American Intercontinental University (AIU) is a college that welcomes active duty, Reserve and National Guard students, veterans, military spouses and families.I. Bill and Tuition Assistance benefits. It can also review past college work and military training for credit, and it offers career help such as resume support.
The Georgia Student Finance Commission is the state agency that runs Georgia's college and career school money programs, including HOPE and Zell Miller. It manages scholarships, grants, and loans that can be forgiven, and offers free help for families planning to pay for school. Details and applications for the state programs are on the GAfutures website.
Upward Bound is a federally funded college-prep program run by Georgia State University's Student Success Programs. It helps 9th through 11th grade students from low-income or first-generation families in Atlanta, DeKalb, Gwinnett and nearby counties get ready for college through tutoring, Saturday classes, a six-week summer program on campus, and help with college applications. The program also has a track for military veterans working toward college enrollment.
This is the Georgia state agency that helps veterans and their families, caregivers, and survivors get the benefits they are owed. Trained service officers at field offices around the state help people file and appeal claims. The agency also runs two state veterans homes and two veterans cemeteries.
S. service members who died or were disabled while serving. The money can help with private school or tutoring for grades K-12, and with college, trade school or graduate school. The group says it has now widened its mission to include first responders.
NAVUB is a national group for the staff who run Veterans Upward Bound programs. These free federal programs help eligible veterans get ready for college. Help includes refresher classes, advising, and help with college and financial aid forms. NAVUB itself is a staff group, so a veteran would work with a local Veterans Upward Bound project.
The Technical College System of Georgia runs the state's 22 technical colleges. It offers job training programs, tuition help such as the HOPE Career Grant, dual enrollment for high school students, and adult education with GED testing. It also supports veterans and students who face barriers to school.
VETLANTA is a free, volunteer-led veteran networking club in Atlanta, started in 2014. It holds a free summit four times a year, where veterans, military families, employers, schools, and nonprofits meet. Volunteer committees on education, jobs, housing, business, and health care can connect you to a person who can help.
N. Prep Academy is a small micro-school for children, starting with a first group of kindergarteners. Each group has no more than 10 students, and lessons are built around each child.N. Foundation, which also runs free community help in Dallas, Georgia.
SoldierStrong is a national nonprofit based in Stamford, Connecticut, not in Atlanta. It gives medical technology to VA hospitals and to individual veterans. This includes virtual reality therapy for PTSD, robotic walking suits, and iBOT wheelchairs. It also gives scholarships to veterans, but its 2026 scholarship applications are closed.
Georgia Piedmont Technical College is a public technical college with campuses in DeKalb, Newton and Rockdale counties. Its Adult Education program offers free classes to get ready for the GED or HiSET tests, and the college also offers degree, diploma and certificate programs. It has help with financial aid, free tutoring for students, and services for veterans.
Paralyzed Veterans of America is a national group that helps veterans, especially those with spinal cord injuries or diseases. Its trained service officers help with VA benefit claims and appeals for free, and it has lawyers, a career program, and caregiver support.
Chattahoochee Technical College is a public technical college with a main campus in Marietta and other campuses around northwest Georgia. It offers degree, diploma and certificate programs, English classes, dual enrollment for high school students, and student services like counseling, disability support and a veterans center.
The Georgia VECTR Center in Warner Robins helps veterans, service members, and their families with school, jobs, benefits, and starting a business. Coaches help you pick a career, enroll in Georgia public colleges, and find work. Short job-training courses are taught on site with Central Georgia Technical College.
The Blinded Veterans Association is a national group for veterans who are blind or have low vision. It helps veterans file VA benefit claims at no cost, offers free training and support through volunteer Ambassadors, and gives scholarships to family members of its members.
Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home is a skilled nursing home in downtown Augusta for Georgia veterans who served during war times. The State Department of Veterans Service owns it, and Augusta University runs it. Eligible veterans pay a small daily fee, and the VA pays all of it for some veterans.
This is Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1030 in Cumming. Veterans run it as volunteers, and it has served Forsyth County and nearby areas since 2009. They hold a weekly Friday breakfast and monthly meetings, visit veterans in nursing homes, and give scholarships to students who are related to veterans.
VA Veteran Training is a website from the Department of Veterans Affairs with online courses you do on your own. The courses cover problem-solving, stress, anger, sleep, parenting, alcohol and drugs, and recovery planning. The pages say they are free and private, but they do not replace care from a health professional.
MOAA is a national nonprofit group for officers of the uniformed services and their surviving spouses. It speaks up in Washington for earned military benefits. Members get things like news, insurance offers, career help and benefits advice.
The American Legion is a national veterans group with local posts and state departments. Its trained service officers help veterans and their families apply for VA benefits at no cost. It also runs youth programs and scholarships, and gives grants to some families and members in need.
