Prescription Assistance
These programs are set up to assist patients with insurance that have co-pays for chemotherapy or prescription medications. Every program has its own guidelines. You can contact the organization for eligibility criteria. The contact information is provided below.
| CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation |
(866) 552-6729 | www.cancercarecopay.org |
| Chronic Disease Fund | (877) 968-7233 | www.cdfund.org |
| HealthWell Foundation | (800) 675-8416 | www.healthwellfoundation.org |
| The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Co-Pay Assistance Program |
(877) 557-2672 | www.lls.org/copay |
| National Organization for Rare Disorders |
(800) 999-6673 | www.rarediseases.org |
| Patient Access Network Foundation | (866) 316-7263 | www.panfoundation.org |
| Patient Advocate Foundation Co-Pay Relief Program |
(866) 512-3861 | www.copays.org |
| Patient Services Incorporated | (800) 366-7741 | www.patientservicesinc.org |
Needy Meds
www.needymeds.org
Both insured and uninsured people should visit this website. Informational website that has up-to-date contact and instructions about various pharmaceutical manufacturers’ drug assistance programs—for free brand or generic medications—and a listing of co-pay assistance cards and programs for persons who are insured.
Rx Outreach
www.rxoutreach.org
Phone: (800) 769-3880
This licensed mail-order pharmacy provides affordable medications in 90 and 180 day supplies. Household income restrictions apply.
Camps & Retreats
Camp Hope
http://www.northsideatlaux.com
Camp Kessem
https://www.kesem.org/
Camp Mak-A-Dream
https://www.campdream.org/
Casting for Recovery
https://castingforrecovery.org/
First Descents
https://firstdescents.org/
Little Pink Houses of Hope
www.littlepink.org
Second Wind Retreat
http://www.secondwindretreat.org/
Thumbs Up Mission
www.thumbsupmission.org/retreat
Caregiver Information & Support
Empowerline
Phone: (404) 463-3333
Information on senior services, including respite care for caregivers
CancerCare, Inc.
Online and telephone based educational topics, counseling and caregiver support groups.
Cancer Hope Network
Peer support for cancer survivors and caregivers.
Intimacy, Sex, & Fertility
Online educational information and support.
Cancer Support Community-Atlanta
Phone: (404) 843-1880
Face-to-face educational programs and caregiver support groups.
Family Caregiver Alliance
Caregiver information and teleconferences.
Imerman Angels
One-on-one peer support for people living with cancer and caregivers.
Lotsa Helping Hands
Lotsa Helping Hands is a private, web-based caregiving coordination service that allows family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues to create a community to assist a family caregiver with the daily tasks that become a challenge during times of medical crisis, caregiver exhaustion, or when caring for an elderly parent.
Caregiver Action Network
Information and support for caregivers.
Well Spouse Association
Education, support and advocacy for spousal caregivers.
Counseling, Education & Support Groups
Georgia Crisis & Access Line
www.mygcal.com
Phone: (800) 715-4225
Twenty-four hour crisis and suicide hotline, also serves as a Statewide single point of contact for accessing mental health, addiction, developmental and behavioral health crisis services throughout the State of Georgia.
Northside Hospital Behavioral Health Services
Phone: (404) 851-8960
E-mail: BehavioralHealthServices@northside.com
Staffed by specially trained psychiatrists, licensed clinicians and nurses, Northside provides an array of services for behavioral and emotional conditions and substance use challenges.
Psychology Today
An online directory of counselors, clinical social workers, marriage & family therapists and psychologists by geographic location. You can search for providers by their clinical specialty—i.e. treating anxiety, depression. You can verify what insurance plans they accept and read their professional profile.
Your Insurance Plan
Most insurance plans have a mental/behavioral health provider line listed on the back of the card—in addition to an online directory of in-network providers—that you can call for assistance in locating a provider.
Online and Telephone Education and Support Groups
CancerCare, Inc.
Phone: (800) 813-4673
Cancer Hope Network
Peer support for cancer survivors and caregivers.
Imerman Angels
One-on-one peer support for people living with cancer and caregivers.
