Atlanta Resources
For National Resources, including Financial Literacy, Affordable Connectivity, Digital Literacy, or Health & Wellness, please visit our National Resources page!
Health & Wellness
Recreation:
Youth development, healthy living, wellness classes and programming.
They promote community wellness, break down barriers to mental health care and provide support and expertise for families, professionals and individuals in Atlanta.
They provide Wellness and Mental health services, Sexual violence support, women’s Health, Youth STEAM programming, Support services, Economic empowerment and child care provider services.
Hazel Health has partnered with Atlanta Public Schools to provide access to quality telehealth health care services for all students, at no cost to families, this school year.
They serve families who have experienced limited access to healthcare. They provide family, pediatric, oral, mental and women’s healthcare services.
Financial Assistance
JF&CS responds to community needs in a multitude of ways. One of the ways is through our emergency assistance program. The mission of the program is to help people in economic crisis help themselves.
They help low-income people meet basic needs and remove barriers to justice by providing legal aid.
The Midtown Assistance Center empowers our neighbors by providing rent and utility assistance. They provide both financial and non-financial assistance.
FACAA has programs to help families pay their heat and water bills in addition to Community Service Block Grants that provide emergency assistance to low-income individuals.
Address:
341 Kelly Street
Atlanta, GA 30312
Phone Number:
404-320-0166
Each day throughout Metro Atlanta, The Salvation Army Financial Emergency Services Centers provide emergency and
life-sustaining assistance with food, clothing, rent/mortgage, utilities, school supplies and furniture to individuals and families facing a financial crisis.
Food Resources
Atlanta Food Bank provides programs and services aimed at helping families achieve long-term stability including nutrition education, job training, health management, and help with securing state-funded assistance.
Provide food and basic resources assistance.
A website of free food resources in Atlanta.
Links and numbers
on website.
Provides health-promoting food directly to the homes of people who need it.
Creating access to food to reduce food insecurity through food pantries, food recovery and distribution, nutrition education, and more to ensure individuals and families in Georgia have food on the table and do not go hungry.
Affordable Housing
Through its various housing solutions and programs, AH is able to meet a broad spectrum of housing needs for low-income families, including at-risk populations, in the city of Atlanta. Housing includes single-family homes and multi-family condominiums and apartments.
Phone: 404-892-4700
Offers various affordable housing programs and resources. They administer programs such as the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and the Georgia Dream Homeownership Program.
The cornerstone of our Housing Services program is our shelter for homeless families with newborns. Located in the City of Atlanta, the shelter provides homeless families with up to six months of housing in a safe and caring environment.
We provide new pajamas and storybooks, sleep health education, and caring connections to ensure that children facing adversities—including low family income, housing insecurity, and family instability—have the tools they need for better bedtimes.
Increasing housing stability through eviction prevention, rehousing and transitional housing programs and housing services for at-risk individuals and families.
Family & Community
The Fulton County Library System serves Fulton County and the City of Atlanta (including the portion of the city in DeKalb County). It is the largest in the state, with 34 libraries. It offers innovative programs, services, and virtual resources tailored to meet the needs of each branch's community. Children, teens, and adults may choose from a variety of classes, visit exhibitions, listen to authors discuss their work, check out videos, DVDs, and CDs, attend book club discussions, get homework help, hear music and see live performances.
Text:
404-949-1025
Breakthrough Atlanta provides a six-year, tuition-free, year-round program that provides a pathway to college for Atlanta’s middle and high school students. Our goals are to ensure our students are academically on track for high school and college.
United Way of Greater Atlanta serves thirteen counties in the Atlanta metro area. They provide programs focused on
child-well being including college readiness, reading programs for early learners, job training for parents and more to help families.
Georgia Head Start programs provide comprehensive early childhood and family development services to children from birth to
five-years-old, pregnant women and families. Their programs have a long tradition of delivering comprehensive and high-quality services designed to foster healthy development in low-income children and their families. Individualized services areas: education and early childhood development; medical, dental, and mental health; nutrition; parent involvement and family support.
Job Assistance
A Directory to a variety of Career Resource Centers and Organizations to assist job-seekers with career assessment testing, job readiness training, job search training assistance and help locating approved training and education providers and registering for programs.
A resource guide for job seekers that provides information on job training, and how to search for jobs.
Metro Atlanta Jobs is apart of Circa which consists of over 600 locally-focused employment and diversity websites. We are a online network of quality jobs for job-seekers nationwide.
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WorkSource Atlanta offers a number of career, education, and training services to help participants prepare for and obtain work. If you are interested in our services, you must reside in the City of Atlanta, register online, and attend an orientation.
Education and Learning
Catholic Charities Atlanta provides transformative services that empower families to overcome barriers and achieve self-sufficiency.
Phone: 404-920-7725
La Amistad's mission is to prepare Latino students and families for success through academic and life enrichment programs.
Educators and Artists designing inspiring learning spaces where ALL students excel! "one wall, one school, one community at a time.
Mind Bubble fosters a love of learning by connecting students with community members through free tutoring, workshops, and games.
Phone Number:
707-366-0103
Science ATL brings people together through the wonder of science. Our mission is to cultivate an equitable community of lifelong learners across metro Atlanta who are connected and inspired by the wonder of science.
Phone Number:
770-322-4992
Transportation
MARTA moves people to jobs, health care, education, recreation and more. Our mission is to provide safe, clean, reliable, accessible and friendly transportation services to a diverse population.
Paratransit is a shared-ride, curb-to-curb service for customers with disabilities who are not able to use the regular bus service (also called “fixed route”) for some or all of their trips because of a disability or other limitations.
Phone Number:
770-528-3690