REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Dear Requestor: Victory World Church has a heart to help and serve our community. Due to the significant impact of our current economy and the high volume of requests from our congregation, we are only potentially able to provide financial assistance to those who are actively connected to Victory World Church. Approval is based on the following criteria: • Active membership (You have completed a membership class) • Serving • Small group participation Please note: that all applications are carefully reviewed; meeting the criteria above does not guarantee assistance. Please be patient, it could take up to 7 business days to process your request. In the mean time, we encourage you to review the Citywide Resource list for further options. If you are not currently actively involved with Victory World Church, we would like to provide the following alternatives: • You may review the Citywide Resource list in the following pages (this includes ministries & services throughout metro Atlanta). • You may contact the Norcross Cooperative Ministry (located off of Mitchell Drive) for food assistance or emergency lodging.



• You may contact the Gwinnett Helpline at 770.995.3339. If you do not have a church home, we encourage you to visit Victory and consider becoming a part of our family! Our weekend services are on Saturdays at 6pm, Sundays at 9am, 11am & 1pm. Thanks, Victory World Church

CITYWIDE ASSISTANCE RESOURCES Alcohol & Drug Counseling Services & Rehabs Attorneys Children & Teen Services Detox Centers Domestic Violence Counseling Services Emergency and Help Lines Emergency Shelters for Battery Victims Employment Services/Referrals Energy Assistance Programs Food/Clothing/Public Assistance General Assistance & Referrals Health Centers Housing Repairs Information and Referral Contacts Legal/Crime Victims Services Local Co-Ops Medical Services Miscellaneous Services Mortgage Assistance Multicultural Services Permanent Rental Housing Contacts Permanent Supportive Housing for Seniors or the Disabled Pregnancy Counseling, Resources and Housing Psychiatrists (Christian) Rent/Utility Assistance Salvation Army Sex Trafficking Resources Sexual Addiction Therapists Sexual Purity & Integrity Senior Services Single Parents Resources Support Groups Thrift Stores Transitional Housing & Shelters Transportation WIC

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ALCOHOL & DRUG COUNSELING SERVICES & REHABS: • Atlanta Family Counseling Center atlantafamilycounselingcenter.com • Clinic for Education, Treatment and Prevention of Addiction • Families First (Lawrenceville) • Gilgal Ministries (SE Atlanta) womenofgilgal.org • Good Samaritan (1-year Residential Recovery Program) • House of Hope (Women/Lake Park area) • Meet the Needs Ministry meettheneedatlanta.com • No Longer Bound nolongerbound.com • Penfield Christian Home penfieldrecovery.com • Quinn House (Lawrenceville) • Re-new Counseling Center (Norcross) • Richard Douglas, CADC II [email protected] • Set Free Ministries (Gainesville) • Sober Living America • StepbyStep Recovery • Teen Challenge teenchallengegaintl.com • The ARK Family Counseling Center, Inc. • The Jericho House thejerichohouse.com • The Joy House (Live-in Rehab for teens/ Jasper, GA) thejoyhouse.org • The Potter’s House (Jefferson) • The Road to Recovery, Inc. (Atlanta) rdtorecovery.com • The Quinn House (Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation) • Three Dimensional Life (Live-in Rehab for teens/ Gainesville, GA) • Uplifting the Community • Victory Home Inc. victoryhome.org

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770.513.8988 770.662.0249 404.541.3040 404.305.8007 770.271.9888 229.241.2707 678.963.0527 770.886.7873 706.453.7929 770.963.9799 770.416.6030 678.450.8270 404.634.4974 678.377.2323 678.526.0433 770.593.0913 706.253.7569 706.543.8338 x5103 770.220.2885 770.962.0470 770.869.3551 404.564.4985 706.754.6030

ATTORNEYS: • Albert Bolet / Hipolito Goico (immigration) • Chris Adams bigdawglaw.com • Gwinnett Legal Aid • Joe Correa – Georgia Law Center for the Homeless galawcenter.org/services • Keenan Nix (criminal) forthepeople.com • Kevin Broyles – FSB Legal/Corporate • Nick Nichols (family) • Romy Kapoor • Vernadette Broyles (Adoption) [email protected]

404.320.3456 770.822.9991 678.376.4545 404.681.0680 404.377.7600 770.448.4525 770.935.6280 404.685.9940 770.448.4525