Network of Hope
Network of Hope (NOH) connects patients with specially trained survivor volunteers, who have faced cancer and embraced life afterward. For information, please call (404) 851-6161 or (404) 300-2370. One-on-one peer support for people living with cancer and caregivers.
For information on becoming a NOH volunteer, please visit https://northsideatlaux.com/network-of-hope/ and call (404) 851-8707 or e-mail: networkofhope@northside.com
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Phone: (800) 399-7312
What Next.com
Peer support and resource information.
Face-to-Face and Virtual Education, Mind-Body Wellness and Cancer Support Groups
Cancer Support Community-Atlanta
Phone: (404) 843-1880
Northside Hospital Cancer Institute – Cancer Support & Survivorship
US Too (prostate cancer)
Durable Medical Equipment
Friends of Disabled Adults and Children
www.fodac.org
Phone: (770)491-9014
FODAC is a statewide and national provider of refurbished home health care equipment—mobility aids and daily living devices for people with disabilities and the newly injured—and in some circumstances, may help with home modifications, vehicle adaptations, assistive technology.
Employment Issues
Cancer and Careers
www.cancerandcareers.org
The Cancer Legal Resource Center
www.disabilityrightslegalcenter.org/cancer-legal-resource-center
Phone: 866-843-2572
The Cancer Legal Resource Center (CLRC) is a national, joint program of the Disability Rights Legal Center and Loyola Law School Los Angeles. The CLRC provides free information and resources on cancer-related legal issues to cancer survivors, caregivers, health care professionals, employers, and others coping with cancer.
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
www.canceradvocacy.org/resources/employment-rights/
Triage Cancer
http://triagecancer.org/employment
Financial Resources
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
Phone: (800) 227-2345
Information/referral specialists are available 24/7 to provide information on community resources and information. The website also has an online searchable database.
Atlanta Cancer Care Foundation, Inc.
www.atlantacancercarefoundation.org
ACCF provides critical financial assistance for people living with cancer throughout 17 Metro Atlanta counties: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Rockdale and Walton.
CancerCare, Inc.
www.cancercare.org
Phone: (800) 813-4673
The Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition (CFAC)
www.cancerfac.org
CFAC is a group of organizations that offers financial help and resources. The coalition aims to educate patients and providers about existing resources through a new online database at: www.cancerfac.org
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
www.lls.org
Phone: (800) 399-7312
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society offers a Patient Financial Aid grant (this is separate from the co-pay assistance program).
Medicaid
http://georgia.gov/
As the largest division in Community Health, Medicaid Division administers the Medicaid program, which provides health care for children, pregnant women, and people who are aging, blind and disabled.
United Way’s 2-1-1 resource directory
http://211online.unitedwayatlanta.org/
Call: 2-1-1 or search the online directory for a wide array of community resources:
www.unitedwayatlanta.org/211FindHelp/Pages/211.aspx
Hearing, Vision, Free or Low-Cost Mammograms, Pap Tests and Primary Care Services
National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp/screenings.htm
To find out if you qualify for a free or low-cost mammogram and Pap test and where to get screened, call: (404) 657-6611
Free, Low-Cost, and Sliding-Fee-Scale Medical and Dental Clinics
http://www.needymeds.org/free-clinics-branch
NeedyMeds.com has an online directory of Statewide clinics that offer free, low cost, or low cost with a sliding scale—based on income—or offer some type of financial assistance.
RESOURCES FOR HEARING
Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
www.lionslighthouse.org
Assistance for low-income, qualifying Georgians who need eyeglasses, hearing aids or eye surgery.
Hear Now
www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org
Phone: (800) 328-8602
RESOURCES FOR VISION
EyeCare America
www.eyecareamerica.org
Phone: (800) 222-3937
Provides free eye care educational materials and facilitates access to eye care—at no out-of-pocket cost.
Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
www.lionslighthouse.org
Assistance for low-income, qualifying Georgians who need eyeglasses, hearing aids or eye surgery.
New Eyes for the Needy
www.neweyesfortheneedy.org
Phone: (973) 376-4903
Helps improve the vision of poor children and adults in the United States by providing new or recycled donated glasses.
