SNAP Benefits And Food Insecurity
If you’re a Fulton county family looking for food, please check these resources out.
Find Your Food – Fulton County Georgia
–
Georgia Mental Health Hotlines
If you are experiencing an emergency, please seek immediate assistance and/or call 911. For your convenience, some resources are listed below.
Georgia Crisis & Access Line
1-800-715-4225
mygcal.com
Help is available 24/7 for problems with mental health, drugs, or alcohol.
(Behavioral Health Link-Single Point of Entry)
75 Piedmont Ave., NE Ste. 256 Atlanta, GA 30303
http://www.behavioralhealthlink.com
Fulton County Department of Mental Health Hotline
Emergency Mental Health Services Hotline
404-730-1600
Art It Out Therapy
In Marietta, the Art It Out Therapy Center provides creative counseling for children, teens, and adults.
https://www.artitout.com/
Peachtree Creative Counseling
In Midtown, Peachtree Creative Counseling, LLC offers art therapy for individuals as well as groups.
https://www.peachtreecreativecounseling.com/art-therapy
Active Resistance Counseling and Coaching
Active Resistance Counseling and Coaching located in Studioplex in Old Fourth Ward provides Expressive Art Therapy to create in a non-judgmental environment.
https://www.atlarc.org/art
The Salvation Army
https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/rehabilitation/
1-800-SAL-ARMY
Support Now
SupportNow organizes help for families in tough times with online registry. SupportNow makes it easy by providing clear direction through a simple, easy-to-understand platform.
https://www.supportnow.org/
Top Disability Resources in Metro Atlanta & Georgia: Local & Nationwide Help:
3 Actionable Steps To Help Food Insecurity:
Very Important Local Atlanta Resource:
Find Free Grants For Veterans:
FreeGrantsForVeterans is a site that helps low income veterans with finding financial assistance programs. Our directory lists assistance programs that help with utility, energy, mortgage, rent and medical bills.
https://freegrantsforveterans.org/
Ex Felons Grants & Financial Assistance Programs Directory:
https://freegrantsforfelons.org/
Directory Of Grants For Single Mothers:
https://singlemothersgrants.org/
FindHelp.org:
Search and connect to support. Financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost help starts here:
https://www.findhelp.org/
© CHOA (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)
–
Services For Desperate Shelter And Food Needs
If you are worried about meeting the basic needs of your child, such as food, shelter, clothing or healthcare, call,
text or chat with your local 211 to connect with a community resource specialist. Simply call 211.
National Eating Disorders Helpline:
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline | CALL (800) 931-2237
–
Homeless Shelters Greatest Needs
A Sample Needs List
–
Places To Drop Off Food
📌 Neighborhood Cooperative Ministries:
https://www.ourncm.org/help-us-serve/critical-food-needs/
📌 North Gwinett Co-Operative:
https://northgwinnettcoop.org/current-needs/
📌 The Quinn House:
https://www.thequinnhouse.com/
📌 The Atlanta Community Food Bank:
https://www.acfb.org/volunteer/
–
24 Hour Assistance Mental Health Facilities Around Atlanta, GA
The following facilities provide 24-hour assistance. If you or your child already receives support from a mental health provider, you may wish to make contact with that professional first. You may also want to check with your insurance company regarding mental/behavioral health coverage.
Please note that FutureSTRONG Academy does not endorse any provider, makes no representations as to the effectiveness of these providers, and makes this information available only as a helpful resource.
North Fulton Regional Hospital Emergency Room
3000 Hospital Boulevard
Roswell, GA 30076
770-751-2500
Lakeview Behavioral Health (adolescents and adults)
Accepts Managed Medicaid
1 Technology Pkwy S., Norcross, 30092
http://www.lakeviewbehavioralhealth.com/
855-668-1596
Anchor Hospital
5454 Yorktowne Drive
College Park, GA 30349
http://www.anchorhospita.com
770-991-6044 or 770-991-6045
Grady Hospital Psychiatric
Emergency Clinic
80 Jesse Hill, Jr. Drive
Atlanta, GA 30303
404-616-4762
Riverwoods Behavioral Health (teens and adults)
233 Medical Center Drive
Riverdale, GA 30274
http://www.riverwoodsbehavioral.com
770-991-8500
Summit Ridge Center (teens and adults)
250 Scenic Hwy., Lawrenceville, GA 30046
http://www.summitridgehospital.net
678-442-5858
Ridgeview Institute
3995 South Cobb Drive, SE
Smyrna, GA 30080
www.ridgeviewinstitute.com
1-844-350-8800 | 770-434-4567
Peachford Psychiatric Hospital
2151 Peachford Road
Atlanta, GA 30338
http://www.peachfordhospital.com
770-454-2302 | 770-455-3200
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital
Emergency Room
3000 Hospital Boulevard
Roswell, GA 30076
770-751-2500
–
A Sample Food And Supplies Needs
Sample Food And Supplies Needs
–
Food, Rental And Health Care Resources in Atlanta, Georgia
Click to access ImmediateStudentResources.pdf
–
GLOBAL Mental Health Crisis Hotlines
Find them HERE.