CHILDREN & TEEN SERVICES: • All Georgia Kids qualitycareforchildren.org • Adoptions • Child Protective Services After Hours (5pm-8am, 24hrs, weekends/holidays) • Child Care Benefits (Human Services) • Division of Family & Children’s Services (DFACS) • Eagle Ranch (Children’s home for boys and girls in crisis) eagleranch.org • Family Works • Homes for Georgia Kids • Norcross Mental Health • St. Jude Recovery Center • The Children of Teenagers Foundation, Inc. • Three Dimensional Life threedimensionallife.com

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404.479.4240 404.657.3550 855.422.4453 800.869.1150 800.GEORGIA 770.967.8500

770.270.2231 877.210.5437 770.638.5760 404.874.2224 404.299.2087 770.869.3551

DETOX CENTERS: • DeKalb County Crisis Center • Georgia Crisis Access Line • St. Jude Recovery Center

404.294.0499 404.730.1600 404.874.2224

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELING SERVICES: • Atlanta Family Counseling Center • Caminar Latino (Hispanic Help Center) • DFCS Domestic Violence Line • The Road to Recovery, Inc. (Doraville) • The Road to Recovery, Inc. (Gainesville/Smyrna)

770.513.8988 404.413.6348 800.334.2836 770.220.2885 770.534.2664

EMERGENCY AND HELP LINES: • American Red Cross • Battered Women’s Shelter – Partnership Against Domestic Violence • Child Abuse/Neglect • County Fire Administration • County Police Administration • County Sheriff’s Office • Crisis Center Helpline - at Greater Memorial Hospital • Domestic Violence Hotline - Georgia Hotline • Drug Helpline • Emergencies - Department of Natural Resources • Fire/Police/Medical Emergencies • Georgia Drug Abuse Helpline • Gwinnett County Police Dept., Office of Emergency Management • Gwinnett Helpline • Gwinnett Sexual Assault Center • Hunger Hotline • Mental Health/Crisis Intervention (24 Hour GA Crisis & Access Line/GCAL) • Missing Children Clearinghouse • Salvation Army Family Emergency Service Assistance • Suicide Helpline

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404.876.3302 770.963.9799 855.422.4453 770.513.5500 770.513.5000 770.619.6500 404.616.4861 800.334.2836 800.662.4357 800.241.4113 911 800.338.6745 770.513.5600 770.995.3339 770.476.7407 404.622.7778 800.715.4225 888.356.4774 770.724.1661 800.784.2433

EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR BATTERY VICTIMS: • Partnership Against Domestic Violence (crisis line) • Quinn House (Lawrenceville) • Share House – Crisis Line (Douglasville) • Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence (Decatur) (24-hr. crisis line, support groups, & legal clinics) • Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence (9-5, M-F/Decatur)

770.650.4673 770.963.9799 770.949.0626 404.688.9436

404.370.7670

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES/REFERRALS: • Adecco adeccousa.com • Atlanta Center of Self Sufficiency, Employment Program • Georgia Dept. of Labor (Norcross) • Gwinnett County Job Line gwinnettcountyjobs.com • Kforce kforce.com • New Connections to Work/Gwinnett Tech • Norcross Cooperative Ministry (open MWF & Sat.) • Robert Half International rhi.com

770.955.6747 404.572.9000 770.638.5660

800.842.4109 770.962.7580 770.263.8268 404.846.9010

ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS: • Gwinnett County Department of Family & Children Services • Gwinnett Partnership for Community Action

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678.518.5500 770.270.0922

FOOD/CLOTHING/PUBLIC ASSISTANCE: • Atlanta Community Foodbank • Bread of Life (Lawrenceville) breadoflifefoodministry.org • City of Refuge Church (Atlanta) • Crossroads Community Ministries • Decatur Co-op • Dekalb County Family & Children’s Services • Duluth Co-op (MWF, 10am-2pm) • Family Promise • Feed the Hungry Foundation (deliver food boxes) • Food Bank of Northeast Georgia • Food Service Ministry (Free Bakery Goods) foodserviceministry.org • Georgia Dept. of Food Stamps • Georgia WIC wic.ga.gov • Golden Harvest Foodbank • Gwinnett Coalition • Lawrenceville Co-op • Lilburn Cooperative Ministry, Inc. (Lilburn, Stone Mountain, Tucker) • Norcross Cooperative Ministry (open MWF & Sat.) • Norcross Human Service Center (DFACS, Senior, Mental Health, etc.) • North Fulton Community Charities Co-op • North Gwinnett Co-op (Suwanee, Sugar Hill, Buford) • Partnership for Community Action (PCA) pcaction.org • SE Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry (Snellville, Loganville, Grayson) • Stone Mountain Co-op (5324 W. Mountain Street, Stone Mountain, GA) • St. Vincent De Paul Society • The Quinn House thequinnhouse.com