Information on Cancer and Cancer Related Services
American Cancer Society
Phone: (800) 227-2345
Association of Oncology Social Work
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
Cancer Foundation of Northeast Georgia
This organization provides financial assistance for adults living with cancer in the service area of: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Habersham, Hart, Jackson, Jasper, Lumpkin, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walton, White, and Wilkes Counties.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
International Myeloma Foundation
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Phone: (800) 399-7312
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
National Bone Marrow Transplant Link
For more information: call (800) 546-5268 or visit www.nbmtlink.org
National Cancer Institute
Phone: (800) 422-6237
For clinical trials, you may search this database www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials
National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Survivorship
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
Phone: (877) 622-7937
Northside Hospital Cancer Institute
Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Patient Advocate Foundation – Financial Aid Funds
Hope for Two…The Pregnant With Cancer Network
Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer
Susan G. Komen Greater Atlanta
Testicular Cancer Resource Center
The Georgia Tobacco Quit Line
Phone: (877) 270-7867
Provides free counseling-assessment and customized quit plan. Also provides up-to-date information about physician recommended pharmacological support and information/referral to other tobacco cessation services.
Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.
Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
US Too (Prostate Cancer)
Phone: (800) 808-7866
Young Survival Coalition (breast cancer)
Legal & Advocacy Assistance
Atlanta Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service
http://www.atlantabar.org/?lrishome
Phone: (404) 521-0177
Callers will be given the name, address and phone number of a lawyer who handles your type of problem and who is located in the geographic area convenient to you. Private attorneys charge a fee for their services.
Atlanta Legal Aid
www.atlantalegalaid.org
Phone: (404) 614-3969
Provides free civil legal services to low-income residents in the counties of Clayton, Cobb, Dekalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett help through their Cancer Legal Initiative.
The Cancer Legal Resource Center
http://cancerlegalresources.org/
Phone: 866-843-2572
The Cancer Legal Resource Center (CLRC) is a national, joint program of the Disability Rights Legal Center and Loyola Law School Los Angeles. The CLRC provides free information and resources on cancer-related legal issues to cancer survivors, caregivers, health care professionals, employers, and others coping with cancer.
Georgia Legal Services Program
www.glsp.org
Phone: (770) 535-5717 or (800) 745-5717
Georgia Legal Services, an independent, non-profit organization, provides free legal services to low-income people in civil matters in the 154 Georgia counties outside the 5 county Atlanta metropolitan area. The mission of Georgia Legal Services is to work for equal access to justice under law to all people of Georgia.
Georgia Senior Legal Hotline
Phone: (888) 257-9519
The GSLH is a telephone service staffed by attorneys who take calls from older Georgians and their families. Hotline attorneys give legal advice, brief service and referrals to other attorneys or services where necessary. The Hotline is free to Georgians 60 years and older.
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
Phone: (877) 622-7937
www.canceradvocacy.org
This organization offers publications on many topics including employment and health insurance as it relates to cancer. Services and materials are offered in Spanish. Workshop, seminar, lecture series, or educational resources for the general public, cancer patients, and/or families.
Patient Advocate Foundation
www.patientadvocate.org
Phone: (800) 532-5274
Patient Advocate Foundation is a national non-profit organization that serves as an active liaison between the patient and their insurer, employer and/or creditors to resolve insurance, job retention and/or debt crisis matters relative to their diagnosis through case managers, doctors and attorneys. Patient Advocate Foundation seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability. PAF has access to a wide variety of resources and can offer intervention if necessary.
