LOCAL RESOURCES  (click links) last updated 9/05/2020

 

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UNITED WAY:

• 211 (search tool to find multiple kinds of helping services) (404) 614-1000

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LOCAL FINANCIAL HELP:

• Faithworks  (770) 784-1884

• Partnership for Community Action  (404) 929-2500, option 1

• Salvation Army of Covington (770) 786-2107

• Snapping Shoals (if you use them for electricity) (770) 385-2737

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LOCAL FOOD HELP:

• Food Pantry List

• Food Stamps/SNAP Online Application (or go in-person to the Newton County DFCS office at 4117 Mill St NE, 30014)

• Bell's Discount Grocery (not free, but deeply discounted) 11377 Brown Bridge Road, Covington, GA 30016 (770) 787-8800

• Rainbow/Garden of Gethsemane Shelter Covington offers a free evening meal for those in need (770) 787-8519

• Repairers Of The Breach Thrift Center offers a free evening meal for those in need (770) 787-7250

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LOCAL CLOTHING HELP:

• Rainbow/Garden of Gethsemane Shelter Covington (770) 787-8519

• Repairers Of The Breach Thrift Center (770) 787-7250

• Salvation Army of Covington (770) 786-2107

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HOUSING/HOMELESS SHELTERS:

If you are currently homeless or facing homelessness, contact the GA Department of Community Affairs hotline at 844-249-8367 (M-F  9a-5pm) or  to register for the Coordinated Entry System. This is the BEST way to access help.

 

You may also contact the United Way at (404) 614-1000 (24/7 self-service; staffed by an operator 8am-7pm M-F) or click via the link above for a wider shelter list.

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• Salvation Army of Covington (can help access Salvation Army Shelter in Athens) (770) 786-2107

• Rainbow/Garden of Gethsemane Shelter Covington ($15 per day fee) (770) 787-8519 

• Family Promise of NewRock  (Families with children under 18 only) (470) 721-4549

• The Jefferson Inn (low-cost men's boarding house in Covington) Must pass interview/background check. (770) 356-0139

• Caringworks (for those who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless) 

• Action Ministries (for those who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless) (404) 881-1991 ext. 5608

• Newton County Habitat For Humanity (770) 784-9665

• Covington Housing Authority (currently has long wait list) (770) 786-7739

• Section 8 Information (currently has long wait list; check website often to see if they are taking applications)

 

MEDICATION HELP:

• Partnership For Prescription Assistance (find help from drug makers for name-brand medications)

• Good Rx (find discount coupons for medications-accepted at all Walmart and Kroger Pharmacies)

• Needy Meds 

• Walmart $4 and $10 medication list

• Walmart $9 per bottle blood sugar test strips

• Walmart $25 per bottle Relion brand insulin (ask at pharmacy counter, no prescription needed. Regular, NPH and 70/30)

• Sanofi ValYou insulin program ($99 per month TOTAL for one or BOTH kinds of insulin; Lantus/Toujeo and Admelog/Apidra)

• Publix FREE and $7.50 medication List

• Kroger Savings Club (requires $36/year membership)

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MEDICAL EQUIPMENT:

• FODAC Stone Mountain (very low cost walkers, wheelchairs, hospital beds, and more)

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MEDICAID DOCTORS AND CLINICS:

• List of local doctors who take Medicaid

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OTHER FREE CLINICS (MUST LIVE IN THAT COUNTY):

• Rockdale FREE Clinic - Mercy Heart *has dental (470) 223-0989

• Walton FREE Clinic - F.I.S.H. *has dental (678) 635-8378

• Henry FREE Clinic - Hands of Hope *has dental (770) 507-1344

• Butts does not have a free clinic that we know of

• Jasper does not have a free clinic that we know of

• Morgan does not have a free clinic that we know of

 

REDUCED COST AND SLIDING SCALE CLINICS:

• Oakhurst (Conyers and Stone Mountain) *has dental (678) 210-2700

• Helping Hands (Conyers) (678) 607- 0759

• Southside (Jackson) *has dental (404) 688-1350

• TenderCare/Oconee Valley Health Care (Greenesboro) *has dental (404) 688-1350

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WOMEN'S HEALTH HELP:

• Georgia offers Women's Health Medicaid for certain low-income, uninsured women between the ages of 18 and 44. This Planning for Healthly Babies Medicaid covers PAP smears, STI testing and treatment, and contraception. Apply online at Gateway.ga.gov or go to the Newton County Health Department (770) 786-9086 for more information.

• Georgia offers a Breast and Cervical Cancer screening program that offers free PAP smears (ages 21-64) and mammograms (ages 40-64) for certain low-income, uninsured women. Contact the Newton County Health Department  (770) 786-9086 for more information.

• The Newton County Health Department and several of the reduced cost clinics listed above (Oakhurst, Helping Hands, etc) also offer discounted GYN services for women who do not qualify for the state programs. Contact the offices directly for pricing and more information.

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PREGNANCY HELP:

• Newton County Health Department (770)786-9086

• Newton Pregnancy Resource Center (770) 415-1176

• Free Parenting Classes (770) 483-7333

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MENTAL HEALTH, ALCOHOL & SUBSTANCE ABUSE HELP:

• Georgia Crisis Access 24/7 Hotline: 1-800-715-4225

• Viewpoint Covington (678) 209-2600

• C.H.A.N.C.E. Covington (877) 393-8184

• Alcoholics Anonymous Conyers/Covington 

• NAMI Rockdale/Newton (678) 314-1017

• Damascus Road Residential Recovery/Sober Living (Men) (770) 787-1975

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STOP SMOKING HELP:

• Georgia Tobacco Quit Line 1-877-270-7867

• Free Smoking Cessation Classes at Piedmont Newton 877-527-3712

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELP:

• Project ReNeWal Shelter

• 24/7 Crisis Line 770-860-1666

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SEXUAL ASSAULT HELP- FOR ADULTS:

• Day League (serves Dekalb, Rockdale, Newton adults)

• Day League 24/7 Crisis Line 404-377-1428

 

SEXUAL ASSAULT & PHYSICAL ABUSE HELP- FOR CHILDREN 

To report suspected cases of child abuse in Georgia, call 1-855-GA CHILD; call 911 to report a crime

• A Child's Voice Child Advocacy Center (Servces Newton/Walton) (770) 464-0082

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