Wounded Warrior Project is a national group for veterans and service members who were hurt, became ill, or were injured on or after September 11, 2001. Their families and caregivers can get help too. They offer mental health, physical wellness, VA benefits help, career help, money coaching and peer connection at no cost to registered warriors and families.
A Medicinal Touch is a non-profit that sends licensed massage therapists to people's homes in the Atlanta area. It gives free or lower-cost massages to veterans, seniors, people with disabilities, autistic children, and women who have survived domestic violence. Therapists also visit care facilities and shelters.
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.
Project Healing Waters uses fly fishing to help injured and disabled service members and veterans heal. Volunteers run ongoing classes in fly fishing, casting, fly tying and rod building, plus fishing trips. In Georgia there are two local programs, one in Atlanta and one in the northeast Georgia area near Gainesville and Oakwood.
This is the VA Public Health program on military exposures. It helps Veterans learn about health problems linked to things like Agent Orange, burn pits, Gulf War service, radiation and embedded fragments. It offers free registry health exams, screening, and information on VA care and benefits.
This is the VA health care system for veterans in the Atlanta area. Its main medical center is at 1670 Clairmont Road in Decatur, and it has many clinics around the area. It offers primary care, mental health care, a pharmacy, emergency care, women's health care, and social work help.
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.
This is the VA benefits office in Decatur. Staff help Veterans, service members, and their families with VA benefits like disability pay, job and school help, pensions, and home loans. You can walk in or make an appointment.
The Center for the Visually Impaired is a nonprofit in Midtown Atlanta that helps people of all ages who have vision loss. It offers low vision eye exams, classes to learn daily living skills, white cane travel and technology, programs for kids, and support groups. Fees are on a sliding scale, and most insurance is accepted.
DAV is a national nonprofit that gives veterans and their families free help. Its benefits advocates help with VA claims and appeals. It also runs free volunteer-driver rides to VA medical places, caregiver support, and job help. You enter your ZIP code on its website to find the nearest office.
disABILITY LINK is a center for independent living in Tucker. It is run by and for people with disabilities. Staff offer peer support, help finding work, travel training, assistive technology, help moving out of a nursing facility, and help applying for SNAP.
This is the Southeastern Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America. It serves veterans who have a spinal cord injury or disease, including MS and ALS. Members can get help with VA benefits and join chapter events, and others can join as associate members or volunteer.
Joni and Friends Georgia is the Georgia office of a Christian disability ministry. It helps people with disabilities and their families find disability-friendly churches. It also helps churches learn to welcome everyone, takes donated manual wheelchairs, and shares retreats and getaways.
Air Charity Network is a national group of regional volunteer pilot groups. Pilots use their own planes to fly people who need medical care, and some other serious needs, at no cost to the passenger. If you call the toll-free number, you are sent to the group that serves your state. Georgia is served by Mercy Flight Southeast.
Tunnel to Towers Foundation helps veterans, first responders, and eligible families with housing, adapted homes, mortgage payments, and scholarships. It is based in Staten Island, and its Atlanta-area housing is in Austell. Its Atlanta Veterans Village gives permanent housing and on-site support for veterans facing homelessness.
Team River Runner is a national nonprofit that gets veterans and their families out on the water in kayaks and other paddle boats. The Atlanta chapter is one of its Georgia chapters. You can contact the chapter coordinator if you want to paddle or volunteer. Programs are free for veterans and service members.
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.
This is the VA's national network of Parkinson's centers for veterans. It gives care for Parkinson's and other movement problems, like tremor, through VA clinics. Veterans must be enrolled in VA health care, and a VA doctor sends a referral.
VA Augusta Health Care System gives health care to Veterans in northeast Georgia and western South Carolina. Its care includes primary care, mental health care, women's health, a pharmacy, and a walk-in substance use recovery center. The main campuses are in Augusta, with clinics in Aiken, Athens and Statesboro.
Paws for Life USA is a nonprofit near Marietta that trains service dogs and therapy dogs. They match a dog with a person who has a disability and train the dog and the person together. They work with people in Georgia and other states.