LGBTQI+ Resources
CancerCare, Inc. LGBTQ+ Program
https://www.cancercare.org/tagged/lgbtq+
CoppaFeel!: Resources for Trans and Non-Binary People with Breast Cancer
https://coppafeel.org/the-brazette/resources-for-trans-people/
Family Caregiver Alliance: LGBT Caring Community Online Support Group
https://www.caregiver.org/connecting-caregivers/support-groups/
GLMA Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality: Patient Resources
https://www.glma.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=938&parentID=534&nodeID=1
Lambda Legal
www.lambdalegal.org
Live Through This
https://livethroughthis.co.uk/
MaleCare: Support Groups for Men with Prostate Cancer
https://malecare.org/support-groups-help-men/why-support-groups/
National LGBT Cancer Network
https://cancer-network.org/programs/support-groups-for-survivors/
National LGBT Cancer Project
https://www.lgbtcancer.org/
National Center for Transgender Equality: Know Your Rights in Health Care
https://transequality.org/know-your-rights/health-care
National Coalition for LGBT Health
https://healthlgbtq.org/
National Institutes of Health Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office
https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/sgmro
SAGE: Advocacy & Services for LGBT Elders
https://www.sageusa.org/
Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia
http://www.stonewallbar.org/
Transgender Law Center
https://transgenderlawcenter.org/
Lodging
American Cancer Society – Hope Lodge
www.cancer.org/Treatment/SupportProgramsServices/HopeLodge/Atlanta/index
1552 Shoup Court, Decatur, GA 30033
Phone: (404) 327-9200
Provides temporary housing and lodging assistance for cancer patients and their families during treatment. Patients must meet Hope Lodge eligibility guidelines.
Atlanta Hospital Hospitality House
www.atlhhh.org
1815 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30307
Phone: (404) 377-6333
Offers lodging, meals and supportive companionship to outpatients and relatives of patients hospitalized in 21 Atlanta area hospitals. You must reside outside of the metropolitan Atlanta area (generally a 40 mile radius of the hospital). If you are traveling with children under the age of 12, you’ll have to call the house first for accommodations with children. There is a nightly $10 fee and $5 per meal.
Joe’s House
www.joeshouse.org
Phone: (877) 563-7468
Joe’s House is a non-profit organization that offers an online directory of accommodations throughout the country that cater to cancer patients, their families, and caregivers. Many of the lodging facilities offer online booking links, look for the online check mark next to the facility on the lodging query page.
National Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses, Inc.
www.nahhh.org
Phone: (800) 542-9730
Provides information on free or low-cost temporary lodging to families or patients who are undergoing treatment away from home.
Medicaid, Food Stamps, Temporary Aid to Needy Families
For information on Medicaid, please visit https://dch.georgia.gov/medicaid
For information on applying for Medicaid and other benefits like food stamps (SNAP), child care, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families—please visit Georgia Gateway: https://gateway.ga.gov/access/
Help with buying food (you can apply for food stamps online)
- Low-cost or no-cost health care
- Home energy assistance
- Cash Assistance
- Child Care Assistance
- Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
- Child Support
- Aging Services
- Help with ending or preventing homelessness
- Additional Services through Local Community Action Agencies
Medicaid
https://medicaid.georgia.gov/
As the largest division in Community Health, Medicaid Division administers the Medicaid program, which provides health care for children, pregnant women, and people who are aging, blind and disabled. To view information on the different types of Medicaid, eligibility criteria and to find your local Department of Family and Children Services.
Women’s Health Medicaid Program
https://medicaid.georgia.gov/womens-health-medicaid
Phone: (404) 657-7735
This category of Medicaid is for uninsured, low income women who have been diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer. Women apply for this specific category of Medicaid through their local county health department, not DFCS.
Nursing Homes, Assisted Living & Personal Care Homes
A Place for Mom
www.aplaceformom.com
Phone: (866) 366-6904
Advice, consultation and placement assistance to independent living communities, personal care homes (assisted living facilities) and nursing homes. There is no cost to patients/families for this service.
Georgia Department of Community Health’s GaMap2Care
Search and compare more than 7,000 licensed health care facilities and services in Georgia.
http://www.gamap2care.info/
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html
Nursing Home Compare has detailed information about every Medicare – Opens in a new window and Medicaid – Opens in a new window-certified nursing home in the country.
Nutrition
Sometimes patients feel challenged to maintain optimal nutrition and food intake when facing cancer and its treatment. Other times, patients simply want to know which foods are or are not a good idea while going through cancer treatment. After cancer treatment some patients want or need to adjust their diet to regain or maintain good health.
Eating Hints: Before, During, and After Cancer Treatment
Cancer Support Community-Atlanta
Phone: (404) 843-1880 “Nutrition Seminars”
Northside Hospital – Clinical Nutrition Services
Clinical Nutrition Services offers initial assessments, reassessments, telephone consults and nutrition classes for survivorship. For additional information on nutrition services available at Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, please call 404-236-8036.
