Comprehensive Plan 10-Year Update

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2-1-1 – United Way Contact Center Specialists assists with food, shelter, counseling etc. An easy way to access comprehensive information and referrals regarding community programs. Free, confidential, and available 24/7 in 140 languages.

Call 2-1-1
http://211online.unitedwayatlanta.org/ – web search or chat online with a contact center specialist
Email Contact211@unitedwayatlanta.org

Center for Pan Asian Community Services – Provides foreclosure prevention counseling, mortgage and loan modification fraud prevention, homeownership education and counseling, rental counseling (homeless at-risk), and homeless prevention counseling.

https://cpacs.org/
Call 770-936-0969 – There are bilingual counselors available (Korean, Burmese, Chinese)
3510 Shallowford Road NE., Atlanta, GA 30341

Housing Authority of DeKalb County - HADC operates a wide variety of programs that are designed to provide affordable housing solutions to DeKalb County residents.

For Low Income Renters - The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program is designed to provide assistance to low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the private market. Through the HCV Program, HADC pays a portion of eligible families’ rent each month directly to the Property Owner/Manager.
Elderly - Project-Based Voucher for Elderly (62+) Communities
Veteran - Specific housing vouchers and case management, contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at 1-877-4AID-VET (877-424-3838) or the Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255, and Press 1.
Family currently living in a Hotel - The Hotels to Permanency program (H2P) places vulnerable families with children who have been living in hotels into permanent housing. H2P provides a 12-month subsidy to families who are paired with case managers from various agencies, that work with them to become self-sufficient.
Households already receiving voucher assistance - The Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program is a voluntary program offered to current Housing Choice Voucher families. The program is designed to assist families in becoming independent of public assistance. FSS families are assisted with education, career/vocational counseling, job search techniques, mental and physical health issues, substance abuse, money management, child care, transportation, and other relevant needs. The Homeownership Voucher Program offers a mortgage subsidy to low income households that currently receive Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Rental Assistance. Mortgage assistance payments are paid directly to the lender or loan servicing company.
http://www.dekalbhousing.org/
Call 404-270-2500
Go to 750 Commerce Drive, Suite 201 Decatur, Georgia 30030

DeKalb Rental Assistance

https://dekalbstatecourt.net/renthelp/

Rental Assistance

(678) 892-6163

Water Bill Assistance Information

Email - cweber@svdpgeorgia.org
Telephone - (404) 408-6494

Latin American Association - Offers one-on-one case management in personal finance to prevent homelessness and ensure that Latino families can afford their monthly rent or mortgage. They offer rent assistance in cases of extreme need, as well as assistance to tenants who have complaints against their landlords. They also provide referrals to housing providers and other community organizations for those in need of shelter.

http://thelaa.org/
404-638-1800
2750 Buford Hwy NE, Atlanta, GA 30324

Money Management International (MMI) – Provides nonprofit financial education and counseling to consumers struggling with debt, budgeting, housing, and student loan concerns.

Online counseling – https://www.moneymanagement.org/Utility/Web-Counseling.aspx
Phone counseling – 866-550-8004 (toll-free)
Georgia Rental Assistance - https://paymyrent.ga.gov/
Metro Fair Housing - www.metrofairhousing.com/resources.htm#dekalb

Salvation Army - Metro Atlanta: Provides emergency assistance to persons in a crisis situation in the areas of food, clothing, lodging, rent and utility assistance, counseling and referrals to other comprehensive crisis centers.

(404) 486-2888

Society of St. Vincent De Paul: Provides a food pantry, benefits screening, ELS, financial assistance with rent, prescription, utilities, GED instruction, clothing and life skills education.

(404) 297-5989
https://svdpgeorgia.org/what-we-do/housing/

BCM Georgia: Focuses on preventing homelessness by offering financial assistance to eligible applicants for rent, mortgage, and utilitiy assistance.