Essence of Hope is an Atlanta nonprofit that has helped people with housing and support since 2007. It offers housing for people who are homeless, veterans, people coming home from jail or prison, and people finishing court programs. It also helps with case management, job readiness, and benefits sign-up.
Jesus Set the Captive Free is a faith-based nonprofit in the Atlanta area that helps homeless men and men who have been in prison rebuild their lives. It offers apartment-style transitional housing where rent is based on income, plus spiritual mentoring, case management, life-skills classes, and transportation help. Residents can stay from six months up to two years while they work toward steady housing and a job.
LiveLikeMike Homes runs recovery (sober living) homes and transitional homes in Atlanta. The homes are drug-free and have clear rules and daily support. You can ask about a room by filling out a short online inquiry.
The Salvation Army Center of Hope is a shelter and housing center at 469 Marietta Street in Atlanta. It offers emergency and transitional housing for homeless men, women, and families with children. It also has a 90-day drug treatment program, help moving into permanent housing, a re-entry program, and a program for veterans.
The Temple is Atlanta's oldest synagogue, a Reform Jewish congregation in Midtown that has welcomed people since 1867. It holds weekly worship services, runs a preschool and religious school, offers adult education and life-cycle support, and hosts the Zaban Paradies Center, which helps homeless couples and families on its campus.
Skyland Trail is a nonprofit mental health treatment center in Atlanta. Adults 18 and older and teens 14 to 17 can stay on campus or come for day treatment. The team includes psychiatrists, therapists, nurses and primary care doctors. Families can also get education and support.
Safe Care Homes Group is a nonprofit in Atlanta that rents shared, all-inclusive homes to people with low or no income. Its homes serve seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, people in recovery, and people coming home from incarceration. It also offers home health care and a money management service for people who get Social Security or veterans benefits.
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.
Little Debbie's Second Chance Home gives teen girls and boys who have nowhere safe to live, along with teen parents and their babies, a structured home in Decatur. Staff offer counseling, parenting classes, GED preparation, job readiness, and independent living skills to help young people build a stable future.
Nicole's House of Hope helps people in Atlanta who are homeless, including single men, single women, and women with children. They offer emergency and transitional housing, case management, and classes on daily living skills. They also run a food pantry on Tuesdays.
Georgia Works helps chronically homeless men get back on their feet. Men live at the program for six months to a year, do paid transitional work, and get case management, job training and classes. Its Housing Division also offers furnished shared housing for low-income people, homeless people, families and people returning from prison.
Community Friendship is an Atlanta nonprofit for adults with long-term mental illness. It runs daily skills groups, peer support, job help, and supportive housing such as group homes and apartments. It has served people for over 50 years.
Ezekiel's Valley is a faith-based nonprofit that gives men in recovery from drugs or alcohol a furnished place to live while they get back on their feet. Residents take part in 12-step meetings, recovery classes, drug testing, and help finding work. It also runs a housing program for men leaving prison who have no place to go.
CaringWorks is a nonprofit that works to end homelessness in the Atlanta area. It offers apartments with support services, Hope House (a live-in recovery program for men), and counseling and addiction treatment. If you are homeless, the first step is to sign up with Coordinated Entry by dialing 211.
Gilgal is a Christ-centered recovery home in Atlanta for women who are homeless because of drug or alcohol addiction. Women live on its campus in a one-year program with food, clothing, housing, counseling, life skills, and job help. The programs are free to the women who join.
The Salvation Army Metro Atlanta Center of Hope is at 469 Marietta Street. It offers emergency and longer-term places to stay for men, women, and families with children who have no home. It also has a drug treatment program, help finding permanent housing, and housing for veterans and people leaving prison.
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.
Motel to Home is a program of St. Vincent de Paul Georgia. It helps working families who have lived in extended-stay motels move into regular housing. It does not provide housing, but it can help pay move-in deposits of up to $2,000 once you find a place, if funds are available.
Our House helps families with young children who are homeless or have unstable housing. At its Atlanta campus on Boulevard, it offers a family shelter, free early childhood education and childcare, a no-cost nurse-led health clinic, and job training. Case managers work with each family toward steady income and housing.
