The Outreach Program operates each weekday, offering services to nearly 200 men, women, and children in need of temporary assistance. A full-time manager and volunteer counselors from a number of different organizations staff the program. They provide services that include emergency food, clothing, referrals, and transportation assistance. Counselors may work with guests to help find drug and alcohol rehabilitation placements, shelter, and employment opportunities.

Often the most important assistance we provide to a guest is help obtaining a copy of their birth certificate or applying for a Georgia ID card to find full-time employment. The center also offers hospitality services that include beverages, a light snack, and use of telephones for all guests that enter our doors.

COAC is one of only three agencies offering identification and birth certificate services in Atlanta. The center provides a critical resource to get people back on a path to independence and security. In one year alone, the center assisted people in obtaining more than 1,700 state identification cards and over 1,000 birth certificates. This important service gives people the tools and the self-esteem to seek jobs and other life-building resources.

Whether the service is as simple as providing MARTA tokens to enable a guest without a car to get to work, or as complicated as helping a homeless family find shelter, the mission of the Outreach Program is the same: to open our doors to people in need and offer what help we can.

Daily Service Hours:

Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 12:30 pm
and Wednesdays 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Appointments are necessary to obtain services and are made for the following day on a first-come basis at the Center beginning at 9 am or by calling (404) 659-7119 after 9:15 am.

We Assist With:

Obtaining Georgia identification cards
Obtaining birth certificates (most states & countries)
Transportation (MARTA assistance for medical and work related purposes only)
Food (ONLY with a current rent receipt, lease or utility bill in guest’s name. Available between 9 am and 11 am.) ID also required.
Limited medical needs (eye exams, glasses, limited dental)
Referrals (for clothing, legal services, shelter, mental health and drug/alcohol recovery programs)
Central Winter Night Shelter (Men only – Guests for the shelter MUST be referred by the Center)
Coffee, tea or water with a snack each morning
Pastoral Counseling (when requested)

Other Services & Programs:

Monthly Eye Clinic (check Center for day and time)
Free Hair Cuts on the 1st & 3rd Monday of each month
HIV/AIDS education & testing on the 2nd & 4th Friday of each month from 9 am to noon
Mobile Health Clinic on the 1st, 3rd & 5th Friday of each month
Nurse on duty every Thursday morning
Weekly Chapel Service (check Center for day and time)
Arts Ministry every Thursday from 9:30 am to 11:00 am

For information about contributing to the work of the Outreach Center through gifts of money, or service, contact Kimberly Parker, Operations Manager, at (404) 659-7119, between the hours of 9:00AM & 12:30PM.