Unhoused Youth Community Resources Directory

The Directory provides a list of local and national resources for unhoused youth living in the Atlanta Metro Area. To access the resources, scroll down, choose a category, then click on your choice, a list will appear, then click the name of the listing to reach a detailed description with a map below.

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Atlanta Mission
Description

OUR MISSION:ย  We transform, through Christ, the lives of those facing homelessness.

SERVICES:

Food and Shelter
Critical Needs
Addiction Recovery
Job Attainment
Counseling
Spiritual Recovery
Educational Services

For additional information about Atlanta Mission go to their website.

Phone Number
1-404-588-4000
Address
2353 Bolton Rd. NW, Atlanta, Georgia
30318
City of Refuge
Description

Through supportive services fueled by innovation and collaboration with our on-site partners, City of Refuge seeks to lead individuals and families on an uninterrupted journey to self-sufficiency. We do that by focusing on four key impact areas: Health & Wellness, Housing, Vocational Training, and Youth Development.
 

HOUSING PRORGRAMS:

Eden Village โ€“ Eden Village seeks to provide low-barrier assessment bridge housing including case-management and a variety of supportive services for up to 20 single mothers with children, 60 children and 35 single women who are experiencing homelessness.
House of Cherith โ€“ Safe housing and supportive services where women can recover from the trauma of sexual exploitation. Since conception, House of Cherith has facilitated the transformation of over 700 lives.

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT:

Feed My Lambs:ย Full day Childcare for ages six weeks to 5 years.
Kid City: Kindergarten – 5th Grade After school and summer camp provides programming designed to improve academics, health, and social/emotional behaviors.
The City Club: 6th – 12th Grade after-school, summer camp, and basketball program providing pathways for young adults to reach their full potential in every dimension of life.
Bright Futures Academy:ย Our on-site partner providing private education for more than 100 middle and high school students from the surrounding community.
J17 Scholarship Fund:ย The J17 Fund is an Educational Expense Assistance Fund designed to provide financial assistance to minority students choosing to attend college, university, or technical school upon graduation from high school.

HEALTH & WELLNESS:
180ยฐ Kitchen โ€“ Prepares and serves three hot and healthy meals per day, every day, for residents, employees, and guests.

Mercy Care Clinic โ€“ Our on-site partner providing medical, dental, vision, and mental health services.

JOB TRAINING:
The Workforce Innovation Hub prepares unemployed and underemployed individuals to find meaningful employment.
Existing vocational training tracks include Advanced Manufacturing, Automotive Technology, Banking, Culinary, Information Technology, and Security.
For additional information about City of Refuge go to their website.

Phone Number
404-874-2241
Address
1300 Joseph E Boone Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA
30314
Community Concerns, Inc.
Description

 

The Mission of Community Concerns, Inc. is to engage those experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness and facilitate their movement to permanent housing and employment with a livable wage.

Odyssey Villas Permanent Supportive Housing Program

The documents listed below must all be received.ย  Without these documents, your application will not be considered eligible for Odyssey Villas Permanent Supportive Housing Program. You are eligible to resubmit and application for Odyssey Villas Permanent Supportive Housing Program after 30 days of receiving denial letter for incompletion of application process.

Valid ID for all household members 18yrs and older.
Verification of Homeless (Homeless verification letter from shelter, notarized letter from friend or relative, paid room receipt from hotel, current eviction letter)
Original Birth certificate
Original Social Security Card of all household members
Proof of consistent income for all household members 18yrs and older
Current immunization record for all household children 18yrs and younger or notarized Religious Objections to Required Immunizations form
Marriage License (If applicable)
Negative TB Test (If applicable)

For additional information about Community Concern, Inc. go to their website.

Phone Number
404-659-3390
Address
276 Decatur Street SE, Atlanta, GA
30312
Covenant House
Description

At Covenant House Georgia (CHGA), we are much more than a shelter. We provide more than a bed and a meal for youth experiencing homelessness and escaping trafficking; we show unconditional love and give comprehensive support so that our youth can and will realize their fullest potential.

