Legal Help

Raindrops Rising Foundation is a survivor-run group that helps people who have experienced sexual violence or human trafficking. They offer a free 24/7 call or text crisis line, survivor advocacy, referrals, on-site crisis response, relocation support, training, and awareness work.

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Mindset Care helps people apply for Social Security disability benefits, including SSI and SSDI. They help with online forms, appeals, SSA calls, medical records, case updates, and representation during the benefits process.

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Triage Cancer is a national nonprofit that helps people with cancer, caregivers, advocates, and health care workers understand legal, money, insurance, work, and planning issues after a cancer diagnosis. They offer free education, online events, written guides, Spanish resources, and one-on-one legal and financial navigation, but they do not give legal representation or direct financial aid.

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Raksha is a Georgia nonprofit that helps South Asian American survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and other harm. They offer free, confidential support such as safety planning, case management, counseling, legal and victim advocacy, referrals, and language help.

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Justice Center of Atlanta is a nonprofit mediation center in Atlanta. It helps people talk through disputes with a trained neutral mediator, and it also teaches mediation courses for people who want to learn those skills.

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ACLU of Georgia is a statewide civil rights group. It uses lawsuits, advocacy, voter rights work, public education, and volunteer action to protect civil liberties for people in Georgia. It does not usually provide direct legal aid for individual cases, but people can share rights violations and use its legal resource list.

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The Georgia Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division is the state office that handles consumer protection issues in Georgia. It reviews complaints about unfair or deceptive business practices, watches for scams, enforces consumer laws, and teaches people how to avoid fraud.

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HUD is a federal housing agency with an Atlanta Field Office. It does not usually give direct emergency help, but it connects people to housing counselors, public housing authorities, fair housing complaint help, affordable housing search tools, and disaster housing resources.

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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Arthur M. Blank Hospital is a pediatric hospital for babies, children, teens, and young adults. It has a 24-hour emergency department and many children’s specialty services, including cancer care, heart care, surgery, critical care, lab, radiology, transplant care, and diabetes education.

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HUD is the federal housing agency, and its Atlanta Field Office serves Georgia. HUD is not a direct shelter or rent-aid provider, but it helps people find housing resources, file housing discrimination complaints, contact housing counselors, and connect with public housing, voucher, FHA, disaster, and eviction resources.

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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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Georgia Lawyers for the Arts is a nonprofit that helps artists, makers, musicians, writers, and arts organizations with their legal needs. They connect you with volunteer lawyers for help with things like copyright, trademarks, contracts, and setting up a nonprofit. You join as a member, and if your income is low enough you may get the legal help for free.

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The Georgia Advocacy Office (GAO) is Georgia's federally mandated Protection and Advocacy agency for people with disabilities and people labeled with mental illness. They protect people's rights by investigating abuse and neglect, fighting disability discrimination, and helping people get accommodations, assistive technology, and the support they need to live in their community. Help is free, and you can ask for advocacy by calling or filling out a request form on their website.

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This is a federal CDC (National Center for Health Statistics) web page called "Where to Write for Vital Records." It is not a local Atlanta office and does not issue any records itself. Instead, it tells you the correct state or county office to contact to get a copy of a birth, death, marriage, or divorce certificate, including addresses, fees, and how to apply.

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The Georgia Heirs Property Law Center is a nonprofit law firm that helps families who inherited land or a home without a clear legal owner. They clear tangled property titles, write wills and estate plans, and teach families how to protect and pass down their land so it stays in the family. Their help is for low- and moderate-income Georgia property owners.

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Raksha is an Atlanta nonprofit, started in 1995, that helps South Asian families who are dealing with domestic violence, sexual abuse, or family problems. They offer free, private help in many South Asian languages, including a confidential helpline, counseling, legal and immigration support, safety planning, and help finding housing, food, and other resources.

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