–
NOTE: FutureSTRONG Academy does not own the resource that has been provided here. This educational material is Copyright of Fulton County Of Georgia.
– 0 –
For Your Spiritual, Mental And Psychological Wellness
Here Are Free Resources For Children, Teens, Adults And Parents
AI Slop, Brainrot & Shitposting: Who’s Moderating the Internet Anymore? – Part I
What Is Brain Rot, Anyway? If you want to learn more about brain rot, you're at the right place. If you don't know what it is, even then, you're at the right place. When I visited Rome a few years ago, I realized Italians had given the world fabulous looking...
When AI Becomes Your Therapist: The Hidden Risk of Chatbots Replacing Reality – Part II
When Validation Becomes Distortion In the first article, we talked about what AI psychosis is. Here, we continue the conversation by exploring how AI chatbots may contribute to distorted thinking or delusions, especially in vulnerable users. We’re going to look...
The Dangerous Rise of AI Yes-Men: When ChatGPT Agrees Too Much and Fuels AI Psychosis – Part I
Cats vs. Chatbots Earlier in March 2026, Garry Tan, the President & CEO of Y Combinator, posted something on X: “I am so late to this trend but I finally asked my ChatGPT to make an image of our relationship and this is what it did. What does yours look...
Why the World Is Finally Slowing Down: The Rise of the Slow Thought Revolution
I've been noticing an interesting phenomenon lately. The desire for slowing down and adopting an intentional way of consuming information. For nearly two decades the internet trained us to read faster, scroll faster, react faster. But lately something unexpected is...
Perimenopause: Not Global Warming, Just My Personal Climate Crisis
Hey, so I’m not “leaning into” some stream-of-consciousness writing style to sound cute or anything. This is literally what I’m going through. No, not as a raging maniac, although I do feel like I’m becoming one. And not even because my body seems to have forgotten...
The Attachment Economy Is Here: What AI Companions Mean for All of Us – Part I
Parents, Get Ready To Welcome Your AI In-Laws There will be a time in the not so distant future, when your child will introduce you to his girlfriend. And there's a possibility, you will end up locking eyes, if that's even possible, with his AI companion. The...
Stop Hustling, Start Living: Nietzsche, Self-Mastery, and the Courage to Quit
In his work, The Antichrist, Friedrich Nietzsche talks about a certain type of person who has the most tolerance for suffering, because they experience difficulty as meaningful. “The most intelligent men, like the strongest, find their happiness where others would...
Inside Social Media Lawsuits: How Meta, YouTube & AI Are Harming Teens
Life As a Chaos Machine I was on a beach, when I couldn't move, listening to The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher. The book makes painfully clear that Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook leadership knew their platforms were harming young minds. Internal research linked...
When Men’s Vanity Becomes a Requirement: How Social Media Turned Self-Improvement Into Obsession
A decade ago, I had a Korean coworker who put my skincare regimen to shame. I used to be annoyed at him for not leaving a single lick of hair on his perfectly groomed, smooth skin. He blamed it on his culture’s beauty standards — and the fact that his wife was a...
Tech Billionaires Don’t Trust Their Own Tech: The Screen-Time Secrets They’re Hiding From Parents
Toying With Our Futures At the Aspen Ideas Festival in June 2024, Peter Thiel was interviewed by Andrew Ross Sorkin. He volunteered information in response to a question, “If you ask executives of social media companies how much screen time they let their kids...
When Dreams Abroad Turn Heavy: The Tragic Story and the Silent Mental Health Crisis of International Students
A Promise And Brilliance Lost “I'm a Master’s student in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department at University of California, Berkeley, with an undergraduate degree from IIT Madras. I'm passionate about deep-tech innovations in soft and active...
Success vs Failure: Why Boredom, Stillness, and Slow Mastery Create the Most Powerful Humans
Success vs. Failure Billy Oppenheimer, a writer, once described picking up Robert Greene from the airport. For the uninitiated, Greene is the author of The 48 Laws of Power, a must-read for those who love power and want to dominate the world. Of course, the...
Extremely useful information.