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.
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.
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.
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.
The Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta gives furniture to people who are starting over after hardship, like homelessness or domestic violence. People get help through a referral from a partner agency, and the furniture is delivered. It also runs a job program for people who were in prison and takes donated furniture and volunteers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cascade United Methodist Church is a church with two Atlanta locations, one in Southwest Atlanta and one in Midtown. Its Community Fund can pay up to $1,000 toward past-due rent or mortgage and up to $350 toward a past-due utility bill for people in Fulton or DeKalb County. It is not emergency help. The church also holds worship services, takes prayer requests, and offers a GriefShare group for adults who have lost a loved one.
Georgia Justice Project is a nonprofit that gives free legal help to people in Georgia who have been touched by the criminal legal system. It defends some people charged in Fulton and DeKalb counties and helps people clean up old records so it is easier to get a job or a home. It also helps with ending felony probation early, job license problems, and questions about voting.
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.
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.
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.
First Step Staffing is a nonprofit staffing agency that helps people who face barriers to work, including people who are homeless, veterans, and people who were in jail or prison. It places people in light-industrial jobs, offers job coaching, and helps with rides to work. It also has a team that helps people who are homeless get disability benefits.
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.
This foundation serves individuals and families across metro Atlanta. It gives out fresh fruits and vegetables, helps churches start their own food pantries, and runs a help hotline. It also offers job training and meals with a life coach for people in transitional housing.
