60 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
Hope is Alive is a faith-based addiction recovery nonprofit. It runs sober living homes, a 45-day recovery campus, online recovery support, and support groups for families and people grieving a death from addiction.
9 services
Fireweed Collective offers mental health education, peer support, and mutual aid through healing justice and disability justice. Its support groups meet online and center people who are queer, trans, BIPOC, disabled, chronically ill, neurodivergent, or dealing with mental health struggles.
6 services
Co-Dependents Anonymous, or CoDA, is a nonprofessional 12-step fellowship for people who want healthier and more loving relationships. They help through peer support meetings, including in-person, online, phone, step-study, and teen meetings.
7 services
ThyCa is a nonprofit for people with thyroid cancer, their families, caregivers, and health care professionals. It offers free education, support groups, one-to-one peer support, webinars, publications, awareness events, and research grants. It is not a senior-only program and has an Atlanta support group that currently meets virtually.
10 services
DailyStrength is an online support community owned by Sharecare, Inc. People join virtual support groups to talk with others about health problems, mental health, addiction and recovery, relationships, parenting, grief, and other life challenges. It is peer support and should not be used as medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
2 services
ANAD is a national nonprofit that gives free peer support for people dealing with eating disorders, body image concerns, or a hard relationship with food. They help by phone, online support groups, a recovery mentor program, treatment referrals, and education resources.
6 services
Give an Hour is a national nonprofit that offers no-cost mental health support for people affected by trauma. It helps military members, veterans, families, financial fraud survivors, rare disease caregivers, justice-impacted people, and others through counseling, peer support groups, training, and online tools.
9 services
The Extension is a long-term residential recovery program in Marietta for adults age 25 and older who are homeless and have substance use disorders. It provides housing, counseling, groups, life skills, job readiness, family support, case management, and medication-assisted treatment for eligible clients.
5 services
Warrior Bride Ministries is a faith-based nonprofit in Marietta that helps survivors of childhood sexual exploitation, sex trafficking, ritual abuse, and severe trauma. They offer free or donation-based prayer ministry, inner healing, groups, online classes, safe house support, and training for people who help survivors.
10 services
Mighty Oaks Foundation is a Christian nonprofit that helps veterans, active-duty service members, first responders, spouses, and some allied military interpreters who are dealing with trauma and life after service. It runs free peer-led recovery and resiliency programs, aftercare groups, marriage support, and speaker events at ranches and partner sites across the U.S.
6 services
ACE, also called Achieving Community Enrichment, is A.C.E. Community Support Services LLC in Marietta. They provide mental and behavioral health services for children, teens, adults, and families, including counseling, intensive family support, substance abuse help, and group training.
6 services
Cancer Support Community is a national nonprofit that helps people affected by cancer. They offer free phone and online support, help finding resources, online community spaces, education, and connections to local CSC or Gilda's Club programs.
11 services
The Max Foundation is a Seattle-based global health nonprofit, not an Atlanta local agency. It helps people with cancer and other critical illnesses in low- and middle-income countries get medicine, diagnostic testing, transportation help, education support, and patient support at no cost through partner doctors and institutions.
9 services
Atlanta Quality Care Solutions, LLC is a mental health and substance use treatment provider in Conyers, Georgia. They help children, adults, and families with counseling, psychiatric treatment, medication management, intensive outpatient care, family-based services, partial hospitalization, and peer wellness support.
6 services
Charlie Health provides virtual intensive outpatient mental health care for kids, teens, and adults who need more support than weekly therapy. It offers online group therapy, individual therapy, family therapy, medication support, crisis support, and substance use treatment for people in Georgia, including Atlanta and Marietta.
6 services
Georgia Regional Service Committee of Narcotics Anonymous helps people find Narcotics Anonymous recovery meetings across Georgia. It shares meeting schedules, a helpline, recovery information, and volunteer programs that bring NA support into facilities and help people connect after release.
7 services
Raksha is an Atlanta nonprofit, started in 1995, that helps South Asian families who are dealing with domestic violence, sexual abuse, or family problems. They offer free, private help in many South Asian languages, including a confidential helpline, counseling, legal and immigration support, safety planning, and help finding housing, food, and other resources.
6 services
Parent to Parent of Georgia (P2P Georgia) is a statewide nonprofit that supports families and individuals impacted by disabilities or special health care needs, from birth to age 26. They match families with trained parent volunteers who have been through similar situations, run support groups and training, and offer a free online Special Needs Database with thousands of local resources and providers.
6 services
Right Side Up is a free, long-term residential addiction recovery program for women with substance use disorders who have young children (under age 13). Part of MARR Addiction Treatment Centers, the roughly six-month program lets moms live on-site with up to two children and includes counseling, trauma recovery, parenting classes, job-skills training, medical care, and therapeutic childcare. Pregnant women and IV drug users get priority for a bed.
5 services
The Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence (now becoming "In Safe Company") helps people in DeKalb County who are facing domestic violence or sexual assault. They run a 24-hour crisis hotline, a confidential emergency safe house, counseling and support groups, legal help with protective orders, and programs for children and elders. All services are free and confidential, and the agency welcomes everyone, including LGBTQ+ survivors.
15 services