CRISIS SHELTER

Emergency shelter ranging from 30-90 days is provided to young people ages 18-24. Medical and mental health care is provided with the focus on primary care, ob/gyn care, prenatal care, STD, HIV, asthma and diabetes screening, health education, and drug awareness and education. Youth who are suffering with severe and persistent mental illness receive or are referred to psychiatric counseling, medication management and help finding supported permanent housing. Youth in the Crisis Shelter participate in educational and vocational programs, learn basic life skills, and seek employment with the goal of creating an independent, sustainable future for themselves.

RIGHTS OF PASSAGE

As is the case for many of our youth, a stay in the crisis shelter is not long enough to become self-sufficient. The Rights of Passage program is our independent living program designed to give them more time to reach the goal of self-sufficiency. It is a 24-bed onsite and 4-bed offsite program that youth are eligible for after they have stabilized in the Crisis Shelter and obtained employment. Case managers assist youth as they transition into independent living.

For additional information about Covenant House go to their website.

Phone Number
Youth Direct Line: 404-713-0954
Address
1559 Johnson Rd NW, Atlanta, GA

30318
Decatur Cooperative Ministry
Description

 

Our mission at Decatur Cooperative Ministry is to help families facing homelessness settle into safe, stable homes and build healthy lives filled with peace, hope and opportunity.

The following programs help us address homelessness from all angles:

Hagarโ€™s House

Hagarโ€™s House offers emergency night shelter and assessment to homeless families with children. The 5-room 30-bed shelter provides safe, comfortable accommodations for up to 90 days. While enrolled, families have access to daily showers, a tech center, laundry facilities, and two meals a day.

Family House

Our Family House program offers up to six months of transitional housing for homeless families with compound barriers to housing stability. We operate four single-family houses and apartments throughout DeKalb County. Families stay in these houses without paying rent or utilities; they are encouraged, however, to save 30% of their income to assist in the transition from homelessness to permanent housing.

Family Success

Our Family Success program offers permanent supportive housing to chronically homeless families (i.e., those with extensive histories of homelessness who have at least one member with a diagnosed disability). These families receive long-term support and services, ensuring lasting housing stability.

Project Take Charge

Through Project Take Charge, DCM offers homeless prevention services to low-income and at-risk seniors, Veterans, and families. Clients with a documentable threat of eviction, foreclosure, or utility disconnection may receive financial assistance to cover rent, mortgage, and utilities. PTC also offers food security to low-income families through the operation of a food pantry and three food cooperatives.

All clients who receive financial assistance attend a three-part financial management course. Culminating with a one-on- one budgeting consultation, the course offers participants the knowledge and skills needed to achieve long-term financial stability.

For additional information about Decatur Cooperative Ministry go to their website.

Phone Number
404-377-5365
Address
P.O. Box 457, Decatur, GA
30031-0457
Hope Atlanta
Description

Mission: HOPE Atlanta seeks to help Georgians avoid homelessness and hunger through a comprehensive approach that equips them with the tools for lifelong stability.

Programs:

A housing-first approach.
Stable housing is paramount to a personโ€™s ability to thrive. For each client we serve, our priority is securing housingโ€”both temporary and more permanent solutions.

Permanent Supportive Housing
Many clients, including those with disabilities or substance abuse issues, need ongoing support after being placed in permanent housing. We provide that support system, assisting with everything from medical appointment transportation to grocery shopping and learning to budget.

ย Special Needs Housing
HIV/AIDS cases have continued to spike in Atlanta, particularly among homeless communities. Our dedicated Special Needs Housing team ensures that this populationโ€™s needs are met.

Emergency Services

For many, a bit of bad luck can spell disaster.ย  A missed paycheck. A health crisis. A violent storm. For many, hard times can easily lead to homelessness. Weโ€™re here when they need a shoulder to lean on.

Rapid Re-Housing, when someone experiencing homelessness reaches out, our goal is to get them off the streets as quickly as possible. We help cover rent, security deposits and moving costs to get them back on their feet.

Reunification Program, we help stranded people without means return to their home communities and support systems, covering transportation costs and coordinating with loved ones.

