MARTA is the public transit system for metro Atlanta. It runs buses, trains, Rapid service, MARTA Reach and the Streetcar. It also sells passes and discounted fares, and runs MARTA Mobility, a ride service for people who qualify.
MARTA is the Atlanta area's public transit system, with buses, trains, Rapid service, MARTA Reach and a streetcar.00 a trip.00 Mobility fare, day passes, group discounts, university passes and employer passes.
Midtown Assistance Center helps low-income working people in 14 Atlanta ZIP codes stay housed and fed. It offers a choose-your-own food pantry, help with rent and utility bills, work clothes, and MARTA passes for job seekers and new workers. You need an appointment, and you start with an online form or the assistance phone line.
Midtown Assistance Center helps low-income working people in 14 Atlanta zip codes stay housed and fed. It gives groceries from a pantry where you pick your own food, and it can help with rent and utility bills. It also gives MARTA passes and work clothes and shoes to people who are looking for work or just started a job.
Crossroads Community Ministries helps people who have no home or may lose their home. Staff help with case management, ID and birth certificate help, a mailing address, MARTA passes, and rent, utility and move-in costs. A weekday meal is served to people who get these services.
First Step Staffing is a nonprofit staffing agency that has helped people facing barriers to work since 2007, including people who are homeless, veterans, and people coming home from incarceration. It places job seekers in light-industrial jobs, helps with rides to work, and offers coaching. Most people start work within 24 to 48 hours of applying.
Covenant House Georgia helps young people ages 18 to 24 who are homeless or escaping trafficking. It has a crisis shelter, longer-term apartment housing, health care and counseling, school and job help, and street outreach. A young person who needs shelter can call the youth line.
Covenant House Georgia helps young people ages 18 to 24 who are homeless or escaping trafficking. It runs a youth shelter, housing programs, street outreach, a drop-in center, health and counseling care, and help with school and jobs. Every young person gets a case manager.
Rosaleana's is a nonprofit in Georgia that helps people with housing, food, jobs, and learning. It also supports people with developmental disabilities and young adults leaving foster care. Adults can get help with transportation vouchers, job training, reading and GED classes, and a food pantry.
Emmaus House is a nonprofit in the Peoplestown neighborhood of Atlanta. Its Lokey Help Center at 27 Haygood Ave SW gives out groceries and helps with rent and utility bills, Georgia ID vouchers, SNAP and Social Security applications, and more. It also runs summer reading, youth and family, job training, and case management programs.
This is a Georgia state transit agency for the metro Atlanta region. Its website now calls it the Georgia Transportation Efficiency Authority, after a May 12, 2026 law renamed the old ATL. It plans and funds transit, and it oversees the Xpress commuter buses and the regional vanpool system.
Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency helps people with money struggles get ready for work and find steady jobs. It offers career coaching, job readiness classes, training, job placement, and financial coaching. It serves veterans, people without housing, older workers, young adults, and people coming home from prison.
MARTA Mobility is MARTA's paratransit service for riders who qualify for it.00 fare. Riders with a Mobility photo ID Breeze card also ride regular MARTA buses, trains and the streetcar for free.
JF&CS Atlanta offers private rides in wheelchair accessible vehicles for medical visits, groceries, and outings. It also works with a partner company to set up monitored Uber or Lyft rides and other help. Rides cost money, and a limited number of subsidies are available for people with low income.
A Home For Everyone In DeKalb helps people in DeKalb County who have no stable home or could lose theirs. It can help pay deposits and other move-in costs for people who have steady income but little savings. It also runs a group home for three men and gives out supplies like sleeping bags and MARTA cards in bad weather.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a group of church volunteers at Our Lady of Lourdes. They meet with people and families who are struggling and decide how to help with things like food, clothing, shelter and transportation costs. The help they can give depends on donations.
WorkSource Atlanta is the City of Atlanta's job training and career office. It helps city residents get career counseling, job readiness classes, and federal money for job training. It also points adults 18 and older to free GED prep classes, and it runs a youth program for ages 16 to 24.
Frontline Response, the new name of Atlanta Dream Center, helps men and women get out of homelessness and sex trafficking. They offer street outreach, case management, a warming center in cold weather, and free shuttle rides to job and life-skills programs. They also run free after-school programs for kids to help keep them safe.
Crossroads Community Ministries helps people in Atlanta who are homeless or could soon lose their housing. Staff help with case management, ID papers, a mailing address, MARTA rides for work or medical needs, and rent, utility and move-in costs. People using two of its programs can also get a meal on site.
First Baptist Church Decatur is a church in Decatur. Its Assistance Ministry helps local people who need things like clothing, MARTA cards, gift cards, utility help, housing referrals and job search help, when these are available. Volunteers meet people on Monday mornings by appointment.
