Category: Transportation

Employment, Financial & Legal, Food Pantry, Healthcare Services, Job Skills, Transportation

Jewish Family & Career Services of Atlanta

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Jewish Family & Career Services is dedicated to strengthening and enriching the lives of individuals, families and community, both Jewish and non-Jewish, and helping them meet the challenges of daily life.

Services Offered:

  • Clinical Services
    • Therapy
    • Counseling
  • Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Services (IDDS)
    • Supported employment
    • IndependenceWORKS (IW) day program
    • The Zimmerman- Horowitz Independent Living Program
  • Career Assistance
    • Workshops & training
    • Job placement assistance
    • Coaching
  • Transportation
  • Emergency financial aid
  • Food pantry
Clothing, Employment, Food Pantry, Hot Meals, Street Outreach, Transportation

St. Ann’s Catholic Church

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St. Ann’s has a wide range of ministries, providing extensive services to those in need.

Services Offered:

  • My Brother’s Keeper homeless outreach
    • Mobile food pantry
    • Bike program
    • Backpacks with necessary items
    • Candles
    • Good samaritan bags
  • Meals on Wheels
    • For senior citizens
    • For sick and homebound
  • Dismas House Ministries (transition from incarceration to community)
  • Career Quest
    • Networking
    • Job coaching
    • Workshops
Benefits Application Assistance, Clothing, Emergency shelter, Employment, Food Pantry, Hair Cuts, Healthcare Services, Job Skills, Life Skills, Rental Assistance, Transportation, Utility Assistance

Hosea Helps

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Hosea Helps is open every week providing rent and utility assistance, employment assistance, financial planning, emergency food, medical care and so much more. Their blend of adult and children’s programs allows them to contribute to the financial stability of each household, while enhancing the development of the children growing up in those households.

Services Offered:

  • Homeless prevention
    • Employment assistance
    • Rental assistance
    • Utility assistance
    • Emergency shelter
    • Rapid rehousing
    • Transportation assistance
  • Day Center
    • Emergency food
    • Get/renew food stamps
    • Stability assessment
    • Products for the household
    • Individual service plans
  • Self Sufficiency Programs
    • Women’s Life Skills program
    • Labor of Love labor day festival with job fair, job readiness seminars, financial planning classes, women and men’s clothing, fresh produce and more.
  • Children Services
    • Back to school festival provides a book bag filled with school supplies for every child that is with them, live entertainment all day, groceries and fresh produce to take home, clothing for the children, health care screenings, games and so much more.
    • Major holiday festivals (MLK Jr day, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas) that provide free haircuts and styling, clothing, medical care, a hot meal, games, activities and live entertainment in a festival setting. 

Benefits Application Assistance, Food Pantry, Legal Assistance, Life Skills, Nutrition Education, Rental Assistance, Transitional Housing, Transportation, Utility Assistance

St. Vincent de Paul Georgia Council

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The St. Vincent de Paul Georgia Council operates 4 Family Support Centers (FSC) across North and Central Georgia. The FSCs collaborate with local SVdP Conferences and partnering agencies to provide a variety of invaluable services to people in need.  

Services Offered:

  • Rent & housing assistance
  • Utilities assistance
  • Medical/dental/prescriptions
  • Food pantry
  • Benefits screening (SNAP, TANF, medicaid, etc)
  • Legal fees
  • Transportation
  • Computer lab access
  • Life skills education
  • Burial
Food Pantry, Identification Assistance, Men's Clothing, Rental Assistance, Transportation, Utility Assistance

Midtown Assistance Center

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Midtown Assistance Center (MAC) is a non-profit whose mission is to provide emergency assistance to low-income working Atlantans to help prevent homelessness and hunger during periods of crisis.

Services Offered:

  • Rent and Utilities: MAC provides assistance to low-income, working households that are in a temporary financial crisis to prevent eviction and disconnection of electricity, gas, and water.
  • Groceries: MAC has a food pantry that provides non-perishable food for households experiencing a temporary shortage. Even though MAC’s clients are below the poverty line, many are not eligible for food stamps and need help with putting food on the table.
  • Transportation: MAC provides MARTA passes for people job hunting, or with a new job, until they receive their first paycheck.
  • Clothing and Shoes: MAC’s clothing closet provides men with interview and work outfits. MAC also purchases nonslip shoes and black pants for restaurant workers and steel-toed boots for construction workers.
  • Georgia Identification: Without ID, finding a job is nearly impossible. MAC helps pay for people to get a state ID.
  • Referrals: When clients are in need of more than MAC can provide, staff refer clients to partner organizations.
Food Pantry, Housing, Job Skills, Transportation

The Center for Family Resources

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The Center for Family Resources is a Cobb County-based organization that works exclusively to serve local families and individuals that are either homeless or in danger of becoming homeless.

Services Offered:

  • Multiple short-term housing programs
  • Life skills classes on topics such as budgeting, parenting, and identifying toxic relationships
  • A job lab to assist with career searching, resume writing, and interview coaching
  • GED prep program that provides one-on-one coaching and group classes
  • An on-site food pantry with fresh produce and breads, a wide variety of canned goods, and other essentials like diapers, infant formula, and personal hygiene items
  • Local mobile food distribution events for pre-registered clients in specified neighborhoods
  • Employee Assistance Program management for local companies