The Bennett Center is a drop-in center run by Georgia Harm Reduction Coalition in Atlanta. You can walk in for groceries, water, hot meals, a phone, a computer lab, and help finding other services. Services are private, and free for those who qualify.
Georgia Harm Reduction Coalition is a health and wellness group that works to lower the harm from HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and drug use. It has centers around metro Atlanta where people can get testing, PrEP, treatment for opioid use, housing help, food, water, and other basic help. It also mails free Narcan across Georgia.
Emmaus House works to improve life for people in Peoplestown and nearby south Atlanta neighborhoods. Its Lokey Help Center at 27 Haygood Ave SW offers a food pantry, SNAP application help, rent and utility help, Georgia ID vouchers, and more. It also runs youth, family, and job-training programs.
First Baptist Church Decatur is a church in Decatur. Its Assistance Ministry helps local people who need things like clothing, MARTA cards, gift cards, utility help, housing referrals and job search help, when these are available. Volunteers meet people on Monday mornings by appointment.
The Center for Hope is a help center at Jefferson Avenue Baptist Church in East Point, run with Luke 1:37 Ministries. It gives out food boxes, clothes, shoes, blankets, coats, and hygiene items. It also offers job help, financial counseling, referrals, prayer, and spiritual mentoring. You must make an appointment first.
Power Atlanta is a nonprofit in Atlanta's West End. It helps people with free food and clothing, health coverage and benefits help, HIV and STI testing, and money and job skills. You can start with one need and get pointed to other help too.
The Urban League of Greater Atlanta has worked in metro Atlanta since 1920. Its Financial Empowerment & Economic Resilience Center is a one-stop place for emergency help with rent and bills, jobs, housing, small business help and money coaching. It also runs programs for young people and a water bill help program for DeKalb County.
Feeding GA Families is a nonprofit that has served since 2010. It gives out food through pantries, emergency food boxes, lockers and home delivery. It also offers housing help, job and youth programs, and items like hygiene products, clothing, and baby and pet supplies.
New Life Community Alliance is a nonprofit in South DeKalb that has served the area for about 25 years. At its Flat Shoals Road center it offers food, clothing, free haircuts, GED classes, job help, case management, and help with past-due rent and utility bills. Most first contact is by phone.
SafeHouse Outreach has helped people in downtown Atlanta since 1982. It offers street outreach, a walk-in help desk, case managers, housing programs, rent and utility help, and a job program. People can come to 89 Ellis Street NE or call to get started.
The Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative is a nonprofit at 101 Jackson Street NE in Atlanta. It offers free classes, coaching, GED prep, free tax help, and emergency help for families facing a housing crisis. Its work is meant to help families earn more, save more, and become stable.
The Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative helps families reach steady footing from one place. It offers job and money skills training, free tax preparation, classes for Atlanta Housing voucher holders, and emergency help with housing costs.
This is the Georgia Division of The Salvation Army. Its local centers and churches offer help to people and families in need, and it also offers spiritual support. The pages do not list specific programs, so use the location search to find a center near you and ask what it offers.
Covenant House Georgia helps young people ages 18 to 24 who are homeless or escaping trafficking. It has a crisis shelter, longer-term apartment housing, health care and counseling, school and job help, and street outreach. A young person who needs shelter can call the youth line.
Salem Bible Church is a church with two campuses, one in Atlanta and one in Stonecrest. It holds Sunday worship. Its care team helps with counseling, prayer, weddings, funerals, and child dedications, and it has a ministry for adults 65 and older.
The DeKalb Access and Resource Center is a county help center in Stone Mountain. It is a branch connected to the Department of Family and Children Services. It hosts services such as the DeKalb mobile career unit, which helps with job searches, resumes, and interviews, and health screenings.
Park Avenue Baptist Church is a church in Atlanta that welcomes LGBTQ people and works against racism. It meets for worship on Sundays and has a nursery, kids' activities, and a parent group. Everyone is welcome to come.
Washington Park Branch is a public library on Atlanta's Westside. It is part of the Fulton County Library System. You can get a library card, borrow items, use computers and study rooms, and ask staff your questions. The library system's social services team can also connect you to other help in the community.
Central Presbyterian is a church across the street from the Georgia State Capitol in downtown Atlanta.m. every Sunday. The church also supports the Bashor Men's Homeless Shelter, a winter night shelter for men that runs November 1 through March 31.
Ebenezer Baptist Church is a historic church in Atlanta., in person and online. It also offers a Wednesday evening discussion group, a children and youth chapel, and classes for new members.
