Georgia's Division of Family and Children Services is a state agency that works to keep children safe. Staff look into reports of child abuse and neglect and work with the family. The agency also helps with foster care and with food, cash, health coverage, and child care benefits.
Community Farmers Markets is a nonprofit that runs weekly farmers markets in Decatur and Atlanta. The Oakhurst market is on Saturday mornings at 630 East Lake Drive in Decatur. Shoppers who use SNAP/EBT get matching tokens for fruits and vegetables at the market information tent.
The Decatur Farmers Market is an outdoor market on the front lawn of First Baptist Church Decatur. It is held on Wednesday afternoons and run by Community Farmers Markets. If you use SNAP/EBT, you can swipe your card at the information tent and get tokens that double what you spend on fresh food.
The East Atlanta Village Farmers Market is an outdoor market held on Thursday evenings in a park in East Atlanta. It sells local food and crafts, and it doubles SNAP/EBT dollars so $10 of EBT gets $20 of food. It also has chef cooking demos and a garden with kids' activities.
Wholesome Wave Georgia helps Georgia families get fresh, local fruits and vegetables. It matches SNAP/EBT spending at partner markets and stores, runs a produce prescription program with healthcare providers, and gives free help with SNAP and other benefit applications.
Peachtree Road Farmers Market is an outdoor market held on Saturday mornings at The Cathedral of St. Philip in Buckhead. Everything sold there is grown, raised, or made by the seller. The market takes EBT/SNAP and doubles those dollars, up to $50 a visit, and it buys unsold crops from farmers to give to the Intown Cares food pantry.
Central Outreach and Advocacy Center is a downtown Atlanta nonprofit that helps adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Staff help with IDs, birth certificates, Social Security cards, food stamps, Medicaid, SSI/SSDI, and job readiness classes. Partner groups also come on site for health care, eye clinics, and more.
This is Georgia's state agency for family and children's services. It helps families apply for food benefits, cash help, and Medicaid. It also takes reports of child abuse, and it runs foster care and adoption services.
Georgia DFCS is the state agency for family and children's services. On its website and in Georgia Gateway you can start applications for food stamps (SNAP), Medicaid, cash help (TANF), and energy help. It also takes reports of child abuse and works with foster and adoptive families.
The Green Market is a Saturday farmers market inside Piedmont Park, run by the Piedmont Park Conservancy. Shoppers can buy local produce, baked goods and handmade items from farmers and makers. People who use EBT can get their dollars matched with free tokens for fruits and vegetables.
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.
Emmaus House works to improve life for people in Peoplestown and nearby south Atlanta neighborhoods. Its Lokey Help Center at 27 Haygood Ave SW offers a food pantry, SNAP application help, rent and utility help, Georgia ID vouchers, and more. It also runs youth, family, and job-training programs.
T. is a nonprofit that helps families in underserved parts of metro Atlanta. It runs a food pantry and clothing drives, and it holds back-to-school and holiday programs. It also offers youth mentoring and tutoring, and it points families to help with SNAP, housing and other urgent needs.
The Market at Good Sam is a seasonal market on Atlanta's Westside. It sells fresh fruits and vegetables grown on Good Sam's one-acre urban farm, plus pantry staples, at low prices. You can pay with cash or a credit card, and the market doubles SNAP/EBT.
Intown Cares helps people in intown Atlanta who are hungry or do not have a home. It runs a food pantry where you pick your own groceries on Tuesdays and Saturdays, and it brings groceries to some neighbors. Its outreach workers help people with long-term homelessness get papers and move into permanent housing.
The East Point Farmers Market is a weekly outdoor market in downtown East Point, run with the East Point Main Street Association. You can buy fresh local produce, eggs, baked goods and prepared food. The market has been reported to take SNAP/EBT and WIC and to double SNAP dollars through the Georgia Fresh for Less program.
Oakhurst Farmers Market is a weekly outdoor market in Decatur, run by Community Farmers Markets. It has local produce, meat, baked treats, live music and chef demonstrations. People who use SNAP/EBT can get matching tokens, so $10 swiped turns into $20 of food.
The Atlanta Community Food Bank fights hunger across 29 counties in metro Atlanta and north Georgia. It runs four food pantries called Community Food Centers where families can get food by appointment. It also helps people find a nearby pantry, helps people apply for SNAP and Medicaid, and supplies food to hundreds of partner pantries and kitchens.
The Atlanta Community Food Bank collects donated food and sends it to more than 700 pantries, kitchens and other nonprofit partners in 29 counties. It also runs four Community Food Centers where families get groceries by appointment. Staff can help people apply for SNAP and Medicaid, and you can find a pantry near you with an online map or by text.
This is the Georgia state agency that runs family and children's services. Through its website and Georgia Gateway, you can apply for Medicaid, SNAP (food stamps), TANF cash help, energy help, and more. It also takes child abuse reports and works with foster and adoptive families.