Community Resources
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Affordable Housing Opportunity
Discover the perfect blend of comfort and convenience in this 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom apartment, located in the Southwest Atlanta area. The apartment boasts easy access to public transportation, ensuring a hassle-free commute. Families will appreciate the close proximity to Gideons Elementary School, just 3 minutes away, while outdoor lovers will enjoy being only a minute from the scenic Beltline. Quick access to I-75 and I-85, just 2 minutes away, further enhances the location’s appeal. With an income range requirement of $36,000/yr to $64,800/yr, this apartment offers an ideal living space for those seeking a well-connected, vibrant community. Click for additional details.
GoodR (Free) Grocery Store for Gideons Families
The Pittsburgh Collaborative FREE grocery store at Kindezi Gideons Elementary School will REOPEN for the school year on August 13th! Registration to choose a date and time to shop will open August 3rd. Parents, teachers, and staff of Gideons are eligible to shop for FREE groceries during the school year. Use the QR code to register. Store hours are Monday-Thursday, 3:00 to 4:30 pm. HAPPY SCHOOL YEAR!
Featured Resources
Resource Providers
Housing Resources
The Stewart Center provides affordable homes to Pittsburgh residents through lease-purchase agreements. The program is administered by Pittsburgh Community Housing LLC (PCH).
Since 2015 PCH has invested over $1.5 million and partnered with the Annie E. Casey Foundation to create 15 homes for local residents.
PCH is committed to providing affordable housing and a pathway to homeownership to Pittsburgh residents, especially for those with children in Stewart Center programming. PCH is always working to develop more affordable units and will have new homes available in 2021.
If you would like to be contacted about PCH housing, please click here.
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation (AVLF) provides emergency temporary housing assistance, emergency utility assistance, and emergency moving assistance – security deposits, and storage units. AVLF also provides legal counsel and representation for residents.
Pittsburgh & Adair Park Residents
Call: 404.521.0790
Address: 897 Welch St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 (Located at Gideons Elementary School)
Housing Hotline at (404) 420-1600
Address: 229 Peachtree Street NE, Ste 705 Atlanta, GA 30303
Call: 404-817-7070
Email: info@hopeatlanta.org
Address: 34 Peachtree Street #700 Atlanta, GA 30303
Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) operates two emergency safe houses, in Fulton and Gwinnett counties. PADV’s Supportive Housing Program provides an important bridge to self-sufficiency for domestic violence survivors and their children. In addition to paying a portion of the families rent, PADV provides ongoing support, crisis management, connection with mental health services, counseling, and assistance with food, legal advocacy, childcare, personal care items and transportation as needed.
PADV Crisis Line: (404) 873-1766
Columbia Residential offers affordable housing and actively seeks development opportunities with partners to transform neighborhoods through a holistic approach that, in addition to great mixed-income housing, includes transformational educational opportunities, accessible community services, and health and recreational opportunities.
Creating great neighborhoods takes more than housing and we seek partnerships and opportunities that incorporate whole community development.
Website: https://www.columbiares.com/about/
Phone: (404) 874-5000
My Sister’s House provides a safe and healthy environment in which women and children can recover and grow from past experiences that may have contributed towards their present circumstances and work towards healthy relationships with God, themselves, and others, as well as sustainable income and housing. Our team works together with each woman and child to help them address their spiritual, physical, emotional, relational, and vocational needs in a way that is sensitive to the unique needs of each woman and child.
Website: https://atlantamission.org/get-help/
Address: 921 Howell Mill Road Atlanta, GA, 30318
Phone: 404-367-2465
Atlanta is home to over one-third of the state’s homeless population. Our department provides residents with the highest quality temporary housing and a pathway to safe, permanent, and affordable housing so they can gain stability and thrive.
Website: https://www.cityofrefugeatl.org/apply-for-help
Phone: 404-874-2241
Email: housing@cityofrefugeatl.org
General Wellness
The Wellness Co-op provides members with supplemental food, family support, and mental/emotional health resources.
