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Housing Assistance Services

  • ARCHI offers resources for Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, Cobb, and Gwinnett residents that need help paying their rent, mortgage, or utility bills. Click here to complete an application.
  • The City of Atlanta Housing Help Center is Atlanta’s official housing resource center containing helpful information on renting, buying, and getting other kinds of housing help. You can also find additional resources such as receiving eviction prevention or defense assistant, filing a 311-code complaint, and applying for resources for home repairs or utility payments. Click here to access the site. Call 404-465-1829 for more information.
  • The Community Restoration Project (CRP) provides housing assistance and other resources necessary to influence and ensure families and individuals have the tools they need to become self-sufficient and maintain productive and successful lives. Click here to learn more about their programs.
  • Crossroads Community Ministries seeks to provide access to resources that empower people experiencing homelessness to progress on the road toward economic and personal stability. Click here to learn more about their programs.
  • Frontline Housing Inc., located in Clayton County, GA, strives to provide permanent housing options to individuals and families as well as providing financial well-being services. Click here to learn more about their programs.
  • The Georgia Community Action Association helps residents who are in need pay their utility bills. Click here to navigate to your respective county’s webpage.
  • The Georgia Department of Community Supervision Reentry Services Division maintains the Transitional Housing for Offender Reentry (THOR) directory that contains community-based residential facilities that have met the standards on transitional housing for people on state supervision. Click here to access the directory.
  • The Georgia Department of Community Affairs aids people experiencing homelessness in Georgia provided through the Continuum of Care network. Click here to choose your county and find the contact information for the associated agency that will help. Click here to find more community resources for topics such as disaster assistance, how to claim your child tax credit, drug and suicide helpline phone numbers, and much more.
  • The Georgia Department of Community Affairs provides the Georgia Housing Search website, an easy-to-use search website that provides Georgians with access to rental housing opportunities. Click here to access the website. For help searching, call 1-877-428-8844.
  • Housing Plus Inc. seeks to deliver equitable housing solutions, economic wellness programs, and financial assistance for low-income households in Georgia. Click here to learn more about the resources they offer.
  • Motel to Home (M2H) moves families out of motels and into stable, permanent housing with a 3-step approach: outreach, housing, and aftercare. Click here to fill out an information form and see if you meet the requirements.
  • Partners Against Domestic Violence specializes in assisting individuals and families with finding safe housing. Call 1-800-33-HAVEN (42836) or email [email protected] for more information.
  • The Public Housing Authority has published a listing of contacts for public housing authorities arranged by city for residents looking to find low-rent housing options. Click here to access the contact list.
  • St. Vincent De Paul Georgia brings hope to those in need by means of offering rehousing and transitional housing programs, food recovery and distribution programs, and health services. Click here to learn more about what they offer.
  • The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development offers housing counseling that provides answers consumers need to make informed housing decisions. Click here to access the search portal and choose your zip code. They also offer a HUD resource locator website to assist in finding affordable housing opportunities near you. Click here to use the HUD resource locator website.

Food Assistance Services

  • The Atlanta Community Food Bank connects public benefits to families and individuals who qualify through its Benefits Outreach Program, helping them secure assistance with food, healthcare, childcare and more. The Benefits Outreach team can assist individuals with navigating the new rules regarding SNAP to access SNAP benefits. Click here for more information on the Benefits Outreach Program.
  • New Life Community Alliance exists to erase the legacy of poverty in South DeKalb neighborhoods by delivering vital services to those in need, such as grocery boxes, clothes, hot meals, and offers employment and housing assistance to help our neighbors achieve long-term stability. Click here to learn more about the resources they offer.
  • Wholesome Wave Georgia’s SNAP Connection program provides free assistance for SNAP (food stamps) and other benefits including Medicaid, Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and more. Click here to access the information.

