403 organizations
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Struggling Kids is an independent 501(c)(3) charity that helps children and women who are struggling to survive. Its website says it gives hands-on aid such as food, clothing, medicine support, youth activities, and help for abused or abandoned women, with current focus areas listed as Ukraine and metro Atlanta. The site does not list walk-in hours or a public local intake process.
5 services
Eluna is a nonprofit that helps children, teens, and families who are dealing with grief or addiction in the family. They offer free grief camps, online grief groups, addiction prevention mentoring, resource referrals, and education programs across the U.S. and Canada.
10 services
Center for Suicide Awareness is a Wisconsin nonprofit that offers suicide prevention, emotional support, training, and community programs. Its HOPELINE text service is free and open 24/7 to anyone in the United States who needs someone to talk to.
12 services
Lighthouse Guild is a New York-based nonprofit that helps people who are blind, have low vision, or are at risk of vision loss. It offers vision-related health care, counseling, assistive technology training, youth programs, scholarships, and national phone or online support groups that Atlanta residents may be able to join remotely.
12 services
Pour Over Love is a nonprofit community program for young adults who need stable support, mentoring, and career help. It runs a 1-year program with leadership growth, job or internship help, financial literacy, mental health support, and a dedicated mentor.
5 services
Operation PEACE is a nonprofit in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward. It helps children, families, adults, and seniors with after-school and summer programs, tutoring, mentoring, adult education, job training, senior activities, and community safety programs.
Old Fourth Ward7 services
UGA Extension Fulton County is a county office of the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. It helps Fulton County residents with nutrition education, healthy cooking, 4-H youth programs, gardening, agriculture, and soil or water testing information.
7 services
Early Autism Services (EAS) provides ABA therapy for children with autism in Duluth and nearby Atlanta-area communities. They help children build communication, social, behavior, daily living, play, and school skills through in-home, center-based, and school-based services.
8 services
The Masonic Home of Georgia is a residential child care home in Macon for Georgia children and families. It gives children a safe place to live, daily care, school support, recreation, and help toward family reunification or independent living.
5 services
Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia, Inc. helps people and families in Georgia affected by sickle cell disease. They offer care coordination, education, counseling, testing, help applying for benefits, youth transition support, advocacy, and a summer camp for children and teens with sickle cell disease.
Audobon Forest12 services
GiGi's Playhouse Atlanta is a Down Syndrome Achievement Center in Roswell. It offers free educational, therapeutic, fitness, social, and career programs for people with Down syndrome and their families.
12 services
Cool Kids Campaign helps children with cancer and their families with social, emotional, and school support. They offer care packages, clubhouse activities, tutoring, family support, camps, and vacation condo stays. I did not verify an Atlanta office; their listed locations are in Maryland, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
13 services
Best Buddies International helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities make friends, build leadership skills, find jobs, and be included in school, work, and community life. In Georgia, they run school and adult friendship chapters, employment support, leadership programs, family support, and fundraising events.
8 services
Blessings Working Together helps teen mothers and other young parenting families in metro Atlanta. They offer counseling, life skills, parenting education, and connections to community resources so families can become more stable and independent.
5 services
Georgia Cyber Academy is a tuition-free public virtual charter school for Georgia students in grades K-12. Students learn online with teacher-led classes, assigned coursework, tutoring, counseling, special education, gifted services, career programs, and school activities.
12 services
Children's Cancer Association, also called JoyRx, is a Portland-based nonprofit that helps seriously ill children and teens feel joy during treatment. It offers free music, mentorship, nature retreats, online music, and family resources through hospitals and virtual services across many states, including national virtual options.
11 services
The Trevor Project is a national nonprofit that helps LGBTQ+ young people who feel alone, unsafe, or in crisis. Trained counselors answer by phone, text, and chat 24/7, and the group also offers peer support, online resources, trainings, research, and advocacy.
10 services
StandUp for Kids is a nonprofit that helps young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. In Atlanta, they focus on school-based mentoring and also connect youth to help with housing, food, supplies, education, jobs, and other needs.
6 services
The Drug Enforcement Administration is a U.S. Department of Justice law enforcement agency. Its Atlanta Division serves Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and works on drug enforcement, drug prevention education, community outreach, safe medication disposal, and referrals to treatment resources.
9 services
The Center for Courageous Kids is a nonprofit medical camp in Scottsville, Kentucky for children with disabilities, lifelong illnesses, and serious medical conditions. It gives kids and families free, accessible camp experiences with medical staff, camp activities, family retreats, meals, and lodging.
8 services
