Resources
Statewide Resources
United Way 2-1-1 - provides free and confidential information and referral. Call 2-1-1 for help with food, housing, employment, health care, counseling and more.
Department of Community Affairs - The Georgia DCA partners with local communities across the state to provide a variety of programs and assistance that benefit and help secure the success of the community.
Statewide Rental Assistance
Privately Owned Subsidized Housing - HUD helps apartment owners offer reduced rents to low-income tenants.
Public Housing - Affordable apartments for low-income families, the elderly and persons with disabilities. To apply, contact a public housing agency.
HUD in Georgia - a wide range of useful information for renters
Housing Choice Voucher Program - This is a tenant-based rental assistance program that assists extremely low and low income individuals and families rent safe, decent, and affordable dwelling units in the private rental market.
Emergency Preparedness and Recovery Resources
Fair Housing Resources
Family Assistance
Georgia Gateway - One stop shop to apply for food stamps, WIC, Medicaid, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), and more.
Social Security Online - Individuals can; apply for benefits, verify qualification to receive benefits, estimate future benefits, update your personal contact information, get a replacement card, request proof of income letter. Businesses can; report wages, verify Social Security numbers, submit records.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) - TANF cash assistance is a program providing temporary financial assistance to needy families. Eligibility for TANF cash assistance is determined by evaluating specific nonfinancial and financial criteria established by federal and state regulations.
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) - Provides treatment and support services to people with mental illnesses and addictive diseases.
Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) - Part of DHS that investigates child abuse; finds foster homes for abused and neglected children; helps low income, out-of-work parents get back on their feet; assists with childcare costs for low income parents who are working or in job training; and provides numerous support services and innovative programs to help troubled families.
Statewide Elderly Resources
Georgia SHIP - Provides free, unbiased and factual information and assistance to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and their caregivers about Medicare, Medicaid and related health insurance issues including long-term care insurance, prescription drug assistance programs and Medicare fraud, error and abuse.
Georgia Council on Aging - Advocate with and on behalf of aging Georgians and their families
- Divison of Aging Services - Information & assistance, referral to community services/ resources, and consumer eligibility screening.
Elder Care Locator - Senior resources from a network of eldercare providers.
Medicare - Social insurance program administered by the united states government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over, or who meet other special criteria.
Statewide Homeless Resources
Statewide Veteran Resources
United States Department of Veterans Affairs - administers a variety of benefits and services that provide financial and other forms of assistance to Veterans, their dependents, and their survivors.
Hire A Hero - Helps veterans find jobs.
Real Warriors - Multiple programs providing assistance to veterans, active military personnel, and their families.
Heroes to Hometowns - provides an array of services to injured service members returning home.
Domestic Violence Shelters
Legal Resources
Other Resources
Regional Medical Resources
Regional Elderly Resources
North Georgia: United States Department of Agriculture-Georgia - Single Family Housing Repair Grants - also known as the Section 504 Home Repair program, this program provides grants to elderly, very low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards from their homes.
North Georgia: Georgia Division of Aging Services - coordinates with other aging organizations to provide services to appropriately sustain older Georgians in their homes and communities. These services also provide support to family members and caregivers.
Metro Atlanta: United States Department of Agriculture - Georgia - Single Family Housing Repair Grants - also known as the Section 504 Home Repair program, this program provides grants to elderly, very low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards from their homes.
Metro Atlanta: Georgia Division of Aging Services - coordinates with other aging organizations to provide services to appropriately sustain older Georgians in their homes and communities. These services also provide support to family members and caregivers.
South Georgia: Coastal Plain Area E.O.A.: Minor Home Repair Program - to help individuals who would not otherwise be able to make repairs to their home.
South Georgia: United States Department of Agriculture - Georgia - Single Family Housing Repair Grants - also known as the Section 504 Home Repair program, this program provides grants to elderly, very low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards from their homes.
South Georgia: Georgia Division of Aging Services - coordinates with other aging organizations to provide services to appropriately sustain older Georgians in their homes and communities. These services also provide support to family members and caregivers.