The Center also provides financial resources to residents of the Pittsburgh community. Financial literacy classes and home maintenance sessions are available for residents along with rent and utility assistance for those that qualify.
Please click here if you would like to get connected to the Center’s wellness opportunities.
Phone: (404) 618-6983
Email: info@uhwclinic.org
Address: 859 Metropolitan Parkway, SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
Wellness Clinic: Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9am – 4pm
Safety Net Clinic: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays 5 pm – 8 pm, 2nd & 4th Thursdays 5 pm – 8 pm
Address: 477 Windsor St SW, Suite 309 Atlanta, GA 30312
Phone: 404-688-9202
Email: infor@cbww.org
Website: https://www.cbww.org/cbwwprograms
Phone: 404.638.7220
Email: ATLKrocCenter@uss.salvationarmy.org
Address: 967 Dewey St SW Atlanta, GA 30310
Phone: (404) 413-1125
Email: phg.lewis.gsu.edu
Mental Health
Chris 180 provides counseling, family preservation programs, crisis intervention, group homes, transitional case management, independent living skills, parenting skill classes, mental health management, and housing for homeless youth.
Address: 1030 Fayetteville Rd. | Atlanta – DeKalb, GA 30316
Phone number: (404) 486-9053
Website: https://chris180.org/
Peachford Hospital offers an environment for individuals looking for hope and healing from emotional, psychiatric and addictive diseases. Our team works with patients and families to create individualized treatment plans to encourage the best possible outcomes. We help individuals find and use the tools needed to empower themselves to be healthier and whole.
Address: 2151 Peachford Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338
Hours: Open 24 hours
Phone: 770-455-3200
Website: https://peachford.com/programs-and-services/adults-and-seniors/
MARR Addiction Treatment Centers has provided evidence-based drug and alcohol rehab to people struggling with addiction and alcohol abuse. As one of the longest-standing addiction treatment facilities in the country, MARR specializes in providing chemically dependent individuals with the life skills that they need to live a life of long-term sobriety.
Address: 2815 Clearview Pl, Doraville, GA 30340
Hours: Open 24 hours
Phone: 678-750-4971
Website: https://www.marrinc.org/outpatient-addiction-treatment/
Grady’s multidisciplinary behavioral health team includes psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, people with lived experience, and other experts who care for our patients. The staff of Grady’s Behavioral Health team has been at the leading edge of research leading to advances in treating patients with trauma, mental illness, and schizophrenia. Our research has been sponsored by the National Institute of Health and other organizations.
Address: 10 Park Place SE, Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-616-4444
Website: https://www.gradyhealth.org/locations/park-place-center/
ERC offers an Outpatient Program for individuals dealing with a variety of mental health issues – including depression, anxiety, trauma and other conditions, including co-occurring substance abuse use. Treatment begins with the development of a recovery plan based upon the unique needs of the individual sessions and activities tailored specifically for each client.
Address: 230 Peachtree street NW Suite 1800 Atlanta, Ga 30303
Email: info@erc-inc.org
Main Office: 404-526-1145
Clinic: 404-526-1148
Website: https://www.erc-inc.org/behavioral-health/erc-services/mental-health-program/
Beacon Counseling believes that hope is a beacon, a light on the journey. We want to journey with you on that path to live wholeheartedly and fully engaged lives. Our heart is to foster and provide a safe harbor for your healing.We are Licensed Psychiatrists and Licensed Professional Counselors, who use our clinical training to address your body, soul, and mind.
Address: 475 Boulevard NE, Atlanta, Ga 30308,
Phone: 770-383-1228
Email: office@beaconmhscounseling.com
Website: https://beaconcounselingatl.com/
Children’s Programming
Educare Atlanta Center
404 Fulton Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30312
Phone: 404-582-9100
Fax: 404-582-9101
Center Director: Shirleta Lawrence
Phone: 404-225-4581
Address: 1560 Metropolitan Pkwy SW Atlanta, GA 30310
Register at: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
(877)255-4254
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Metro Atlanta recruits volunteers to become mentors to children facing adversity. Our goal is to serve more children and increase positive outcomes by matching them with an adult who will ignite their full potential.
