support groups, safety planning, and prevention education.

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Just Shelter is a national awareness and resource website about eviction, affordable housing, and family homelessness. It does not provide direct help, but it lists local and national organizations that may help with housing, eviction prevention, tenant rights, legal aid, and advocacy.

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Gwinnett County Juvenile Court is the county court for cases involving youth under 17, including delinquency, dependency, unruly behavior, runaway matters, custody, child support, and termination of parental rights. It also runs court-based programs for youth diversion, traffic diversion, drug treatment, behavioral health, family treatment, and volunteer review panels.

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