Coastal Georgia: United States Department of Agriculture-Georgia - Single Family Housing Repair Grants - also known as the Section 504 Home Repair program, this program provides grants to elderly, very low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards from their homes.
Coastal Georgia: Georgia Division of Aging Services - coordinates with other aging organizations to provide services to appropriately sustain older Georgians in their homes and communities. These services also provide support to family members and caregivers.
Central Georgia: United States Department of Agriculture-Georgia - Single Family Housing Repair Grants - also known as the Section 504 Home Repair program, this program provides grants to elderly, very low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards from their homes.
Central Georgia: Georgia Division of Aging Services - coordinates with other aging organizations to provide services to appropriately sustain older Georgians in their homes and communities. These services also provide support to family members and caregivers.
Regional Veteran Resources
North Georgia: Salute: Veteran Financial Assistance Program - Salute offers financial assistance to veterans who are in active duty, injured and/or transitioning back to civilian life. The program provides financial assistance for rent/mortgage payments, utilities, and other expenses.
North Georgia: Operation First Response: The Last Mission Project - The Last Mission Project, PTSD -The Battle On & Off The Field, hopes to alleviate financial stress for Veterans allowing them to make clear decisions about treatment without the burden of the cost it will have on the family.
North Georgia: Operation Homefront: Critical Financial Assistance - Operation Homefront assists military families during difficult financial times by providing food assistance, auto and home repair, vision care, travel and transportation, moving assistance, essential home items, and rent-free transitional housing for wounded veterans and their families.
North Georgia: Helping Hands For Freedom: Life Needs Financial Assistance - Helping Hands for Freedom provides emergency financial assistance to Veteran, Military or Gold Star family who have been honorably discharged with at least one child 18 or under in the home.
North Georgia: Military Housing Assistance Fund - The Military Housing Assistance Fund (MHAF) provides gift funds to assist active military and veteran families with purchasing a home.
North Georgia: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers VA housing assistance can help Veterans, service members, and their surviving spouses to buy a home or refinance a loan. They also offer benefits and services to help build, improve, or keep your current home.
North Georgia: Gary Sinise Foundation: R.I.S.E.- Specially Adapted Smart Homes - Gary Sinise Foundation offers their R.I.S.E. Specially Adapted Smart Homes program which provides one-of-a-kind specially adapted smart homes for the nation's most severely wounded heroes.
North Georgia: Operation Finally Home - Operation Finally Home provides custom-built, mortgage-free homes and home modifications to America’s military Heroes and the widows of the fallen, those who have worn America’s uniform and sacrificed so much to defend our freedoms and values.
North Georgia: Homes for Veterans: Home Modifications for Veterans - Homes for Veterans (HFV) modifies the homes of wounded veterans to help their heroes live barrier-free in their own homes. This program provides reconstructive services and accessibility modifications.
North Georgia: Navy Wounded Warrior: Support Services - Enrollment in the Navy Wounded Warrior is available to service members wounded in combat, as well as to those diagnosed with a serious illness or injured in shipboard, training and liberty accidents. Navy Wounded Warrior coordinates the non-medical care of seriously wounded, ill and injured Sailors and Coast Guardsmen, and provides resources and support to their families. This program provides housing/rental support.
North Georgia: Operation Homefront: Permanent Homes for Veterans - Permanent Homes for Veterans provides veterans with the opportunity to move into an Operation Homefront (OH) home and work directly with OH caseworkers and other financial counselors to learn and plan for home ownership.
Metro Atlanta: Salute: Veteran Financial Assistance Program - Salute offers financial assistance to veterans who are in active duty, injured and/or transitioning back to civilian life. The program provides financial assistance for rent/mortgage payments, utilities, and other expenses.
Metro Atlanta: HOPE Atlanta: Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) - SSVF helps qualifying veterans and their families gain access to the resources they need in order to successfully transition to or maintain permanent housing.