Family Assistance Services

  • Aunt Bertha is a Social Care Network that connects people seeking help with verified social care providers that serve them. Thousands of nonprofits and social care providers serve their communities. But for most people, navigating the system to get help has been difficult, time consuming, and frustrating. Too many Americans are suffering, and they don’t need to. The online service makes it easy for people to find social services in their communities, for nonprofits to coordinate their efforts, and for customers to integrate social care into the work they already do. The nationwide service provides the opportunity to find social care providers by zip codes including those serving in the Atlanta region. Click here to learn more.
  • Empower line provides a front desk for people who need help navigating life changes and surprise obstacles in their homes, with their health, and in their communities. The service, powered by the Aging and Independent Services Group of the Atlanta Regional Commission, helps connect people with private and publicly funded resources from more than 26,000 community-based providers. Empowerline is part of Georgia’s Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) network, a No Wrong Door access point for information requests and assistance. Together, we work to simplify complex program offerings, identify long-term services, support solutions, and reduce caregiver burden. Click here for a flyer. Click here for more information.
  • Find Help Georgia is an online portal to find help in your community. Whether it’s financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, childcare, job training, and other free or reduced-cost services specific to your area, essential resources can be found here. Click here to learn more.
  • The Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning maintains an updated listing of childcare centers and pre-K programs. Need help finding quality childcare that is open? Click here to learn more.
  • The Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Family and Children Services has created Georgia Gateway to make it easier to access social services benefits online. Individuals can apply for benefits and learn the latest on SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, PeachCare for Kids, and other benefits. Click here to access.
  • The Georgia Department of Public Health administers the Georgia WIC program which is open for women, infants, and children. Click here to learn more.
  • Helping Mamas elevates the well-being and dignity of women by providing diapers, period products, and other essential baby supplies. They harness the power of community support so that all families can thrive. Click here to learn about their programs.
  • Single Parent Alliance & Resource Center (SPARC) is dedicated to supporting and strengthening single parent families by offering tools and resources to empower and equip single parents to nurture their children into productive adults. Click here to reference the programs they offer.
  • United Way of Greater Atlanta continues to provide the Atlanta region’s most comprehensive resource for information and referral services through its online 2-1-1 Contact Center. The digital platform connects families with community resources that enables them to thrive – resources like food pantries, job search and placement agencies, and financial emergency assistance agencies. This help is provided so that families can recover and become sustainable once again. There are more than 5,000 agencies listed in the 2-1-1 database. 2-1-1 is free, confidential, and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in over 140 different languages. Click here to learn more.

Medical Assistance Services

  • Georgia’s Aging and Disability Resource Connection provides citizens with a resource directory applying to assisted living, abuse and crisis related questions, housing, and home delivered meals. Click here to access the website.
  • The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities may be able to offer assistant from the local Community Service Board. Click here to find a community board serving your local area.
  • Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia is committed to providing resources and information mothers, birth givers, and families need to thrive in Georgia. Some of these resources include referral services, educational programs, perinatal kits, maternal mental health support, and more. Click here to learn more.
  • The Mothers Mental Health Line offers mothers an opportunity to connect with a counselor at no charge. Call or text 1-833-943-5746 to connect with a counselor.
  • Tommy Nobis Center is an authorized Medicaid Waiver program provider. Medicaid Waiver is a federally funded program that helps provide services to people who would otherwise be in an institution, nursing home, or hospital to receive long-term care in the community. Tommy Nobis offers two types of Medicaid waiver programs: Community Access, and Pre-vocational. Contact Yovani Stephens at 770-427-9000 ext. 5124 or [email protected] for additional information.
  • Unite Us is a coordinated care network of health and social care providers that communicate and track outcomes together. The group seeks to align all stakeholders from healthcare, government, and the community around a shared goal to improve health and connect residents of Georgia to the services they need faster. Joining Unite Us is free for non-profit organizations. Click here to join Unite Us. Unite Us provides access to almost 200 partners across the metro Atlanta area. Click here to learn more.
  • The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provides contact information and resources for any questions related to Medicare and the process. Click here to access the contact information page.

Other Supportive Services

  • The Georgia Legal Services Program offers free legal services to Georgians with low incomes. For legal assistance pertaining to eviction, call 404-524-5811. Click here to check your eligibility and see what other resources they offer.
  • Planned Pethood offers residents assistance when it comes to pet ownership. They provide spay and neuter clinics, wellness clinics, programs to support community/feral cats and more. Click here to access their resource page. Call 678-561-3491 for more information.

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