20 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
Hire Heroes USA is an Alpharetta-based nonprofit that helps U.S. service members, veterans, and military spouses find civilian jobs. They offer free career coaching, resume help, mock interviews, mentoring, job search tools, a job board, training connections, and virtual career fairs.
11 services
NPower is a national nonprofit that helps young adults and military-connected people train for technology jobs. Its old Path2TECH App Development page says that app development is paused, but NPower now offers a free virtual AI Prompt + Power Automation Path2TECH program that includes Atlanta-area applicants.
5 services
Upwardly Global helps work-authorized immigrants, refugees, and asylees restart professional careers in the United States. They offer free coaching, resume and interview help, online job-readiness training, employer networking, and access to courses and certifications.
12 services
Honest Jobs is a national online fair-chance employment platform for people with criminal records. It helps job seekers search for background-friendly jobs, see job matches based on their record, and find local support resources like housing, food, transportation, legal help, and health care.
7 services
EmployReward Solutions, also called ERS, is a national Employment Network for Social Security's Ticket to Work program. They help people ages 18 to 64 who receive SSI or SSDI plan for work, search for jobs, build resumes, prepare for interviews, understand benefits, and report wages.
7 services
Atlanta Public Schools is Atlanta's public school district. Its Adult Education program helps people age 16 and older who are not in high school prepare for GED or HiSET exams, learn English and citizenship skills, and get career support like resumes, interview practice, and referrals.
11 services
East Atlanta Library is a Fulton County Library System branch at 400 Flat Shoals Ave. SE. It offers books, public computers, Wi-Fi, meeting and study rooms, children and teen programs, adult classes, and referrals through the library system’s Social Services team.
East Atlanta8 services
Dress for Success Atlanta helps women get ready for work and grow in their careers. They offer career coaching, resume and interview help, job-readiness training, digital skills support, professional clothing, and ongoing encouragement.
12 services
Ascensa Health is a nonprofit addiction treatment provider in Midtown Atlanta. They help adults with substance use disorder and co-occurring mental health needs through detox, residential treatment, outpatient treatment, medication-assisted treatment, recovery support, and wraparound services.
Downtown11 services
Cancer and Careers helps people with cancer manage work, job search, and career changes during or after treatment. They are fully remote and offer online articles, free resume review, career coach Q&A, webinars, conferences, and Spanish-language resources.
13 services
Brown & Brown Absence Services Group helps people with Social Security disability benefits understand work, SSDI, and benefits rules. Its Ticket to Work service gives free phone-based help with benefits counseling, career planning, resumes, job accommodations, and support after someone starts working.
2 services
Maze of Life Resource Center offers counseling, coaching, life skills classes, mandated court classes, and family and youth programs. They serve people in person at Georgia locations and online through telehealth and a client portal.
13 services
Allsup Employment Services helps people who get SSDI try working again through Social Security's Ticket to Work program. They help with career planning, job search support, resumes, SSA paperwork, wage reporting, and protecting SSDI and Medicare benefits while a person returns to work.
5 services
Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency helps people in Metro Atlanta who face barriers to work. They offer career coaching, job readiness training, resume and interview help, job placement, financial coaching, and support services for groups like veterans, young adults, older workers, people experiencing homelessness, and returning citizens.
12 services
Advocator Advantage is a nationwide Brown & Brown service that helps people with Social Security Disability Insurance, Medicare plan choices, and returning to work while on disability benefits. They help by phone and online with eligibility checks, forms, records, appeals, benefit questions, and Medicare enrollment guidance.
5 services
Trinity House of Hope LLC provides shared supportive housing for single adults who need a stable place to live. It serves veterans, seniors, low-income people, and people moving out of homelessness, with support like case management, life skills, job help, health referrals, and help finding long-term housing.
5 services
Central Outreach and Advocacy Center helps adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in downtown Atlanta. They help people get IDs, birth certificates, Social Security cards, benefits, referrals, mail, work support, and basic items needed to move forward.
10 services
The Veteran Staffing Network is a national nonprofit job placement and career service run by Easterseals. It helps veterans, their caregivers, and current and former military spouses find work through free one-on-one career coaching, resume help, and interview training, plus a job board that connects them with employers who want to hire veterans. Services are offered virtually, so people anywhere — including the Atlanta area — can use them.
4 services
Integrity Transformations CDC is a nonprofit on Atlanta's Westside that helps people get jobs and rebuild their lives, with special focus on people coming home from prison or jail. They offer free job-readiness classes, resume and interview help, computer skills, case management, and connections to free vocational training and full-time work. They also work on affordable housing and financial literacy in the community.
English Avenue7 services
NewLife-Second Chance Outreach is a volunteer-led nonprofit that helps Georgians who have been arrested, convicted, or incarcerated rebuild their lives. They offer job-readiness training, financial coaching, digital skills classes, and reentry navigation, and they connect people to housing, food, healthcare, and other community resources. They also work on criminal justice reform and voter education.
8 services
