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Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO)

Paid Transitional Employment

Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Atlanta helps people with criminal records prepare for work and find steady jobs. It offers paid temporary work, job training, coaching, and support after hiring. Its current office is at 261 Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard; older directories list 938 Peachtree Street.

938 Peachtree Street Atlanta

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Center for Employment Opportunities / CEO Atlanta

Westside ExpansionPaid Transitional EmploymentWestside Workforce Expansion

Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Atlanta helps people who recently came home from jail or prison find steady work. New members start right away on a paid work crew, get job skills training and coaching, and receive help finding and keeping a permanent job afterward. CEO is growing its program on Atlanta's Westside, in neighborhoods like English Avenue and Vine City.

938 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta

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First Step Staffing, Inc.

Job placement and staffingAtlanta Job Application and OrientationDisability Services

First Step Staffing is a nonprofit staffing agency that helps people who face barriers to work find jobs. It serves people who may be homeless, in long-term poverty, veterans, or previously jailed. It also offers job coaching, rides to work, and help with disability benefits.

302 Decatur St. SE, Ste 103 Atlanta

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The Investors Academy Inc.

Prison Reform Second Chance Program

The Investors Academy helps families and at-risk youth get back on their feet. It offers a food pantry, transitional housing for veterans, job help for people leaving jail or prison, and job and life-skills training for youth, including hands-on construction training.

400 West Peachtree Street Northwest Atlanta

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Project Restart

Project Restart INSIDE

Project Restart is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps people with criminal records and people who are locked up. It offers a free 12-week training program, one-on-one reentry support, a six-week program inside two facilities, and free online resource guides. The 2026 cohort is already full, and new details are expected in 2027.

Atlanta

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Connecting Communities Inc

Re-entry Support for Returning Citizens

Connecting Communities and Families helps young adults leaving foster care, people coming home from prison or jail, and families with low to moderate incomes. They offer job training, computer skills classes, job placement help, and support like case management and rides.

80 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd NW Atlanta

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Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta

Routes to Re-Entry Employment Program

The Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta gives free donated furniture and household goods to people who are moving out of homelessness, living with HIV/AIDS, or fleeing domestic violence. Clients pick out beds, couches, tables and chairs at an appointment. It also runs a job training program for people who were in prison, and it takes furniture donations and volunteers.

2179 Bouldercrest Rd. SE Atlanta

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Integrity Transformations Community Development Corporation (ITCDC)

The BRIDGERe-entry Programming

Integrity Transformations CDC helps people on Atlanta's Westside find jobs and build better lives. It runs job training and placement programs, offers The BRIDGE for people returning home from jail or prison, and helps residents with housing and homeownership through financial education.

692 Lindsay Street Northwest Atlanta

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Georgia Department of Community Supervision - Reentry Services

Community Resources and Reentry CoordinationSecond Chance Month Events (Date not announced)

The Georgia Department of Community Supervision watches over people on state parole or probation in Georgia. Its reentry staff help people leaving prison or under supervision find housing, work, and mentoring. The Atlanta field office serves Fulton County.

Atlanta

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New Beginnings (Federal Program)

New Beginnings Reentry ProgramNew Beginnings Adult Reentry Program – Improving Reentry Employment Outcomes

New Beginnings helps people who have left prison get ready for work and daily life.S. Attorney's Office and run by the Urban League of Greater Atlanta in downtown Atlanta. It offers an eight-week class followed by guided help with a job search.

Atlanta

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STRIVE Atlanta

Future Leaders

STRIVE Atlanta is the Atlanta site of a national job training group. It offers free job training for adults and young adults, plus career coaching, help finding a job, and support that continues after you are hired. To start, you sign up for an info session.

236 Forsyth Street SW, Suite 502 Atlanta

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Metro TC (Metro Transitional Center)

Residential Reentry and Work Release

Metro Transitional Center is a Georgia Department of Corrections center at 1303 Constitution Road in Atlanta. It serves adult women with felony convictions at minimum security. Residents live there and take classes, counseling and job-readiness programs. Eligible residents may also do work release in the Atlanta area.

1303 Constitution Rd SE Atlanta

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Lifecycle Building Center (LBC)

Breaking Barriers Through Deconstruction

Lifecycle Building Center is a nonprofit in Southwest Atlanta that keeps used building materials out of the landfill. It sells reclaimed materials to the public at 50 to 85 percent below new prices and gives free materials to nonprofits, schools, community groups and houses of faith. It also runs a paid job training program in deconstruction and offers free classes in home performance and carpentry.

1116 Murphy Ave SW Atlanta

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Georgia Justice Project

Employer Engagement (Second Chance Hiring)Second Chance Hiring Help for Employers

Georgia Justice Project helps people in Georgia who have been affected by the criminal legal system. It offers free legal help, such as defense lawyers for some Fulton and DeKalb cases, record clearing, and help ending probation early. It also gives social service support and teaches the public about records, voting rights and work licenses. It cannot help everyone who applies.

438 Edgewood Ave. Atlanta

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Urban League of Greater Atlanta

New Beginnings Adult Reentry Program

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.

230 Peachtree St., NE Atlanta

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Goodwill of North Georgia - Metropolitan Parkway Career Center

Targeted programs

This is the Goodwill of North Georgia career center at 2160 Metropolitan Parkway SW. It sits at the same address as a Goodwill store and donation center. You can look for jobs, use computers, get help with a resume and cover letter, and work with a career coach. Goodwill says its career centers are free and open to the public.

2160 Metropolitan Parkway Atlanta

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Georgia Department of Labor (DOL)

Walking the Last Mile

The Georgia Department of Labor is the state agency for jobs and unemployment. People use its website, its phone line, and local Career Centers to look for work, file for unemployment benefits, get information about child labor and youth work permits, and report unemployment fraud. Employers also use it for hiring, taxes, and claims.

223 Courtland Street Northeast Atlanta

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4horsemen Rehabilitation Services, Inc.

Reentry Coaching and MentoringVolunteer with 4HorsemenCase Management & Resource Connection +4 more

4Horsemen is a nonprofit that helps men and women coming home from jail or prison. They offer coaching, mentoring, and life-skills classes, and they help people connect with housing, job, health, and other community help. Most programs run about 16 weeks, and mentoring can last 4 to 18 months.

1201 W. Peachtree St. NW Atlanta

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Integrity CDC - Digital Skills

CARES program for seniorsCommunity Job ConnectionComputer and Microsoft Office classes +3 more

Integrity Transformations Community Development Corporation (Integrity CDC) is a nonprofit in the Capitol View neighborhood of southwest Atlanta that has helped job seekers since 1995. It offers job readiness classes, a beginner computer skills class, and help finding jobs or job training, and it welcomes people with criminal records. It also has a computer lab people can walk in and use.

661 Dill Avenue SW Atlanta

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Brothers and Sisters United for Christ

Workforce Development & Second Chance Employment

Brothers and Sisters United for Christ is a faith-based nonprofit in College Park, Georgia. It offers Christian counseling, job training and help finding work, money classes, and help with food, furniture, clothing and housing. It pays special attention to people coming home from prison and others who need a second chance.

7225 Lester Rd. Union City

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