28 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
Georgia Radio Reading Service, formerly GaRRS and now called Vocal Point, gives free audio access to newspapers, books, magazines, local news, and service programs. It serves people in Georgia who are blind, have low vision, or have another disability that makes printed text hard to read.
8 services
Atlanta Speech School is a private school and service center for children with language, reading, hearing, speech, and learning needs. It runs preschools, a dyslexia school, therapy and evaluation services, tutoring, audiology, and literacy training for adults and educators.
13 services
Communities In Schools of Georgia helps K-12 students stay in school and graduate. It places site coordinators in schools to connect students and families with tutoring, mentoring, basic needs, parent resources, and community services.
7 services
Kirkwood Library is a Fulton County Library System branch at 11 Kirkwood Road NE in Atlanta. It offers books and media, free public computers and Wi-Fi, study and meeting rooms, storytimes, summer reading, family events, and referrals to social service resources.
Kirkwood12 services
Operation Paperback is a national nonprofit that sends donated books to U.S. troops overseas, veterans, military families, veterans hospitals, wounded warrior programs, and USO centers. Volunteers sign up online, get approved addresses, and mail books directly to people in the military community. The group says new book requests are briefly paused because of high demand.
4 services
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy has moved its work into the Barbara Bush Fund for Family Literacy at the George & Barbara Bush Foundation. Today it supports literacy nationwide through free online reading resources and planned grants to community family literacy programs, while many former direct programs are paused during the transition.
8 services
Ferst Readers is an early literacy nonprofit that mails free, age-appropriate books and reading resources to enrolled children every month until their fifth birthday. Families can register children who live in participating communities, and local volunteer teams help raise funds and promote reading.
5 services
Prison Book Program is a nonprofit based in Quincy, Massachusetts, not Atlanta. It sends free books and reading materials to people in prison across most of the United States, including many federal and state facilities, and also publishes prison resource and legal guides.
5 services
Books to Prisoners is a Seattle nonprofit that mails free books to people in prisons across the country. People in prison must send a letter with their name, prison ID number, and mailing address; the group says it does not take book requests by phone or email.
4 services
Wilcox County Family Connection is the local Georgia Family Connection collaborative for Wilcox County. It brings schools, health and social service agencies, churches, law enforcement, businesses, and families together to plan local work that helps children and families, with a current focus on literacy, grade-level reading, and safety education.
4 services
Project Infinity, Incorporated is an all-volunteer nonprofit that helps K-12 students who are homeless or housing insecure. They focus on educational equity by giving students support, resources, literacy help, school-related opportunities, and family resource events.
9 services
The National Council of Teachers of English is a national professional group for English and literacy teachers. It helps educators, parents, and afterschool staff with literacy resources, lesson plans, professional learning, conferences, publications, and support around book challenges and censorship.
6 services
Read Now is a nonprofit literacy group that offers free reading help. It pairs students with trained volunteer tutors for one-on-one tutoring, with flexible sessions.
3 services
Cobb Collaborative is a Cobb County nonprofit network that brings local groups, government, schools, businesses, faith groups, and residents together. It helps children and families through mental health education, early literacy programs, civic engagement, child abuse prevention, veteran support partnerships, community trainings, events, and resource referrals.
13 services
Seedlings Braille Books for Children is a nonprofit in Livonia, Michigan that makes free and low-cost braille books for children with vision loss. Families, teachers, and some early intervention programs can request free braille books and braille encyclopedia articles through its online and mail-in programs.
5 services
American Indian Education Fund (AIEF) is a program of Partnership With Native Americans. It helps Native American students across the United States with scholarships, school supplies, literacy support, laptops, care packages, mentoring, and leadership development.
6 services
Christian Record Services is a nonprofit ministry that serves people who are blind, have low vision, or cannot read regular print because of a physical impairment. They provide free accessible books, magazines, Bible resources, phone programs, Spanish services, camps, and scholarships.
10 services
Doraville Library is a public library run by the City of Doraville. It offers books, DVDs, audiobooks, magazines, newspapers, e-books, streaming movies, museum passes, and checkout of Chromebooks and Wi-Fi hotspots with a library card.
7 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
Learning Ally is a national nonprofit that helps students and adults who have dyslexia, visual impairments, physical disabilities, or other reading challenges. It offers human-read audiobooks, reading tools, educator training, family resources, and online events so learners can keep up with school and build confidence.
8 services
