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Housing Assistance
Temporary Shelter
Bigger Vision - 18+ only: 704-340-6062 ext. 2
Salvation Army- Families with children; 18+ : 706-543-5350
Family Promise - Families with children only : 706-286-6253
Athens Area Homeless Shelter - Families with children only: 706-354-0423
Project Safe - Domestic Violence: 706-543-3331
Housing Assistance
Advantage Homeless Day Center: 706-354-1154
Athens Area Bridge to Home: 706-354-0423
Action Inc.: 706-546-8293
Athens Habitat for Humanity: 706-208-1001
Housing Choice (formerly Section 8) Vouchers: 770-806-5050
Athens Land Trust: 706-431-3157
Live Forward : 706-549-3730
Family Promise (Rental/Eviction Assistance): 706-548-8155
Clothing
Food and Hunger
Food Bank of NEGA: 706-353-8182
Advantage Homeless Day Center: 706-354-1154
Salvation Army: 706-543-5350
Sparrow's Nest: 706-549-6693
Hydrate the Homeless: 706-514-2614
Our Daily Bread: 706-353-6647
SNAP/EBT ACC DCFS: 706-227-7024
WIC: 800-228-9173
Meals on Wheels: 706-549-4850
Action Incorporated: 706-6123-8749
Clothing
Sparrow's Nest: 706-549-6693
Advantage Homeless Day Center: 706-354-1154
City of Hope: 706-207-2874
Bigger Vision - 18+ only: 706-340-6062
Education and Job Training
Bread for Life Restaurant Skills: 706-201-4640
East Athens Development Corporation: 706-296-7965
Athens Technical College: 706-338-9301
Workforce Innovators: 706-308-4792
DOL Athens Career Center: 706-583-2250
A-Corps Job Program: 706-208-7480
Young Urban Builder Program: 706-613-0122
Action Inc. : 706-850-8046
Mental Health
Advantage Behavioral Health Crisis Line: 706-583-730
Advantage Homeless Day Center: 706-354-1154
UGA Psychology Clinic: 706-542-1173
GA Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities: 706-792-7733
The Cottage - Sexual Assault Support: 706-353-1912
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, CALL 911.
Senior Services
Athens Community Council on Aging: 706-549-4850
NE Georgia Agency on Aging: 706-583-2546
Adult Protective Services: 866-552-4464
Law Enforcement
Athens-Clarke Police Department Non-Emergency: 706-613-3345
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, CALL 911.
Substance Abuse
Acceptance Recovery Center: 706-612-4218
GA Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities: 706-792-7733
Bridges to Christ: 678-975-2345
Advantage Behavioral Health: 888-749-3806
Access Point Needle Exchange: 706-372-2031
Hygiene Supplies
Substance Abuse
Hygiene Supplies
Bigger Vision - 18+ only: 704-340-6062 ext. 2
Salvation Army - 18+ only: 706-543-5350
Backpack Project Athens: 404-971-6403
Advantage Homeless Day Center: 706-354-1154
Period Project UGA: ugaperiod@gmail.com
Sparrow's Nest: 706-549-6693
Athens Area Diaper Bank: 706-621-7265
Healthcare
COVID-19 Vaccines: 888-457-0186
Advantage Nurses Clinic: 706-354-1154
Athens Neighborhood Health Center: 706-0543-1145
Athens Veterans Administration: 706-227-4534
Athens-Clarke Health Department: 706-369-5816
GA Medicaid: 877-423-4746
Live Forward (AIDS housing support): 706-549-3730
Showers, laundry
Healthcare
Shower/Laundry Services
Bigger Vision - 18+ only: 704-340-6062 ext. 2
Salvation Army - 18+ only: 706-543-5350
Action Ministries General Services: 404-881-1991
Advantage Homeless Day Center: 706-354-1154
Athens Resource Center for Hope: 706-546-7315
Sparrow's Nest: 706-549-6693
Domestic Violence
Project Safe - Domestic Violence: 706-543-3331
The Cottage - Sexual Assault Support: 706-353-1912
Legal Aid
Domestic Violence
Legal Aid
Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement Bailout Program: lewallen@uga.edu
Georgia Legal Services Program: (706) 227-5362
Financial Assistance
Children's Services
Financial Assistance
Action Inc. 706-850-8046
Athens Habitat for Humanity: 706-208-1001
Advantage Behavioral Health: 888-749-3806
Children's Services
Children First of Athens: 706-613-1922
DCFS Athens: 706-227-7021
Report Child Abuse: 855-422-4453
Connections Homes for People Aging Out of Foster Care: 470-266-1462
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