Catholic Charities Atlanta

Catholic Charities Atlanta provides Refugee Services to refugee families arriving in the metro Atlanta area. The extensive resettlement services are designed to help refugees achieve economic and social self-sufficiency within their first six months in the United States.

CCA also provides needed support services in the areas of employment, home management, crisis intervention, financial literacy and medical assistance to refugees who have been living in the United States for less than five years.

The Refugee Services department also includes a program to serve unaccompanied children who cross border into the United States. Services are designed to ensure that children are released into safe environments and have access to educational, healthcare, and legal services while they are in immigration removal proceedings.

Counseling for yourself or a family member may be the most significant decision that you will make. Relationships, both within our family circle or in other areas of our lives, can greatly impact our growth, happiness, and our sense of security. Consulting a qualified, professional therapist to assist in overcoming life’s problems can be an important decision for you or your family.

Our community-based outpatient mental health and counseling services focus on the challenges families and individuals face in dealing with life transitions, unexpected tragedies, and mental health issues. The goal is to help clients gain the skills to effectively manage their issues and improve the client’s ability to cope with life’s challenges.

Catholic Charities Atlanta Family Stabilization Services helps families move toward self-sufficiency. CCA’s bi-lingual staff helps families to stabilize their current living situation, providing services intended to help them achieve self sufficiency. One major component of these services is our housing counseling program.

Services in our Housing Counseling Program include Foreclosure Intervention, Financial Literacy, Pre-purchase Counseling, and Homebuyer Education Seminars.

CCA offers a unique opportunity for the community to access education and financial counseling that takes families and individuals financial needs and culture into account. We start by getting to know the people who will become our clients. Financial counseling is a collaborative effort between the counselor and the client to help the client identify goals and potential solutions to financial problems. Financial counselors can also help clients improve communication about money and give them appropriate coping skills or make recommendations to help them relieve the severity of financial issues. Financial counseling can help the client move along the spectrum of increasing financial knowledge, promoting financial behavior change, and improving financial wellness.

Learning how to speak and read English is essential to thrive in the United States. Catholic Charities provides English Language instruction classes at multiple locations throughout Atlanta. Our ESL and citizenship classes provide a key component for integrating into American society for both immigrants who have recently arrived and those who have been in this country for several years.

Our certified staff assists with referrals for housing/shelter, food pantries, the furniture bank, rent and utility assistance, and more.

The Food Stamps Program, (SNAP), helps households that have limited income and resources pay for the cost of food. A single individual, families, and individuals living together are eligible to receive SNAP benefits if they meet certain requirements.

We screen for eligibility and assist with the application for these public benefits.

Disaster Relief Services are provided on an as needed basis and response to area natural disasters.

Georgia is home to 777,858 veterans. In a recent study, 58% of veterans surveyed in Georgia reported experiencing homelessness after their departure from the military. Sixty-five percent report income less than $20,000 and 71% do not receive income from either pensions or retirement. Reintegrating into civilian life after serving in the military is often an overwhelming experience.

Catholic Charities Atlanta’s AmeriCorps Peer Navigator program, offering case support services to Georgia’s veterans, rises to meet these challenges. This is a free program for military members, veterans, and their families to connect to resources in their local community that help them to meaningfully improve their lives and accomplish their goals.