Intown Cares

Intown Cares is the nonprofit that goes the extra mile to help Intown Atlantans meet their most essential human needs – food and housing. We specialize in serving neighbors who have the hardest time getting housing transition to their own homes. And we provide easy access to food for any who need it.

1. Housing First is our model for helping people transition from a long period of living outdoors to moving into their own homes. This model places permanent shelter at the start of the journey to a new life – not a culmination of meeting other criteria.
2. Similarly, we provide food for the next several meals to those who need it, without conditions or requirements – because hunger should not be an obstacle to other steps that lead to better days.

Persistence drives us. The people we employ, the process we follow, and the perspective we share are all guided by a single, unifying idea: solving hunger and homelessness requires imagination, flexibility, and a willingness to take the extra step.

As the affordable housing crisis worsens in our area, more and more neighbors are vulnerable. Homelessness is up 7% from last year. And increasing numbers of Atlantans are experiencing food insecurity. In Georgia, 1 in 9 people are food insecure, relying on food assistance services to supplement their food supply.

This GA Gives on Giving Tuesday, your donation will help fund Intown’s programs to support neighbors experiencing homelessness and hunger. You can make a difference. We're asking for your support to meet our goal of raising $60,000. Will you help?

OUR STORY

Intown Cares is a longtime champion and ally to Intown Atlantans in great need. We were founded in 2010 as Intown Collaborative Ministries, a cohort of congregations that provided and operated a food pantry. Over the years, our mission expanded – we began helping those who have long lived on Atlanta’s streets find permanent housing.

Today, Intown Cares still receives vital support from our original congregations, as well as from government grants, foundations, businesses, community partners and individual donors. People from all walks of life are needed to address the great complexity of homelessness and hunger. With them – with you – we are determined to succeed.