The Atlanta Public Schools Student and Family Support Hub is in southwest Atlanta. It holds a monthly drive-up food distribution for APS families, with no sign-up needed. The same site has a free department store for household items, school supplies and clothing, and a free grocery store that you visit by appointment.
Hosea Helps is an Atlanta nonprofit that has helped families since 1971. At its building on Forrest Hills Drive, people can get emergency food and sign up for food stamps. The group also brings food and services to apartment communities and schools, and holds events for kids and holidays.
Community Connections of Atlanta is a faith-based nonprofit in Stone Mountain. Every Wednesday evening it serves a free hot meal and gives out free boxes of groceries. It also runs a clothing closet, back-to-school supply giveaways, and job search workshops.
S. is an Atlanta-area nonprofit that fights childhood obesity. It runs a mobile food pantry for families and seniors who have trouble getting affordable food. It also offers cooking classes, kids' programs and a summer camp for girls.
Good Samaritan Health Center is a nonprofit clinic on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway in Atlanta. It serves people without insurance and families with low incomes. It offers doctor visits, dental care, counseling, prenatal care, a medicine dispensary and health classes, and patients pay based on what they can afford. A walk-in Friday Clinic serves people experiencing homelessness.
Families First is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps families get stronger. It offers counseling and a psychiatry clinic for youth, case managers who connect families to services like housing, health care and jobs, and parenting and adoption classes. It also holds community events, like a yearly Back-to-School Bash with free school supplies and groceries.
The Love of Giving is a Georgia nonprofit. It gives food, clothing and other help to people who are unsheltered or struggling to feed their families. It runs a food pantry that gives out groceries.
Hosea Helps is an Atlanta nonprofit that has served the community since 1971. At its Forrest Hills Drive headquarters, families can get free emergency groceries and help applying for food stamps. Staff also check whether a household can get help with rent, utilities and other costs. It also runs job help, programs for children, holiday meal events and deliveries to apartment communities and schools.
All Saints' is an Episcopal church in Midtown Atlanta. It holds worship on Sundays and welcomes LGBTQ+ people. It also runs service ministries: the Midtown Assistance Center (food bank, men's clothing closet, help with rent, utilities and rides), Refugee Ministries, the Threads clothing ministry, and Covenant Community, a residential program for men recovering from substance abuse.
SWEEAC is a nonprofit started in 1988 by Southwest Atlanta churches and volunteers. It runs a food pantry that gives out food boxes to families in need. It also gives out clothing, baby items, cleaning and household items, and school supplies.
Back to School 2026 (Sunday worship begins at 10 AM (end time is an estimate))
Columbia Drive United Methodist Church is a neighborhood church at 2067 Columbia Drive in Decatur. It holds Sunday worship at 10 AM, in person and online. The church also runs a food pantry and a garden ministry, along with Bible study, Sunday school, and children and youth programs.
H. P. Taylor Brotherhood is a nonprofit in Scottdale that works with boys and young men and also helps families with food, clothing and everyday items. It runs a community food pantry once a month and a clothing closet, and holds back-to-school events and a coat drive.
Scottdale Early Learning is a child care and early learning center in Scottdale for children from six weeks to five years old. It offers Pre-K and Head Start for lower-income families, plus home visits for parents and a free class in Clarkston. Meals are included, and the center is open Monday to Friday, 7 am to 6 pm.
DeKalb County School District is the public school system for DeKalb County. Its School Social Work team runs the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Program for students who do not have a stable place to live. The program helps these students enroll in school right away and stay in school. It can also help with school supplies, uniforms, transportation, immunizations, and links to community housing resources.
Nicole's House of Hope gives shelter and housing to people who are homeless in the Atlanta area. It serves single men, single women, and women with children. Staff help residents with case plans and daily living skills, and a separate food pantry opens on Tuesdays.
Communities In Schools of Georgia helps students stay in school and graduate. It puts a staff member inside schools to find out what each student needs and connect them and their families to help. It also runs tutoring, small high schools called Performance Learning Centers, and guides for parents and teachers.
Greater Works Missionary Baptist Church is a church in Forest Park. It holds Sunday School and worship every Sunday, and visitors are welcome. Each month it gives out groceries to anyone in the community who needs food.
E. Family Resource Center is a nonprofit in Mableton that has helped families in Cobb County and nearby counties since 2009. It gives out food boxes every day and every week, and it also helps with clothing and money resources. The office is open Monday through Thursday.
Made for Bigger is an Atlanta nonprofit started in 2017. It mentors teen boys and girls, runs a monthly food pantry with a local food bank, and gives out school supplies and holiday toys. It also offers Christ-centered counseling, autism advocacy and work against human trafficking.
Church Street Food Pantry is run by the Church Street Community Resource Center in Smyrna. It gives out free food, such as fresh produce, bread, meat, dairy and shelf-stable items, and sometimes toiletries or cleaning supplies. The center also helps people with things like Medicaid, WIC and food stamps applications, and holds school-supply and toy giveaways.