Metro Atlanta: Operation First Response: The Last Mission Project - The Last Mission Project, PTSD -The Battle On & Off The Field, hopes to alleviate financial stress for Veterans allowing them to make clear decisions about treatment without the burden of the cost it will have on the family.
Metro Atlanta: Operation Homefront: Critical Financial Assistance - Operation Homefront assists military families during difficult financial times by providing food assistance, auto and home repair, vision care, travel and transportation, moving assistance, essential home items, and rent-free transitional housing for wounded veterans and their families.
Metro Atlanta: Helping Hands For Freedom: Life Needs Financial Assistance - Helping Hands for Freedom provides emergency financial assistance to Veteran, Military or Gold Star family who have been honorably discharged with at least one child 18 or under in the home.
Metro Atlanta: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers VA housing assistance can help Veterans, service members, and their surviving spouses to buy a home or refinance a loan. They also offer benefits and services to help build, improve, or keep your current home.
South Georgia: Disabled American Veterans: Homeless Veterans Initiative - Homeless Veterans Initiative promotes the development of supportive housing and necessary services to assist homeless veterans in becoming productive, self-sufficient members of society.
South Georgia: Gary Sinise Foundation: R.I.S.E.- Specially Adapted Smart Homes - Gary Sinise Foundation offers their R.I.S.E. Specially Adapted Smart Homes program which provides one-of-a-kind specially adapted smart homes for the nation's most severely wounded heroes.
South Georgia: Operation Finally Home - Operation Finally Home provides custom-built, mortgage-free homes and home modifications to America’s military Heroes and the widows of the fallen, those who have worn America’s uniform and sacrificed so much to defend our freedoms and values.
South Georgia: Homes for Veterans: Home Modifications for Veterans - Homes for Veterans (HFV) modifies the homes of wounded veterans to help their heroes live barrier-free in their own homes. This program provides reconstructive services and accessibility modifications.
South Georgia: Jared Allen's Homes For Wounded Warriors: Accessible Homes for Wounded Veterans - JAH4WW builds and remodels handicap-accessible homes to suit the individual needs of injured United States military Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Physical injuries often make it challenging for disabled Veterans to comfortably get around in the privacy of their own homes.
South Georgia: Salute: Veteran Financial Assistance Program - Salute offers financial assistance to veterans who are in active duty, injured and/or the transitioning back to civilian life. The program provides financial assistance for rent/mortgage payments, utilities, and other expenses.
South Georgia: Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society: Financial Assistance and Counseling - The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society provides funds to help active duty or retired Sailors and Marines with a wide range of financial needs including rent/mortgage, utilities, and home repairs.
South Georgia: Operation Homefront: Critical Financial Assistance - Operation Homefront assists military families during difficult financial times by providing food assistance, auto and home repair, vision care, travel and transportation, moving assistance, essential home items, and rent-free transitional housing for wounded veterans and their families.
South Georgia: Military Housing Assistance Fund - The Military Housing Assistance Fund (MHAF) provides gift funds to assist active military and veteran families with purchasing a home.
South Georgia: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers VA housing assistance can help Veterans, service members, and their surviving spouses to buy a home or refinance a loan. They also offer benefits and services to help build, improve, or keep your current home.
Coastal Georgia: Homes for Veterans: Home Modifications for Veterans - Homes for Veterans (HFV) modifies the homes of wounded veterans to help their heroes live barrier-free in their own homes. This program provides reconstructive services and accessibility modifications.
Coastal Georgia: Jared Allen's Homes For Wounded Warriors: Accessible Homes for Wounded Veterans - JAH4WW builds and remodels handicap accessible homes to suit the individual needs of injured United States military Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Physical injuries often make it challenging for disabled Veterans to comfortably get around in the privacy of their own homes.
Coastal Georgia: Operation Finally Home - Operation Finally Home provides custom-built, mortgage free homes and home modifications to America’s military Heroes and the widows of the fallen, those who have worn America’s uniform and sacrificed so much to defend our freedoms and values.