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404.892.3333 770.513.1007 404.874.2241 404.873.7650 404.377.5365 404.370.5000 770.623.9563 678.376.8950 770.980.1584 706.354.8191 770.335.7900 or 678.889.8664 800.869.1150 800.GEORGIA 706.736.1199 770.995.3339 770.339.7887 770.931.8333 770.263.8268 770.638.5660 770.640.0399 770.271.9793 404.929.2502 770.985.5229 770.879.5977 770.458.9607 770.962.0470

GENERAL ASSISTANCE & REFERRALS: • Georgia Public Service Commission • Gwinnett Village Community Alliance gwinnettvillagealliance.com • HEAT Assistance heatga.org • Sheltering Arms Daycare Center • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families • United Way 211

800.282.5813 770.449.6515 678.406.0212 770.263.6595 800.869.1150 404.614.1000

HEALTH CENTERS: • Buford • Lawrenceville • Norcross

770.614.2401 770.963.6136 770.638.5700

HOUSING REPAIRS: • Homeowner Rehab Community Development [email protected] • Home Repair Ministries

770.822.7886 404.964.6681

INFORMATION AND REFERRAL CONTACTS: • Gwinnett Helpline • United Way First Call for Help

770.995.3339 211

LEGAL/CRIME VICTIMS SERVICES: • Crime Victims Advocacy Counsel 770.333.9254 (Provides support and educational programs and crime intervention/Atlanta) • Cornel Potra Law Firm (Immigration lawyer) 770.271.5244 • District Attorney 770.822.8400 • Georgia Advocacy Office 404.885.1234 • GA Senior Legal Aid Hotline 404.657.9915 770.822.8300 • Gwinnett County Solicitor’s Office – Victim Services Unit (Provides assistance to victims of misdemeanor crimes in exercising rights and understanding the prosecutorial system; Spanish translation available/Lawrenceville)

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• Gwinnett Pro Bono Project (Provides assistance for civil cases; based on gross income) • Lawrenceville Pro Bono – Gwinnett Legal Aid • Legal Aid of Gwinnett & Dekalb Counties (Provides legal referrals for low income individuals; civil cases only/Decatur) • Partnership Against Domestic Violence (Provides TPO & relocation assistance, 24-hr. crisis line/Lawrenceville)

678.822.8599 678.376.4545 404.377.0701

770.963.9799

LOCAL CO-OPS: (You will need your social security card & proof of residence.)

• Bread of Life • Duluth • Family Promise • Grayson • Lawrenceville • Lilburn • Norcross • North Gwinnett • Salt Light Center • Snellville • Southeast Gwinnett

770.513.1007 770.623.9563 678.376.8950 770.963.3610 770.339.7887 770.931.8333 770.263.8268 770.271.9793 678.376.8950 770.932.1661 770.985.5229

MEDICAL SERVICES: • AID Gwinnett • Alzheimer’s Disease Crisis Info • My Family Doc, LLC. – Dr. Ravin Talati, M.D. (Insurance-free medical services: monthly rate = $35 / Per-visit fee = $15) • Good Samaritan Health Center of Gwinnett • Gwinnett Community Clinic (Low cost primary medical care for adults & kids/Snellville)

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770.962.8396 800.272.3900 770.497.8188

678.280.6630 770.985.1199

• Gwinnett County Public Health Department Buford Health Center Dental Clinic (kids only) Lawrenceville Norcross • Medicaid • Newport Integrated Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. • The Hope Clinic • Uplifting the Community

770.614.2401 770.339.5642 770.963.6136 770.638.5700 800.869.1150 404.289.8223 770.685.1300 404.564.4985

MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES: • Christian Financial Ministries (Debt counseling) • Metro Atlanta Furniture Bank • QUEST (Free online marriage resource) quest.marriagetoday.com • Victoria & Friends (Ministry to Female Dancers) victoriasfriends.com

678.797.9444 404.355.8530

678.614.0045

MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE: • Homesafe Georgia Mortgage Assistance Program HomeSafeGeorgia.com | [email protected]

877.519.4443

MULTICULTURAL SERVICES: • Center for Pan Asian Community (Provides employment, immigration, parenting, legal, medical and domestic violence referrals/Doraville) • Good Shepherd Services – Chinese, Korean & Vietnamese Community (Provides English counseling, cultural assistance/ emergency shelter, employment, legal & childcare for refugee & immigrant women/Chamblee) • Jewish Family & Career Services (Provides cultural counseling, employment, food, transportation services, etc./Atlanta)

