An information and referral agency that provides a telephone
hotline (211) to help people locate social service agencies which assist with basic needs including food, clothing, shelter, housing, health care, mental health, and disability
services.
Hands On Northeast Georgia
A volunteer center that helps individuals, families and corporate and community groups to find flexible service
opportunities at various organizations in Athens-Clarke and Oconee Counties. Hands On Northeast Georgia creates, organizes, and leads meaningful
service projects that positively impact the community.
Volunteer UGA
A campus volunteer center designed to connect UGA students with the many opportunities for community service in the Athens-Clarke County community.
ACC Department of Human & Economic Development
Addresses the challenges facing low-income citizens and neighborhoods, including poor housing conditions, unemployment, crime, and juvenile delinquency. Strives to develop viable neighborhoods by providing housing and economic opportunities.
Advantage Behavioral Health Systems
A publicly-funded provider of behavioral health, developmental disability, and addictive disease services
in the ten-county area of Northeast Georgia.
American Red Cross - East Georgia Chapter
A volunteer organization devoted to providing relief to victims of disasters and helping people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
The Ark
The Ark United Ministry Outreach Center serves as an extension of the
religious communities of the Athens-Clarke County area by
responding to neighbors who need material and
personal support. Provides financial assistance to individuals and families in crisis for basic needs
such as rent, utilities and prescription medicine.
Athens Community Outreach Center
Offers services and activities to strengthen and empower low-income families, with a special emphasis on the Hispanic
population. Services include information and referral services, English as a Second Language, job readiness training
and referrals, social advocacy, and counseling. Operated by Catholic Social Services, Inc.
Clarke County Division of Family and Children Services
DFCS investigates child abuse,
finds foster homes for abused and neglected children,
helps low out-of-work parents get back on their feet,
assists with childcare costs for low income parents,
and provides support services to help troubled families.
Oasis Católico Santa Rafaela
A Catholic outreach and ministry dedicated to helping the Hispanic community of Athens by providing a range of services including transportation, food, clothing,
health screenings, tutoring, interpretive services, worship opportunities, and more.
Salvation Army - Athens Corps
An evangelical Christian organization providing social services such as emergency shelter, drug/alcohol abuse rehabilitation, rent assistance, clothing and food assistance, and disaster relief services.
United Way Of Northeast Georgia
A non-profit organization which raises money to support 26 human services agencies which offer a broad mix of programs and services throughout the seven county Northeast Georgia area.
Children
All God’s Children
An Athens-area special needs adoption agency working in partnership with the Georgia Department of Human Resources to find adoptive families
for children.
Athens Area Child Abuse Prevention Council
A non-profit, community-based organization dedicated to preventing child abuse in all of its forms -- physical, sexual, emotional, and neglect -- through education, intervention, and support.
Athens Tutorial Program
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing academic assistance, improving learning skills, and providing personal growth and cultural enrichment opportunities to K-12 students.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens
With four locations in the community, Boys & Girls Clubs give the youth of Athens a clean, healthy, and safe
place to play, work, and learn.
Clarke County Mentor Program
A non-profit organization that pairs trained community volunteers, as mentors, with public school students who can benefit from a close association with a caring friend who will help them strive for excellence in their lives.
Communities In Schools
Helping children stay in school and prepare for life, this dropout prevention initiative fosters school readiness, school success, and
healthy children.
Court Appointed Special Advocates
Athens-Oconee CASA trains and supervises community volunteers to advocate for children who are victims of family abuse or neglect.
Volunteers represent the interests of children in court proceedings and strive to ensure the child has a safe, permanent home.
Families4Change
A nonprofit organization that seeks to reduce recidivism rates, problem behaviors, and truancy among first-time juvenile offenders and at-risk school-age youth.
Friends for Life
A mentoring program dedicated to promoting a better life for children, ages 4-18 years, with a primary focus on those of incarcerated parents.
HERO for Children
A non-profit organization that raises money, awareness, and compassion to improve the quality of life for children affected by HIV/AIDS.
McPhaul Children's Center
Provides developmentally appropriate programs on a full-day basis for both UGA and community families with children ages 8 weeks to 5 years, and half-day Head Start programs for children ages 3-5 years.
