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.
LifeChangers, Inc. is a nonprofit that helps men and women who have been in the justice system and people returning home. It offers free job workshops, a free one-year mentorship program, a resource directory, and a place to complete court-ordered community service. Its workshops teach job searching, applications, resumes, and interviews.
This nonprofit helps young Black men ages 18 to 28 build better lives. It offers free workshops, job readiness classes, mentoring, and referrals to other agencies. It also works with employers who hire program participants.
Jesus Set the Captive Free is a faith-based nonprofit in the Atlanta area that helps homeless men and men who have been in prison rebuild their lives. It offers apartment-style transitional housing where rent is based on income, plus spiritual mentoring, case management, life-skills classes, and transportation help. Residents can stay from six months up to two years while they work toward steady housing and a job.
Women on the Rise is led by women who have been in jail or prison. It helps women coming home with case management, monthly support circles, and links to housing, jobs and mental health care. It also organizes for fairer laws and helps people learn about their voting rights.
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.
Boys2Men & Girls2Win Home & Sanctuary for Youth runs youth development programs for teens and young adults. Programs include mentoring, life skills, entrepreneurship, robotics, auto mechanics, and horse-assisted therapy. The group says it serves youth ages 13 to 26.
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.
Rainey Day Fund is a charity in Atlanta that helps families and individuals who are going through a hard time. It connects people with resources for education, money, and a fresh start, including help for people coming home from jail or prison, support for children and families, and referrals to other community resources across Metro Atlanta.
Barred Business is a group started in 2020 by formerly incarcerated Black women.E. program for formerly incarcerated women and works on bail, voting rights and fair laws for people with records. People with records and their families can join as members.
Game Changing Men is a group that supports masculine-presenting people, including transgender men, men of color, and men who have been in jail or prison. It offers support groups, workshops, a 24-week class on family violence for male-identified people, mentoring for people inside jails and prisons, a yearly retreat, and a youth leadership program.
The Life Unit is a nonprofit that helps people affected by jail or prison. It runs a free weekly online support group, a re-entry course, mentoring for young men ages 12 to 25, and court diversion classes for people who could face jail. It was started by a formerly incarcerated man.
AREACH is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps young people ages 8 to 24 build mental skills like focus, calm, and confidence. Its Brain Fit program uses brain lessons, coaching, and technology. It works mostly through schools, youth groups, and community partners.
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.
CHRIS180 is an Atlanta nonprofit that has served children, adults and families since 1981. It offers counseling, foster care and adoption help, and housing and a drop-in center for young adults facing homelessness. You can call the helpline or fill out an intake form to get started.
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.
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.
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.
The Gathering is a church in College Park.m. and also has online groups for men and for women, with mentoring for boys and girls. It also runs a missions outreach that shares its faith and helps neighbors with practical needs.
Team Management 2000 is a nonprofit clinic group that started in New Jersey and now has an office in Decatur. It runs programs for substance use recovery, mental health care, HIV/AIDS testing, and support for youth, LGBTQ people, and people leaving prison. Call the Decatur office to ask which services you can get there.