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770.936.0969

770.455.9379

770.677.9300

• Raksha – Southeast Asian Community (Provides legal, immigrant, family violence and senior citizen assistance/Atlanta) • New American Pathways (Provides English, parenting, employment, immunization services; workshops for women & children from Bosnia and former Yugoslavia) •The Road to Recovery (Provides domestic violence & alcohol/drug counseling and bi-lingual services for Spanish & Korean communities/Doraville/Gainesville/Smyrna)

404.842.0725

404.299.6217

770.220.2885

PERMANENT RENTAL HOUSING CONTACTS: • Buford Housing Authority • Lawrenceville Housing Authority • Norcross Housing Authority

770.945.5212 770.963.4900 770.448.3668

PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR SENIORS OR THE DISABLED: • Applewood 1 Towers • Applewood 11 • Gwinnett Christian Terrace • Harris Group Home • Housing – Section 8 (Dept. of Human Services) • Lilburn Terrace • Windridge

770.962.7771 770.822.5940 770.925.2300 404.246.8929 800.869.1150 770.806.8156 770.932.2643

PREGNANCY COUNSELING, RESOURCES AND HOUSING: • Atlanta Care Center • Beacon of Hope (John’s Creek) • Beacon of Hope (Decatur) • CareNET of Atlanta • Cobb Street Ministries (Marietta) • Kindred Spirit (Atlanta) • Maternity Home Referrals (Gainesville)

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404.870.0788 678.893.5290 404.377.6640 404.688.0795 770.833.9564 678.315.5037 770.654.9418

• Option Line optionline.org/index.html • Pregnancy Resource Center of Gwinnett • Sheltering Grace Ministries (Offers a complete residential and life-renew program for homeless pregnant women 21 years and older/**NOTE: Many of their resources for housing, jobs, etc. are located in Cobb County/Marietta)

770.338.1622 678.337.7858

PSYCHIATRISTS (CHRISTIAN): • Dr. Amy Holland (Children/Marietta) • Dr. Glen Havens (Adult/Teen/Roswell) • Dr. Jose Villongeo (Roswell, Decatur, Chamblee) • Dr. Michael Lyles (Adult/Roswell) • Dr. Stephen Preas (Children/Teen/Loganville)

770.422.1991 770.998.1516 or 770.998.1711 770.436.9700, Ext. 29 770.993.0051 or 770.993.0052 770.554.8812

RENT/UTILITY ASSISTANCE: • Gwinnett Helpline • International Rescue Commission • Lifeline Assistance Program ($13 credit for local bills, a federal $9.50 credit and a $3.50 credit from local phone company/ call local phone company to see if you qualify.) • Link-Up Georgia (Reduces cost of hook-up charges/call local phone company to see if you qualify.) • Natural Gas Federal Grant Assistance Program (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program – LIHEAP) • Partnership Community Action • Dekalb & Fulton (Senior Citizens only) • Salvation Army – Dekalb County • SHARE Program (Salvation Army) • St. Vincent de Paul, Inc. (Gwinnett) • Energy Assistance (Atlanta Gas Light)

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770.995.3339 404.292.7731 800.282.5813

800.282.5813

404.929.2454 404.320.0166 404.486.2714 800.257.4273 770.921.7187 800.427.5463

SALVATION ARMY: 770.623.0943 770.441.6200

• Duluth • Norcross Georgia Division

SEX TRAFFICKING RESOURCES: 404.602.0068 404.941.6024 678.809.2111

• Georgia Cares • Out of Darkness • Street Grace

SEXUAL ADDICTION THERAPISTS: • Duluth Intimacy Counseling Center (Doug Rosenau, Vicki George, Todd Wilson, Michael Sytsma, et al)

770.813.1544

SEXUAL PURITY & INTEGRITY: • Building Intimate Marriages • CareNET of Atlanta • Dr. Doug Rosenau (Sexual issues, Intimacy Counseling Center/Duluth) intimacycounseling.com • Jen Hughes, M.A. (Board certified Christian Counselor/ Specializing in purity, purity restoration and productive living) • Cornerstone Professional Counseling Center (Richard Blankenship - Director) instituteforsexualwholeness.com 

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770.822.4505 404.688.0795 770.813.1544

678.463.1978

770.457.3028

SENIORS SERVICES:

Senior Citizen Services Community Care Services Elder Rights and Advocacy Georgia Cares/Prescription Assistance • Eldercare Systems, Inc. (Certified Home Care) • Gwinnett County Senior Services • Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP/Senior Citizens only/Dekalb & Fulton)