Project START
A summer program for students with autism or other cognitive disabilities, providing both academic and recreational services to Clarke County youth with special needs.
Civic Clubs
Athens Rotary Club
A service-based club that works on various projects relating to health, hunger, environmental concerns, literacy and vocational assistance, drug abuse, and assisting senior citizens and young people.
Junior League of Athens
An organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and
leadership of trained volunteers.
OUTreach Athens
A volunteer-based group of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and straight individuals committed to improving the larger Athens community
by providing teams of volunteers for various community service projects.
Rotary Club of the Classic City of Athens
An organization of business and professional leaders who provide humanitarian service and support to local non-profits as well as international service projects.
Disabilities
Autism Angel Center
A private non-profit organization offering service programs, training, and outreach to improve the quality of life for
individuals with autism in Northeast Georgia.
Georgia Options
A non-profit organization that enables persons with disabilities
to live in their own homes and to have typical life experiences by providing residential support services in the ten-county area of Northeast Georgia.
Goodwill of North Georgia
The mission of Goodwill is to put people to work by providing services designed to develop job skills,
improve employability, and enhance life skills. Goodwill's Workforce Development Program offers training and support
to individuals with disabilities.
Hope Haven
A private non-profit corporation which provides services for individuals with developmental disabilities who reside in Athens-Clarke and surrounding counties.
Multiple Choices
Dedicated to empowering people of all ages and with all types of disabilities to live independently and to control their lives as much as possible.
Project START
A summer program for students with autism or other cognitive disabilities, providing both academic and recreational services to Clarke County youth with special needs.
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Provides educational materials in recorded and computerized formats for all people who cannot effectively read standard print because of a visual, perceptual, or other physical disability.
Speech and Hearing Clinic
Offers services to the community for prevention, assessment, and treatment of speech, language, and hearing disorders.
VISTAS Center
Provides training and services for the blind and visually impaired.
The mission of VISTAS is to promote self-sufficiency for the visually impaired in the Athens area.
Domestic Violence
Project Safe
A local non-profit organization assisting women and their children who are victims of domestic violence or sexual assault.
Provides a safe shelter, a 24-hour hotline, support groups, children's programs, and community outreach.
Education
Athens Tutorial Program
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing academic assistance, improving learning skills, and providing personal growth and cultural enrichment opportunities to K-12 students.
Communities In Schools
Helping children stay in school and prepare for life, this dropout prevention initiative fosters school readiness, school success, and
healthy children.
Partnership for Community Learning Centers
A collaborative effort of the University of Georgia, the Clarke County School District, and the Athens community working together
to improve student learning through the creation of community learning centers designed to meet the intellectual, social, and cultural needs of all students.
Jeannette Rankin Foundation
Raises funds for and awards scholarships to women thirty-five years of age and older who are seeking to better themselves, their families, and their communities through undergraduate or vocational education.
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Provides educational materials in recorded and computerized formats for all people who cannot effectively read standard print because of a visual, perceptual, or other physical disability.
Employment
Goodwill of North Georgia
The mission of Goodwill is to put people to work by providing services designed to develop job skills, improve employability, and
enhance life skills.
Northeast Georgia Employee Assistance Program
Provides confidential assistance to employees in the identification and resolution of personal or
work related issues that may affect productivity and satisfaction in the work environment as well as the employee's personal well being.
Senior Community Service Employment Program
Enables older persons to re-enter the work force through part-time work and training placements throughout Northeast Georgia.
Food
Food Bank of Northeast Georgia
Works toward ending hunger by recovering donated food and distributing it to more than 200 non-profit human service agencies in 20 counties.
Home Delivered Meals Program
The Home Delivered Meals Program (Meals on Wheels) helps foster independent living for disabled, homebound, and older adults in Clarke County.
Health Care
Athens Neighborhood Health Center
Provides accessible, affordable, high quality primary health care to medically underserved and at-risk individuals in
Athens-Clarke County and surrounding areas.
Athens Nurses Clinic
A non-profit, nurse-run organization providing free health care to the homeless, indigent and lower income in
Athens-Clarke County.
Clarke County Health Department
Provides a comprehensive range of health services to
the citizens of Athens-Clarke County in the areas of women’s health, children's health, communicable disease control,
chronic disease services, dental health, nutrition services, health education, and more. A service of the Northeast Health District and Georgia Public Health.
