Thank you for your service and sacrifice for your country. It’s important to recognize, understand, and assist with the unique needs veterans and their families may have. If you need employment, housing, legal, supportive, or other veteran related information or services, consider the following organizations.

These independent organizations (outside of Gwinnett County government) maintain their own websites and operations: 

Veteran and Family Services
52 Gwinnett Drive, Suite C, Lawrenceville
678.226.9177 

• Benefits
• Claims
• Education
• Employment
• Health
• Housing
• Legal

Another Chance of Atlanta
678.974.5989

• Housing:
• Permanent supportive
• Residential
• Temporary
• Transitional
• Supportive services:
  • Case management
  • Clothing
  • Coming Home Re-Entry Initiative
  • Double Trouble in Recovery meetings
  • Drug screening
  • HIV testing and counseling
  • Housing referrals
  • Intake/screenings
  • Medication monitoring
  • Narcotics Anonymous meetings
  • Peer support
  • Personal growth plans
  • Psycho-social assessments
  • Recovery day management
  • Residential management
  • Resources
  • United Way Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF)
  • WorkFirst/Pre-Independent Living Program

Georgia Department of Veterans Service
Lawrenceville office: 404.321.6111

• Appeals
• Benefits
• Education/training
• Memorial
• Nursing
• Women’s services

Hire Heroes
Georgia Program Manager
470.280.0812

• Free job assistance
• Cvilian job employment search for military members, veterans, and military spouses

• Programs of Travelers Aid of Compliance of Metropolitan Atlanta
• Employment
• Legal
• Healthcare Navigation

Lawrenceville Vet Center
930 River Centre Place, Lawrenceville 30043
678.442.3082

• Readjustment counseling
• Mobile vet center

• Information
• Resources

Veterans Crisis Line
If you are a Veteran in crisis or concerned about one, connect with our caring and qualified responders for confidential help. Many of them are Veterans themselves.

• Call 988 and select 1
• Text 838255
• Start a confidential chat
• Call TTY if you have hearing loss 800.799.4889