866.552.4464 866.552.4464 866.552.4464 770.496.9986 678.377.4150 404.320.0166

SINGLE PARENTS RESOURCES: • Single Parents Association Educational, legal and medical resources, insurance and parenting skills, living resources, banking, real estate, tax strategies, accounting, saving for college, etc. singleparents.org

SUPPORT GROUPS: • Anxiety & Depression (Mon. 7pm in Buford)

770.831.1799

THRIFT STORES: • 81 Thrift (Loganville) • Best Thrift Store (Norcross) • Books For Less (Buford) • Buford Community Thrift Shop, Inc., (Church of God | 70 Wiley Dr., Buford) • Fish Thrift Store (Loganville) • Genesis Thrift Store (Norcross) • Goodwill (Buford) • Goodwill (Duluth) • Goodwill (Lawrenceville) • Goodwill (Lawrenceville) • Goodwill (Lawrenceville) • Goodwill (Drop off Center) • Goodwill (Norcross)

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770.554.8088 770.447.0446 770.945.9288 770.945.3074 770.466.5500 678.580.2378 770.904.2143 770.564.1728 678.376.1253 678.407.8194 678.376.7476 770.798.8450 770.734.9394

• Goodwill (Snellville) • Goodwill (Suwanee) • Meet The Need Thrift Store (Duluth) • Meet The Need Thrift Store (Lawrenceville) • The Merchandise Group (Buford) • Metro Thrift Store (Lawrenceville) • Nu 2 U (Lawrenceville) • Our Father’s Closet (Grayson) • Place of Seven Springs (Snellville) • Salvation Army (Norcross) • St. Vincent de Paul Society Thrift Shop (Duluth) • The Potter’s House (Norcross) • Unique Treasures (Snellville) • Upscale Resale Consignment Boutique (Lawrenceville)

770.985.4434 770.813.0381 770.476.4546 770.237.0100 770.271.0700 678.442.6160 770.558.8707 678.344.0444 770.736.3377 770.441.6200 770.622.9533 678.987.1020 678.344.4858 678.376.0166

TRANSITIONAL HOUSING & SHELTERS: • Atlanta Day Shelter for Women & Children • Atlanta Union Mission • Atlanta 24/7 Gateway Center • Christian Women’s Center (Griffin) • Crossroads Community Ministry • Douglasville Georgia Transitional Housing • Family Promise of Gwinnett County (Carol Carr) familypromisegwinnett.org • Forsyth Homeless Shelter family_haven.org • Fugua Hall • Genesis Shelter (newborn babies & family) • Gwinnett Shelter/Gwinnett Children’s Shelter • Gwinnett Transitional Housing (Families only) • Homestretch – Fulton Co. homestretch.org • Inter-faith Outreach Home • International Women’s House internationalwomenshouse.org • Lawrenceville Housing Authority • Mary Hall Freedom House • Meet The Need Ministry, Inc. (3 homes for men only)

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404.876.2894 404.367.2244 404.215.6600 770.227.3700 404.873.7650 404.272.2931 770.885.2947 or 678.376.8950 770.889.6384 404.588.4026 404.522.6056 678.546.8770 404.817.7070 770.642.9185 770.457.3727 770.413.5557 770.963.4900 770.642.5500 678.963.0527

• My Sister’s Place (Gainesville) • North House (Gainesville) • Project Connect • Project SAFE PLACE (teens, runaways, prostitution escape for teens) • Rainbow Village • Red Shield Services/Residence In-take • Section-8 Move-In Assistance: Task Force for Homeless (Fulton/Macon) • Sojourner’s House (Cumming) • Task Force for Homeless’ Emergency Shelter Hotline • Transition House • The IMPACT Group • The SaltLight Center (To find a safe place location, teens can text “safe” or “seguro”, their name, street address, city and state to 69866/Lawrenceville) familyprlomisegwinnett.org • The Carpenter’s House • The Potter’s House • The Shepherd’s Inn • The Quinn House (Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation) • Wellspring Living

770.532.5111 770.536.3507 404.215.9991 678.546.8770 770.497.1888 404.486.2701 478.752.5180 678.947.0677 404.447.3687 or 404.230.5000 404.815.1535 678.808.4477

404.350.1300 706.543.8338 404.367.2493 770.962.0470 770.631.8888

TRANSPORTATION: • Gwinnett Local Transit • Gwinnett Senior Get in Gear Voucher Program • Para Transit (Handicap) • Traveler’s Aid

770.822.5010 678.377.3019 770.822.5010 404.817.7070

WIC: • Buford • Lawrenceville • Lilburn • Newton • Norcross • Rockdale • Rockdale

770.614.2401 770.339.4283 678.924.1546 770.786.9086 770.638.5700 770.785.4345

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