Trinity Assessment Center, partners with clients who are at risk of becoming homeless or currently experiencing homelessness, archway housing programs like Trinity Assessment Center (TAC) identify safe, secure, and affordable options, providing clients with long-term, wrap-around support to provide and preserve the sustainable housing necessary to regain self-sufficiency.

WALK-IN OFFICE HOURS:
Mon/Tues/Wed โ€“ 9am-5pm
Thurs โ€“ 9am-2pm

Additional support is available on their website.

Website Address
Phone Number
404-817-7070
Address
458 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE
Building B, Terrace Level
Atlanta, GA
30308
Jerusalem House/Status: Home!
Description

Jerusalem House is now Status: Home!

We have rebranded to Status: Home in honor of our continuing evolution, our mission, and the essence of what weโ€™ve provided for more than 30 years โ€“ a place to call home for fellow Atlantans (individuals and families) who are impacted by HIV/AIDS.

 

At Status: Home, our mission is to provide homeless and low-income individuals and families (including children) impacted by HIV/AIDS in Greater Atlanta with a continuum of housing, healthcare resources, and supportive services that are critical to our residentsโ€™ survival and contribute to their overall self-sufficiency.

Locate Status: Home housing and support services on their website.

Phone Number
(404) 350-1633
Address
17 Executive Park Drive, Department W, Suite 290, Atlanta, GA
30329
Mary Hall Freedom Village
Description

The mission of Mary Hall Freedom Village, Inc. (MHFV) is to empower women, children, veterans, and families to end the cycle of homelessness, addiction, and poverty.

SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

EMERGENCY HOUSING

Located on Atlantaโ€™s Westside, the Donna Center for Single Women and Families (DCW) serves as a 24/7/365 service center to address the needs of chronic homelessness and provide comprehensive wrap-around services for women, children, veterans, and families.

VETERANS TRANSITIONALย HOUSING

MHFV is grateful to partner with the Veterans Administration (VA) to provide housing to veterans and their families.

PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

Permanent supportive housing promotes an environment that encourages women to establish and achieve goals focused on increasing self-sufficiency, improving life skills, and increasing economic stability. MHFV provides permanent supportive housing to 21 families both in North and Southย Fulton County.

For additional information about MHFV go to their website.

Phone Number
(678) 786-7240, (678) 786-7241, (855) 851-FREE
Project Community Connections, Inc (PCCI)
Description

Project Community Connections, Inc (PCCI)

 

OUR MISSION

To permanently rehouse individuals and families experiencing homelessness into decent, affordable places to live and thrive. To offer housing options and collaborate with community and human service organizations to provide ancillary services that promote personal and economic self-sufficiency.

Our Services:

Housing Assessment
Housing Counseling
Housing Advocacy
LandLord Liaison Service
Financial Assistance
Case Management

Project Community Connections, Inc.
Re-Housing Opportunity Center
By Appointment Only
For additional information about PCCI go to their website.

Phone Number
404-588-9511
Address
302 Decatur Street SE
Atlanta Georgia
30312
SafeHouse Outreach
Description

 

Outreach:

IMPACT Meals: Five nights a week at SafeHouse we host our Impact Service. Local churches, community organizations, and businesses join the SHO team to serve a meal to people living in extreme poverty in the downtown area.

Atlanta Guardianย is a mobile crisis support program for those experiencing homelessness.

PROGRAMS:

Next Level:ย helps those from diverse backgrounds by employing a comprehensive approach in case management to assist program participants with employment, housing, and behavioral health needs.

Problem Solvers:ย is aimed at meeting clientsโ€™ emergency and non-emergency needs. Our goal is to build client relationships and aid them in a self-identification process of taking the necessary steps to transition out of homelessness. When our Program Associates meet with clients, they focus on meeting one need at a time.

For additional information about SafeHouse Outreach go to their website.

