403 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
Caminar Latino is an Atlanta-based nonprofit for Latino families affected by domestic violence. They help survivors, children, youth, and people who have used violence with support groups, safety planning, court support, counseling, youth programs, and family violence intervention classes.
12 services
The Salvation Army of Georgia is part of The Salvation Army and connects people with local help through service centers and churches. In metro Atlanta, it helps with food, rent and utility crises, shelter, housing programs, youth programs, disaster relief, and spiritual support.
14 services
COLAGE is a national group for people who have one or more LGBTQ+ parents or caregivers. It helps children, teens, and adults connect with peers, join support spaces, build leadership, and take part in family and advocacy programs, including Atlanta Family Weekend.
10 services
Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service is a nonprofit that teaches kids ages 8 to 17 to serve others through free yard work. Youth volunteers mow lawns, rake leaves, shovel snow, and clear yards for older adults, people with disabilities, single parents, veterans, and others in need when a volunteer is available nearby.
5 services
Embark Behavioral Health in Alpharetta is an outpatient mental health clinic for teens and young adults ages 12 to 28. It offers intensive outpatient care, partial hospitalization, therapy, family support, medication management, and related services for issues like anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts.
6 services
American Indian Education Fund (AIEF) is a program of Partnership With Native Americans. It helps Native American students across the United States with scholarships, school supplies, literacy support, laptops, care packages, mentoring, and leadership development.
6 services
TAPS is a national nonprofit for people grieving the death of a military or veteran loved one. They help by phone 24/7, connect survivors with peer support, grief resources, counseling referrals, casework help, youth programs, and education support.
9 services
The Georgia National Guard runs the Georgia Youth ChalleNGe Program for Georgia teens ages 16 to 18 who are having trouble finishing high school. The program is free and residential, using school, mentoring, discipline, leadership, life skills, and job training to help young people earn a GED or high school diploma and plan their next step.
4 services
Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch is a nonprofit residential community for school-aged children, based near Amarillo, Texas. It helps children and families with residential care, in-home family support near Amarillo, school, counseling-style support, activities, and faith-based care at no cost to the people served.
4 services
The National Association of the Deaf is a national nonprofit led by and for Deaf and hard of hearing people. It works for civil rights, legal access, public policy, education, technology access, and youth leadership across the United States. Its legal center gives information, advocacy support, referrals, and takes select civil rights impact cases, but it does not usually provide individual legal representation.
7 services
East Atlanta Kids Club is a nonprofit youth program based at Brownwood Recreation Center in southeast Atlanta. It helps kids and teens with after-school learning, STEAM activities, sports, summer camp, counseling support, food distribution, and community events.
East Atlanta7 services
Q Chat Space was an online community for LGBTQ+ and questioning teens ages 13 to 19. Its website says it stopped hosting chats as of February 27, 2025, and now points teens to other online resources and local LGBTQ+ centers.
2 services
Abrahams House, Inc. is a nonprofit connected with Pathway Christian Ministries in Atlanta's West End. It helps adults, children, and families with hot meals, food boxes, clothing, referrals, counseling, youth programs, and seasonal giveaways.
5 services
Christian City is a nonprofit campus in Union City that helps children, youth, families, seniors, and adults with disabilities. It offers senior patio homes, children’s residential care, youth crisis help, foster and adoption support, family stabilization, and newer disability housing and day programming.
8 services
Truth Initiative is a national nonprofit public health group based in Washington, DC. It helps people quit smoking, vaping, and other nicotine products through free online and text support, and it also runs youth prevention education, research, policy, and community programs.
9 services
Teen Line is a teen-to-teen support line for young people up to age 19. Trained teen listeners help by phone, text, and email with stress, depression, suicidal thoughts, bullying, family problems, identity questions, and other hard issues. It is based in Los Angeles and serves teens by phone, text, and online, not from an Atlanta office.
6 services
Summit Quest is a nonprofit in Rome, Georgia that supports children and families affected by cancer. They help with family support, youth groups, transportation to cancer treatment, outdoor activities, scholarships, and ways for people to share their cancer stories.
12 services
Camp Twin Lakes is a Georgia nonprofit that runs accessible camp programs for children and teens with serious illnesses, disabilities, and other life challenges. They work with more than 70 partner organizations to offer summer camps, weekend retreats, family camps, veteran family retreats, and adaptive outdoor activities at campuses in Rutledge and Winder.
Marietta Street Artery12 services
Camp MAGIK is a grief camp for children, teens, and families after the death of someone important. It offers weekend camp sessions with grief counseling, coping skills, peer support, and regular camp activities like canoeing, ropes courses, hiking, and campfires.
3 services
Atlanta Angels is a nonprofit that supports children, youth, and families in the foster care community in Metro Atlanta. They match foster and kinship families with volunteers for steady support and match youth in foster care with mentors.
6 services