Address: 680 Murphy Ave., SW | Ste. 1090 | Atlanta, GA 30310
Phone number: (404) 601-7000
Email: info@bbbsatl.org
Website: https://bbbsatl.org/
Jumpstart is a national early education organization working toward the day every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed. We provide language, literacy, and social-emotional programming for preschool children from under-resourced communities and promote quality early learning for all children. Since 1993, we’ve trained more than 58,000 college students and community volunteers to transform the lives of over 133,000 preschool children nationwide.
Address: 50 Hurt Plaza SE #1142, Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 225-4800
Pajama Program Center offers a variety of programming for children, preschool through high school, that provide a foundation for a Good Night.
Pajama Program Centers are led by dedicated staff who are specialists in education and child development. Each program is also run with the help of caring volunteers from the community.
Children and young adults attending programming at Pajama Program Centers connect with our staff and volunteers over a book and conversation. At the conclusion of the session, they choose their own book to keep from our library and receive the gift of a new pair of pajamas.
Address: 475C Bill Kennedy Way SE, Atlanta, GA 30316
Phone: (404) 748-9221
Employment and Job Training
Phone: 800-733-5627
Website: https://www.jobcorps.gov/students
Phone: 404-507-2058
Website: https://www.automotivetrainingcenter.org/our-program
Power Atlanta is an agency that offers various services, including financial literacy classes, life skill classes, a resource center, a resume writing class, and referrals to other services. They are dedicated to providing access to personal financial knowledge in a way that everyone can learn and enjoy the amazing benefits this powerful knowledge provides. This agency also offers food distribution from 2-7pm on Thursdays, as well as case management from 10am-12 (excluding Thursdays).
Phone: (404) 301-9989
Address: 571-A Joseph E. Lowery Blvd., SW | Atlanta, GA 30310
Website: https://www.poweratl.org/
Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative offers an array of social services to residents in the greater Atlanta area, with particular focus on low to moderate income individuals and families. The services include life skills and enrichment coaching, job search/placement, vocational certifications and training, GED preparation, financial literacy, GA indigent ID program, and more.
Address: 101 Jackson St., N.E. | Atlanta, GA 30312
Phone: (404) 460-8321
Email: information@mlksrcollaborative.org
Website: https://mlksrcollaborative.org/
WorkSource Atlanta (WSA), formally the Atlanta Workforce Development Agency (AWDA), serves as the workforce system for the city of Atlanta. WSA provides job seekers with resources to attain sustainable employment and collaborates with local and regional employers for the recruitment and development of their labor needs.
Address: 818 Pollard Boulevard, SW Atlanta, Ga 30315
Phone: (404) 546-3000
Website: www.worksourceatlanta.org
Groceries
Phone: 404-969-2320
Website: https://thegroceryspot.org
Atlanta Food Pantry Map is an interactive map sponsored by Atlanta Community Food Bank that will assist you in locating organizations and food pantries in your area. Simply enter your address for a list of pantries and their operating times.
Phone: 404-445-0181
Website: https://www.acfb.org/get-help/food-map
Rental & Utility Assistance
Phone: 404-622-0793
Website: https://nicholashouse.org/our-programs/
Email: bcm@bcmgeorgia.org
Address:
The Murray Building 2847 Piedmont Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30305
Phone: 404-681-5777 (Assistance) 404-681-0470 (Administration)
Email: mac@midtownassistancecenter.org
Website: https://midtownassistancecenter.org
Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement is a company that focuses on the health disparities of individuals living in Metro Atlanta. They have an application open on their website for individuals in need of rental, mortgage, or utility assistance which will connect you to service providers in your area that are available to help.
Email: info@archicollaborative.org
Website: https://archicollaborative.org/research-resources/help/
Community Partners