Oncology Social Work Services
Atlanta Cancer Care employs master’s level oncology social workers to help patients and their loved ones optimally manage the emotional, social, financial and lifestyle changes associated with cancer and its treatment. Our oncology social workers can assist patients and families in accessing, understanding and/or locating help with: counseling and psychotherapy services, support groups, mind-body programs, spiritual care, educational and financial resources, prescription assistance, entitlement programs, health-system navigation, county aging services, transportation, and other services or resources designed to address practical and emotional needs.
To contact the oncology social worker who is assigned to your office, please call:
Alpharetta: (404) 740-9664
Canton: (770) 721-3800
Conyers: (404) 761-7260
Cumming: (770) 205-5292
Decatur: (404) 321-1950
Stockbridge: (770) 507-0070
Perimeter/Tower: (404) 851-2300
For information on a variety of local/national educational, financial, insurance, legal, lodging, pharmaceutical and transportation resources, as well as county senior services and entitlement programs (SSI/SSDI, Medicaid, Medicare), please visit our Patient Resource section and click on Resource Links.
Post-Treatment Cancer Survivorship and Cancer Survivorship Care Planning
American Society of Clinical Oncology
www.cancer.net/patient/Survivorship
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
https://canceradvocacy.org/resources/
National Cancer Institute: Office of Cancer Survivorship
http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/ocs
OncoLink: LIVESTRONG Care Plan
www.oncolink.org/oncolife
Senior Services
Empowerline
www.empowerline.org
Phone: (404) 463-3333
Empowerline (formerly AgeWise Connection) serves the City of Atlanta as well as Cherokee County, Clayton County, Cobb County, DeKalb County, Douglas County, Fayette County, Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Henry County, and Rockdale County. This agency provides information on a variety of services for seniors and adults who are disabled (i.e. home and community services, housing, transportation, respite care, resources).
Department of Human Services, Division of Aging Services
To locate the Area Agency on Aging that provides services for your county: https://aging.georgia.gov/locations
Find Services Outside Atlanta Region
https://eldercare.acl.gov/Public/Index.aspx
Phone: (800) 677-1116
For information about services in other locations throughout the country, contact the Elder Locator, a public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging. The Eldercare Locator connects older Americans and their caregivers with sources of information on senior services. The service links those who need assistance with state and local area agencies on aging and community-based organizations that serve older adults and their caregivers.
Forsyth County Dial-A-Ride
http://www.forsythco.com/Departments-Offices/Fleet-Services/Dial-A-Ride
Legacy Link – Area Agency on Aging for the North East Georgia Mountains
www.legacylink.org
Phone: (770) 538-2650
Our 13 county service area includes: Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White. We serve additional counties in our Senior Employment and Source Programs. The base of services include: Information and Assistance, Case Management, Coordination and Advocacy, Neighborhood Senior Centers/ Multi-Purpose Senior Centers, Health & Wellness, Congregate Meals, Transportation/ Transportation Vouchers, Home Delivered Meals, In-home Services, Volunteer Services, Nutrition Education, Respite for Caregivers, Kinship Care, and Caregiver Vouchers
Senior Services North Fulton
www.ssnorthfulton.org
Phone: (770) 993-1906
Offers three senior centers—Alpharetta/Crabapple, Roswell & Sandy Springs—home delivered meals, in-home assistance, transportation, and wellness programs.
Senior Centers – contact information
www.caregeorgia.org/list11_georgia_senior_centers.htm
*Contact the senior center for your county to inquire about available services.
Sexual Health, Fertility, and Cancer
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
www.cancer.net
A comprehensive online resource providing oncologist-approved cancer information to help patients and families make informed health care decisions. Has “ASCO’s Guideline on Fertility Preservation” for patients available for free at www.cancer.net/patientguides.
LIVESTRONG Fertility
www.livestrong.org/we-can-help/fertility-services/
Phone: (855) 220-7777
LIVESTRONG Fertility is dedicated to providing educational information and access to resources that support cancer patients and survivors whose cancer and its treatment present risks to their fertility.
