19 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
SafeHouse Outreach is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps people who are homeless or in need. They offer street outreach, hot meals, showers and laundry, help getting IDs, housing navigation, rental and utility help, employment training, and referrals for health, mental health, and substance use needs.
Downtown12 services
New Life Community Alliance is a nonprofit in South DeKalb that helps neighbors move from crisis to stability. They offer food, hot meals, clothing, barber and beauty services, housing help, GED classes, job support, case management, counseling, health screenings, and a day center for people experiencing homelessness.
23 services
Crossroads Community Ministries helps people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness move toward stability. They offer case management, ID and birth certificate help, mailroom support, MARTA help for work or medical needs, rent and utility help, move-in help, and meals for people receiving services.
Downtown3 services
Hosea Helps, formerly Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless, is an Atlanta nonprofit started by Rev. Hosea and Juanita T. Williams. It gives free food and other direct help to people and families in need, including rental assistance, case management, holiday meals, produce distributions, and support programs.
8 services
Rebecca's Tent is a women's shelter in Atlanta connected with Shearith Israel. It helps women experiencing homelessness with temporary shelter, meals, showers, laundry, lunch, case management, and help finding housing and work.
Morningside/Lenox Park5 services
Atlanta Community Food Bank fights hunger in metro Atlanta and north Georgia. It supplies food to hundreds of partner pantries and meal programs, runs Community Food Centers, helps people find nearby food, and helps with SNAP, WIC, and Medicaid applications.
Downtown9 services
MUST Ministries is a metro Atlanta nonprofit that helps people with food, shelter, clothing, health care, and jobs. It has client service locations in Marietta, Smyrna, and Canton, plus mobile and school food pantries.
12 services
My Sister’s House is an Atlanta Mission overnight shelter for women and children who are homeless. It gives residents a safe place to sleep, meals, counseling, childcare, medical care, life skills classes, referrals, and job training when available. Women and children must start intake through Restoration House.
Marietta Street Artery7 services
Atlanta City Baptist Rescue Mission is a faith-based shelter for homeless men in downtown Atlanta. They offer a safe overnight place to stay, food and rest, spiritual support, and a 6-month recovery program for men rebuilding their lives.
4 services
The website connected to the listed phone and address now presents the group as Stella Love Nonprofit, a faith-based nonprofit in Roswell. It helps people with a free client-choice food pantry, groceries, hygiene items, clothing, youth tutoring, ESL classes, and outreach for people who are unhoused.
10 services
Our Lady of Lourdes is a Catholic church in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward, known as the mother church of African American Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. It serves neighbors in need through outreach ministries, including the Lourdes Lunch hot-meal program, a St. Vincent de Paul assistance ministry, and Simon's Call HIV/AIDS ministry.
6 services
Toco Hills Community Alliance is a food and clothing pantry in northeast Atlanta with the motto "Neighbors Helping Neighbors." They give free groceries (canned goods, fresh produce, bread, meat, dairy) once a week to families with low or no income, no appointment needed. They also serve to-go hot lunches to people who are homeless and help people sign up for SNAP, Medicaid, and WIC.
6 services
Friends of St. Martin de Porres is the food outreach ministry of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Chamblee. Since 1982 they have run a large food pantry that gives free groceries to families in crisis, and they also cook meals for people who are homeless and provide food for school children in need. They serve thousands of people each month across parts of DeKalb and Gwinnett.
4 services
DEAM (Decatur-area Emergency Assistance Ministry) is a faith-based nonprofit run by 18 area churches that helps neighbors facing an emergency. By appointment, they give out emergency food and toiletries, help pay overdue water, gas, and electric bills, and help cover prescription costs. They also serve free weekday lunches to people who are unhoused.
5 services
SafeHouse Outreach is a faith-based nonprofit in downtown Atlanta that has helped people living in extreme poverty or homelessness since 1982. They serve hot meals five nights a week, offer showers, hygiene, clothing and case management, and connect people to housing, jobs, and benefits.
10 services
FreeFood.org is a free online directory that helps you find food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens near you anywhere in the United States. You search by state or zip code to see nearby places that give out free food, along with their hours and contact details. It is a national website, not a local Atlanta program, and it does not hand out food itself.
2 services
The DeKalb County Office of Aging helps older adults (age 60+) live safely and independently at home. They provide home-delivered meals, free lunches and activities at senior centers, in-home care, case management, transportation, and caregiver support. Staff also connect seniors and their families to housing, health, and community resources.
8 services
The Shepherd's Inn is Atlanta Mission's shelter for single men over 18 who are experiencing homelessness. It serves up to 450 men a day with a bed, hot meals, laundry, counseling, recovery and life-skills classes, job training, and spiritual support. The goal is to help each man, step by step, move toward independent living.
11 services
This is Community Concerns, Inc., a nonprofit that helps homeless people in Atlanta move into stable housing and jobs (the 605 Spencer St site is their Odyssey Villas housing). It provides supportive housing with single-room units, case management, hot meals through a soup kitchen, and job and life-skills support. It is NOT a drug or alcohol recovery center, despite the name on file.
Vine City4 services