Phone Number
404-523-2221
Address
89 Ellis Street NE
Atlanta Georgia
30303
Serenity House of Atlanta Ministry
Description

Serenity House of Atlanta Ministries is a place where clients can come together and rebuild their lives.
Serenity House of Atlanta Ministries is an 501c non-profit organization that provides housing and comprehensive support services to homeless and at-risk single Men or Women 18 and older to facilitate changes in their lives. Our Ministry deals with homeless/at risk individual in need of long/short term transitional housing. serenity house has 13 years of proven services to break recidivism at its core.
For additional information about Serenity House of Atlanta Ministries go to their website.

Phone Number
1-844-4SERENITY (844-473-7364)
Resource Type
Address
260 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 220
Atlanta, Georgia
30303
The Catholic Shrine
Description

Programs:
The Morning Sandwich and Snack Ministry: provides a basic breakfast of sandwiches, snacks, water and a cup of coffee to those in need.ย  Our guests are served from the Parish Hall, at the MLK entrance, each weekday from 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM.
Night Shelter:ย 

Each year from November 1 to March 31, The Shrine ministers to a small portion of the homeless along with numerous organizations and churches by being a part of theย Bashor Night Shelter. The Shrine hosts 30-35 of the 100+ guests and by providing sack lunches, dinner, and overnight assistance for approximately 30 of the 150 nights.

Our signup each season begins in September with several Sign-up Sundays held after the Masses. If you want to check out our schedule, click theย Shrine Night Shelter Schedule on the website.

Foot Care Night:

Shelter Footcare is an opportunity to be with guests at our Shelter and respond to the Gospel’s call to be in the company of and serve the poor. This very rewarding experience is available on Wednesday nights, November 1 through March 31. Some required training is provided so that volunteers can take care of guest’s weary feet.

St. Francis Table:

The guests are invited in at 10:00 AM. They enter through the door located on the Martin Luther King Boulevard side of the Shrine.ย  They each receive a meat and cheese sandwich, bowl, cup, spoon and napkin.ย  Once the guests are seated, the volunteers serve the soup from large pitchers.ย  Each person is fed until they have their fill and then they leave through the door on the parking lot side of the church.ย  As each guest leaves, they are given desserts.ย  After each group of guests leaves, the next group is let in. The kitchen stays open and serves soup and sandwiches until 12:00 noon when clean up begins.

For additional information about The Catholic Shrine go to their website.

Phone Number
404-521-1866; office hours: M-F 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Address
48 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW
Atlanta Georgia
30303
The Open Door Community
Description

Open Door Community House

The mission of Open Door Community House, Inc. is to empower impoverished people in our community to realize their full potential as children of God by creating long-term solutions to poverty.

Homeless Ministries of Open Door:

Welcome Home: a rapid rehousing program for homeless women and families.
Virginia D. Jackson Home for Women: Unaccompanied homeless women may stay for up to twelve months and are required to be working, looking for work, attending school, or participating in a day treatment program for substance abuse issues.

For additional information about Open Door Community House, Inc go to their website.

Phone Number
706-323-5518
Address
2405 2nd Avenue
Columbus Georgia
31901
The Salvation Army
Description

Our mission โ€“ to feed, to clothe, to comfort, to care. To rebuild broken homes and broken lives. By walking with the addicted, we can lead them to recovery. In fighting hunger and poverty, we can feed and nurture the spirit. And, in living and sharing the Christian Gospel by meeting tangible needs, we give the world a lasting display of the love behind our beliefs.

HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES

There are a lot of reasons people need help with housing. Sometimes, life doesnโ€™t turn out the way we planned. Other times, we experience unexpected circumstances in life, such as job loss or debt following a medical emergency. With one in six people living in poverty today, homelessness is not predictable or exclusive to a certain โ€œtypeโ€ of person โ€“ it could happen to anyone.

Whether you need a roof over your head for the night or youโ€™re looking for an affordable place to call home for years, The Salvation Army has a number of transitional and permanent options in centers throughout Georgia that can help. Thousands of people sleep safely every night because of these programs.

Salvation Army programs and services vary with local needs. For information on specific programs and locations go to their website.

Phone Number
(770) 441-6200
Address
1000 Center Place
Norcross Georgia
30093

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