403 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
Empower, formerly empowerHER, supports children, teens, and young adults up through age 24 after the death of a parent. They offer free mentoring and community events so young people can meet others who understand parent loss.
5 services
The Salvation Army Metro Atlanta Area Command is a faith-based nonprofit serving people across Metro Atlanta. It helps people in crisis with rent or mortgage help, utility help, food, clothing, shelter, youth programs, disaster relief, and recovery programs.
11 services
The Salvation Army Metro Atlanta Area Command is a faith-based nonprofit serving people across metro Atlanta. It helps with emergency financial needs, food, shelter, youth programs, disaster help, and support for people trying to get stable housing.
11 services
Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation helps families where a mom or dad has late-stage cancer and has children. It gives families a free memory-making trip, called a WOW! Experience, after the treating oncologist refers them and clears the parent for travel.
4 services
City Schools of Decatur is the public school district for children and teens who live in the City of Decatur. It runs Pre-K through 12th grade schools and provides student supports like McKinney-Vento help for families without stable housing, ESOL, special education, school nutrition, transportation, and financial help for some school activities.
12 services
Camp Southern Ground is a nonprofit camp in Fayetteville that serves children, veterans, active-duty service members, first responders, and military families. In summer it runs an inclusive overnight camp for kids, and the rest of the year it offers free Warrior programs that help veterans and families build purpose, connection, wellbeing, and support after service.
9 services
Atlanta Dream Center appears to now operate publicly as Frontline Response, a faith-based Atlanta nonprofit. They help people leave sex trafficking and homelessness through a 24/7 trafficking rescue hotline, short-term safe home, outreach, case management, support lines, and youth prevention programs.
Old Fourth Ward10 services
Her Story is Mine is a Black women-led organization that creates spaces for Black women and girls to share stories, build sisterhood, and support healing. It offers consultations, workshops, events, research, story sharing, and self-care resources.
7 services
Childtime of Stone Mountain is a licensed child care and early learning center for children ages 6 weeks to 12 years. It offers infant care, toddler care, preschool, Pre-K, before- and after-school care, summer camp, and optional enrichment activities.
9 services
Krimson Community Foundation is a nonprofit that helps young men in grades 4-12 in the greater Atlanta area. It offers mentoring, tutoring, college and career support, leadership programs, community service, and scholarships.
7 services
Special Needs Siblings, Inc. supports brothers and sisters of people with disabilities and their families. They offer online support groups, resource intake, sibling workshops, hardship help, and community events focused on sibling support.
Cascade Heights6 services
Road to Hire is a Charlotte-based nonprofit that helps young people move from high school into college, apprenticeships, and good jobs. Its current website focuses on Charlotte students and young adults, with high school support, college scholarships, mentoring, and paid tech apprenticeships.
5 services
Families Advocating for Voices of Resilience, Inc. is a faith-based nonprofit in Stone Mountain that supports families, children, youth, and young adults dealing with mental health or substance use needs. They help families speak up in treatment planning, find community resources, join peer support, and get basic help like food pantry hours.
8 services
The City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation runs city parks, recreation centers, pools, and community programs. Its Office of Recreation offers after-school care, teen leadership, arts enrichment, adaptive recreation, aquatics, and senior activities at centers across Atlanta.
Downtown6 services
The Steve Fund is a national nonprofit focused on mental health and emotional well-being for young people of color. It helps through a 24/7 crisis text keyword, campus and workplace programs, workshops, consulting, research, and online resources.
5 services
Nobis Works now operates publicly as Tommy Nobis Center. They help people with disabilities prepare for work, build job skills, find jobs, and get support to keep working.
8 services
Emmaus House is a faith-rooted nonprofit in Atlanta’s Peoplestown area. It helps neighbors with food, SNAP applications, rent and utility help when funds are available, ID vouchers, mail services, MARTA help for medical visits, case management, youth programs, and job training connections.
Peoplestown13 services
The Investors Academy Inc. is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps families, youth, veterans, and people coming home from jail or prison. Its website lists a food pantry, youth job and life-skills support, transitional housing for veterans, employment help, and reentry training.
Downtown4 services
Dunwoody Baptist Church is a Christian church in Dunwoody. It offers worship, prayer, pastoral care, grief support, English classes, youth activities, sports programs, preschool, and a help page that points people to local rent, utility, food, housing, and job resources.
13 services
Pathways2Life helps teens, young adults, parents, schools, and communities prevent and respond to substance use and other risky behavior. They offer school prevention education, brief crisis intervention, student support groups, and community coalition work in the Atlanta area.
4 services
