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How veteran services work in Atlanta
Rule one: never pay anyone to file a VA claim. County and state Veterans Service Officers, plus organizations like the American Legion and DAV, file claims free and know the system cold.
The landscape: the Atlanta VA Health Care System (main campus in Decatur, clinics around the metro) covers health care — enrollment is worth it even if you don't plan to use it weekly. If you're homeless or close to it, ask specifically about HUD-VASH (housing vouchers plus case management) and call the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans (1-877-424-3838, 24/7); Atlanta's Veterans Empowerment Organization houses and feeds veterans while paperwork moves. A discharge status that blocks benefits can sometimes be upgraded — legal aid veterans' clinics handle these free.
What to expect when you call: have your DD-214 if you can find it (and if you can't, say so — VSOs request copies all the time; it's step one, not a dead end).
The Sanctuary Independent Living provides supportive, substance-free shared housing for adults in Metro Atlanta and nearby cities. They serve adults age 21 and older who can live independently, including veterans, seniors, people facing housing insecurity, domestic violence survivors, and people rebuilding after life disruptions.
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Military Officers Association of America is a national military membership group based in Alexandria, Virginia. Its charities help service members, veterans, military spouses, caregivers, survivors, and families with crisis grants, education aid, career help, spouse professional development, and community outreach.
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Brain Injury Association of Georgia is a nonprofit that serves people in Georgia with brain injuries, their families, caregivers, friends, and service providers. They help people find information, support groups, resource navigation, brain injury ID cards, and a therapeutic camp for adult brain injury survivors.
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The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com is a free patient advocacy and support organization for people with mesothelioma and their families. They help people find mesothelioma doctors, understand treatment and legal options, apply for VA benefits, look for financial help, join support groups, and get free educational materials.
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The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a free, confidential crisis support line for people in the United States and its territories. Trained counselors help by phone, text, chat, Spanish services, and access options for Deaf and hard-of-hearing people, 24 hours a day.
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Onward Ops, also called The ETS Sponsorship Program, helps active duty service members move into civilian life as new veterans. It connects them with trained sponsors, transition tools, local resources, and guidance for work, school, health care, disability, family, and legal needs.
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Enilrun Independent Living provides affordable, fully furnished housing for seniors and veterans across Georgia. They offer short-term and long-term rentals with support such as housekeeping, maintenance, emergency support, shared spaces, and help connecting to community resources.
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Abbey Hospice provides end-of-life hospice care for people with a life-limiting illness. They help with nursing care, home health aides, social work, spiritual care, dietary counseling, bereavement support, and short-term inpatient care in Social Circle.
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Higher Ground USA is a nonprofit based in Ketchum, Idaho that uses outdoor recreation and recreational therapy to help veterans, first responders, and people with disabilities. It runs adaptive sports, week-long therapeutic recreation programs, local Community Resiliency Unit events, and fundraising events. Its ambassador directory lists a Georgia CRU contact in Decatur, but no Atlanta service address was verified.
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The Psychological Health Center of Excellence is a Defense Health Agency center that works to improve mental health care for service members, veterans, and military families. Its inTransition program gives free, private phone coaching to help military members and veterans find or move to a mental health provider.
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Wounded Warrior Project is a national nonprofit that helps post-9/11 wounded, ill, or injured veterans, service members, and their families. It offers free help with mental health, physical wellness, VA benefits, jobs, money skills, peer connection, and long-term support for veterans with serious injuries.
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Stand Beside Them is a nonprofit that gives free, confidential coaching to Post-9/11 veterans, service members close to leaving the military, military spouses, and caregivers. Coaching is usually virtual and helps people work on careers, leadership, life changes, relationships, wellness, or starting a small business.
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Easterseals Southern Georgia helps children, adults, veterans, and families, especially people with disabilities. They offer adult day services, supported living, job training, respite care, family support, and help for veterans across South Georgia.
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Another Chance of Atlanta, Inc. helps people in metro Atlanta who are homeless or at risk of losing housing. They provide housing programs, rental help, hotel vouchers, case management, and a weekly food pantry, with programs in Fulton, Clayton, and Gwinnett counties.
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Army Emergency Relief is the official nonprofit of the U.S. Army. It helps eligible Soldiers, retired Soldiers, surviving spouses, and Army families with emergency money help, zero-interest loans, grants, scholarships, and some transition support.
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One Step One Direction Inc. is an Atlanta-based nonprofit that provides referral-based transitional housing in Georgia. It helps veterans, adults in crisis, and people who need short-term respite housing by offering safe housing, structure, case management, and referrals to other supports.
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Postpartum Support International helps pregnant and postpartum parents, people after pregnancy loss, and families with perinatal mental health support. They offer a non-crisis HelpLine, text support, free online peer support groups, peer mentors, local resource referrals, and Spanish-language support. Services are mostly phone, text, app, and virtual, with no Atlanta walk-in office verified.
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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.
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CNS Cares is a licensed home care company for former nuclear energy workers, uranium workers, veterans, and some injured workers. They help people apply for or use Department of Labor benefits, make home care plans, provide in-home nursing and caregiver support, and help with medical equipment and supplies.
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Mary Hall Freedom Village is a nonprofit in Sandy Springs that helps women, children, veterans, and families break cycles of addiction, homelessness, and poverty. It offers housing, substance use treatment, mental health support, child care, job readiness, medical services for participants, and veteran services.
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