Legal Help

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is a federal agency that supports housing programs, fair housing rights, and FHA home loan information. In Georgia, HUD points people to housing counselors, public housing authorities, fair housing complaint help, disaster housing resources, and its FHA Resource Center phone line.

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Know Your Rights Camp is a national group that supports Black and Brown communities through education, youth camps, rights information, and legal resources. It offers an online legal help form, a rights app, and a free autopsy program for some in-custody or suspicious deaths.

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Immigration Equality is a national legal and advocacy group for LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants and their families. They help with immigration questions, asylum, detention, family immigration issues, referrals, and connections to pro bono lawyers.

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Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) helps immigrant and refugee children who came to the United States without a parent or legal guardian. KIND connects children with free legal help, teaches them their rights, and helps with needs like school, medical care, mental health care, and safety.

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VetLinks.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps combat veterans, caregivers, and families dealing with PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and substance use concerns. They offer one-on-one support, help people find treatment and resources, and may provide financial help or referrals when VA care does not meet a family's needs.

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NCLR is now called the National Center for LGBTQ Rights. It is a national legal nonprofit that helps LGBTQ people and families through a legal helpline, free legal information, court cases, policy work, and public education.

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Forsyth County Family Haven is a nonprofit in Forsyth County, Georgia that helps people and children who have experienced domestic violence or family violence. They offer a 24-hour crisis line, confidential emergency shelter, transitional housing, legal advocacy, financial and social service support, and education programs.

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SisterLove Inc is an Atlanta nonprofit focused on HIV, sexual health, reproductive justice, and rights for women, Black women, LGBTQ+ people, and other marginalized communities. It helps with free HIV/STI and pregnancy testing, sexual health education, home HIV self-test kits, peer support, community research, and policy advocacy. Its website says operations are slowed right now, with testing concentrated on Thursdays from 10am to 2pm.

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Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network, or GAIN, is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps immigrant survivors of crime and persecution. They provide free immigration legal help, connect clients with support services, and train community partners across Georgia.

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Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation gives free legal help to qualified Atlanta-area families and tenants. They help with domestic violence protective orders, eviction defense, unsafe housing, family law after abuse, and some emergency support referrals.

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Safe House Project is a national nonprofit that helps people escape human trafficking and connect with safe housing. They help with safe home placement, transportation, survivor support, training, reporting tools, and support for programs that serve trafficking survivors.

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Tapestri is a Georgia nonprofit that helps immigrant and refugee survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual abuse, and exploitation. They provide case management, crisis counseling, legal advocacy, referrals to attorneys, help in many languages, and training for service providers. Tapestri says it is not a shelter and does not provide onsite housing.

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Transgender Law Center is a national trans-led civil rights group. It helps transgender and gender-nonconforming people through legal information, policy advocacy, lawsuits, community programs, and online resources. Its Legal Information Helpdesk gives basic information but does not give individual legal advice or representation through the helpdesk.

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The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children helps families, children, law enforcement, schools, and communities when a child is missing or sexually exploited. They run a 24-hour hotline, take online exploitation reports, make and share missing child posters, support families, and offer safety education.

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StrongHearts Native Helpline is a national, confidential helpline for Native American and Alaska Native people affected by domestic, dating, and sexual violence. Trained advocates answer by phone, text, and online chat 24/7 and help with crisis support, safety planning, education, and referrals to Native-centered services.

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RedBud Blossom Family Justice Center helps people and families affected by abuse. It brings public agencies and nonprofit partners together in one place so survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse, stalking, and human trafficking can get help without telling their story over and over.

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