Mercy Health Center
A volunteer-based non-profit Christian health center providing care for the uninsured in and around Athens with services
including medical, pharmacy, and dental care.
HIV/AIDS
AIDS Athens
A grassroots nonprofit organization committed to caring for individuals affected by HIV/AIDS. AIDS Athens serves 10 counties of Northeast Georgia.
Boybutante AIDS Foundation
Provides funding for programs that serve people living with HIV/AIDS, and for educational programs targeted at HIV/AIDS prevention and elimination of prejudice and discrimination against HIV/AIDS-affected individuals.
HERO for Children
A non-profit organization that raises money, awareness, and compassion to improve the quality of life for children affected by HIV/AIDS.
Homeless
Athens Area Homeless Shelter
Provides a transitional facility for homeless women and their children. Offers shelter, food, childcare, training, counseling, transportation, and resettlement help.
Interfaith Hospitality Network
A coalition of more than 15 area congregations that have partnered together to combat homelessness in Northeast Georgia.
Nancy Travis House
Provides temporary emergency child day care to families who are homeless, enabling parents residing in shelters to seek employment, secure housing, etc.
Housing
Athens Area Habitat for Humanity
An ecumenical Christian-based housing ministry dedicated to the elimination of substandard housing in Clarke, Oconee, and Oglethorpe counties.
Athens Housing Authority
Ensures the housing needs of low-and-moderate income families by providing secure, affordable, quality housing and resources which encourage & sustain independence for wage earners, elderly, and their families.
Athens Land Trust
A private, non-profit corporation that builds affordable, energy-efficient houses for low to moderate income families.
People of Hope
A non-profit organization working to develop Georgia’s first permanently affordable,
resident designed, and resident controlled mobile home community. Founded by low-income families who have been displaced as mobile home parks have shut down.
Law
Athens Justice Project
Provides legal representation, counseling and comprehensive social services to help indigent men and women who are charged with crimes to
lead crime-free lives as self-supporting, productive citizens.
Legal Aid Clinic
Offers legal assistance to indigent persons in Clarke and Oconee Counties
by providing representation in criminal and juvenile court cases.
Mental Health & Counseling
Mental Health America of Northeast Georgia
A non-profit volunteer organization working to enhance the lives of individuals with mental illness, to foster healthier attitudes toward mental illness through education, and to advocate for the rights of individuals experiencing mental illness.
Center for Counseling and Personal Evaluation
Provides professional services for a wide range of emotional, interpersonal, and educational concerns
for families and individuals throughout Northeast Georgia.
Family Counseling Services of Athens
A non-profit agency providing individual, marriage, and family counseling to Northeast Georgia residents. Agency staff include social workers,
professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, and certified addiction counselors.
McPhaul Family Therapy Clinic
Serves individuals, couples, and families from the UGA community as well as the Athens-Clarke County area. Offers therapy for a variety of issues such as physical abuse, depression, communication, and sexuality.
Psychology Clinic
An independent community mental health facility operated by the UGA Department of Psychology, offering a wide range of psychological services to meet the needs of people in the Northeast Georgia area.
Samaritan Counseling Center
An interfaith counseling service of licensed professionals who provide confidential, compassionate services to individuals, families, and community groups
with respect for personal beliefs and values.
Seniors
Athens Community Council on Aging
Offers various services which enrich the lives of elders in the 12-county NE Georgia area. ACCA's programs
enable older persons to live independently at home and provide opportunities for employment, volunteerism, and continued learning.
Sexual Assault
Project Safe
A local non-profit organization assisting women and their children who are victims of domestic violence or sexual assault.
Provides a safe shelter, a 24-hour hotline, support groups, children's programs, and community outreach.
Substance Abuse
Athens Area Alcoholics Anonymous
A fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope
with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
Healing Place of Athens
Helps men who are addicted to alcohol and drugs achieve productive, independent, and sober lives by providing an overnight shelter, a residential recovery
program, transitional and permanent housing and services, and an aftercare program.
Overcomers Ministries
A Christian recovery program for men, women, and families suffering from addiction, life-controlling dependencies, or other destructive behavioral patterns.