Coastal Georgia: Navy Wounded Warrior: Support Services - Enrollment in the Navy Wounded Warrior is available to service members wounded in combat, as well as to those diagnosed with a serious illness or injured in shipboard, training and liberty accidents. Navy Wounded Warrior coordinates the non-medical care of seriously wounded, ill and injured Sailors and Coast Guardsmen, and provides resources and support to their families. This program provides housing/rental support.
Coastal Georgia: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers VA housing assistance can help Veterans, service members, and their surviving spouses to buy a home or refinance a loan. They also offer benefits and services to help build, improve, or keep your current home.
Central Georgia: Salute: Veteran Financial Assistance Program - Salute offers financial assistance to veterans who are in active duty, injured and/or the transitioning back to civilian life. The program provides financial assistance for rent/mortgage payments, utilities, and other expenses.
Central Georgia: Operation Homefront: Critical Financial Assistance - Operation Homefront assists military families during difficult financial times by providing food assistance, auto and home repair, vision care, travel and transportation, moving assistance, essential home items, and rent-free transitional housing for wounded veterans and their families.
Central Georgia: Helping Hands For Freedom: Life Needs Financial Assistance - Helping Hands for Freedom provides emergency financial assistance to Veteran, Military or Gold Star family who have been honorably discharged with at least one child 18 or under in the home.
Central Georgia: Military Housing Assistance Fund - The Military Housing Assistance Fund (MHAF) provides gift funds to assist active military and veteran families with purchasing a home.
Regional Homeowner Resources
Regional Rental Assistance
North Georgia: White County Sharing and Caring - provides assistance with housing, utilities, fuel, and other items on a case-by-case basis
North Georgia: Ninth District Opportunity Housing Assistance - The Housing Assistance program assists households that are currently homeless or in imminent danger of becoming homeless with the establishment of long-term housing stability through limited financial assistance and intense case management services.
North Georgia: Georgia Legal Services Program - provides eviction prevention services by giving free civil legal aid for low-income people outside of metro Atlanta.
Metro Atlanta: United Way of Greater Altanta - maintains a catalogue of rent assistance providers for individuals to consider.
Metro Atlanta: Net Works Cooperative Ministry - financial assistance with housing and utility assistance for neighbors within the Northlake-Embry Hills-Tucker area.
Metro Atlanta: Decatur Cooperative Ministry - Project Take Charge offers rent assistance, mortgage assistance, and utility assistance to at-risk families, individuals, and seniors with documented proof of impending housing loss or utility disconnection.
Metro Atlanta: Partnership for Community Action - Family Support and Emergency Assistance provides services that can intervene when there is an immediate crisis or emergency such as housing or utilities.
Metro Atlanta: Society of St. Vincent de Paul - provides financial assistance to those unable to meet their basic needs such as housing, utilities, transportation, clothing, and medicine.
Metro Atlanta: Cascade United Methodist Church - provides rent and utility assistance services and support to help those in financial crisis.
Metro Atlanta: Nicholas House - provides the Homeless to Homes (H2H) rapid rehousing program for families who are experiencing homelessness and have some income, but not enough to pay full rent.
Metro Atlanta: The Salvation Army - Project SHARE provides Financial Emergency Assistance to individuals and families facing a temporary crisis that threatens their home. Project Share is focused on utility assistance with some assistance for rental assistance.
Metro Atlanta: Atlanta Legal Aid - provides eviction prevention services by giving free civil legal aid for low-income people across metro Atlanta.
South Georgia: The Salvation Army - Valdosta - Project SHARE provides Financial Emergency Assistance to individuals and families facing a temporary crisis that threatens their home. Project Share is focused on utility assistance with some assistance for rental assistance.
South Georgia: Georgia Legal Services Program - provides eviction prevention services by giving free civil legal aid for low-income people outside of metro Atlanta.
Central Georgia: The Salvation Army - Project SHARE provides Financial Emergency Assistance to individuals and families facing a temporary crisis that threatens their home. Project Share is focused on utility assistance with some assistance for rental assistance.
Central Georgia: Georgia Legal Services Program - provides eviction prevention services by giving free civil legal aid for low-income people outside of metro Atlanta.
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