Fertility and Sexual Side-Effects
Provides information on how cancer treatment can affect fertility, ways to preserve fertility before treatment, and fertility options available after treatment.
RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
www.resolve.org
Provides information on the infertility journey, including treatment, coping, third party reproduction, adoption, child-free living, advocacy, and more. Also has fact sheets and personal stories. Local chapters/affiliates can be found on the Web site. Offers education and support groups; online community also available.
Self Image
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/coping/self-image
Sexual Health Issues in Women
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/side-effects/sexuality-women
Female Sexual Health After Cancer
https://www.livestrong.org/we-can-help/finishing-treatment/female-sexual-health-after-cancer
Sexual Health Issues in Men
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/side-effects/sexuality-men
Male Sexual Health After Cancer
https://www.livestrong.org/we-can-help/finishing-treatment/male-sexual-health-after-cancer
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
https://ww5.komen.org/BreastCancer/SexandSexuality.html
Social Security Disability – SSI/SSDI
Social Security Disability – SSI/SSDI
www.ssa.gov/pgm/disability.htm
Phone: (800) 772-1213
SSA’s Compassionate Allowances Initiative
www.ssa.gov/compassionateallowances/
Social Security has an obligation to provide benefits quickly to applicants whose medical conditions are so serious that their conditions obviously meet disability standards. Compassionate Allowances (CAL) are a way of quickly identifying diseases and other medical conditions that invariably qualify under the Listing of Impairments based on minimal objective medical information. Compassionate Allowances allow Social Security to quickly target the most obviously disabled individuals for allowances based on objective medical information that we can obtain quickly.
Transportation
Alterman/JETS Program
https://jfcsatl.org/services/support-services/alterman-jets
Phone: (770) 677-9339
For a moderate fee, Alterman/JETS provides transportation for both seniors and adults with disabilities to and from work, doctor or other appointments, social outings, shopping or other destinations. Service is offered Monday through Friday in parts of Fulton, DeKalb and Cobb counties.
American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery
www.cancer.org/Treatment/SupportProgramsServices/road-to-recovery
Phone: (888) 227-6333
ACS may assist with transportation to and from chemotherapy and radiation appointments, this program is based on volunteer driver’s availability.
Georgia Medicaid Recipients
https://www.southeastrans.com/members/georgia-members-2/
Phone: *Visit the Southeasttrans website to locate the correct phone number for the service area where you reside
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation is provided to Georgia Medicaid Members who require Medicaid healthcare services and have no other means of transportation. Southeastrans arranges transportation for all Georgia Medicaid Members who live in the North, Atlanta, and Central Regions. This is a shared-ride service. Therefore, it is possible the Member may be riding with other Members picked up at your location or other locations nearby. One adult escort or attendant may accompany a Member if he or she has the same origin and destination as the rider. These arrangements must be made when you call for transportation.
Forsyth County Dial-A-Ride
http://www.forsythco.com/department.asp?DeptID=49
Forsyth County Dial-A-Ride operates five vans. All are equipped with lifts for wheelchair service. Appointments are accepted up to 30 days in advance, on a first come, first served basis. In order to use Dial-A-Ride, you must be a resident of Forsyth County and be at least 18 years of age or accompanied by an adult. Visit the website for the fee schedule and operating hours.
I Care Inc.
www.icareseniors.org
Phone: (404) 377-2273
I CARE Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides trained volunteer drivers/companions to take DeKalb County residents—age 55 years old and older—who do not have other means of transportation, to medical appointments.
MARTA & MARTA Mobility
www.itsmarta.com/accessibility-Mobility.aspx
Public transportation in Metro-Atlanta and MARTA provides ADA Complementary Paratransit Service to eligible persons with disabilities who are, unable to board, ride or disembark from an accessible vehicle in MARTA’s regular bus or rail services. Service is provided with special lift-equipped vans on a curb-to-curb, shared ride basis.
Mercy Medical Angels
www.mercymedical.org/request-assistance
Provides information about all forms of charitable, long-distance medical air transportation and provides referrals to all appropriate sources of help to patients who cannot afford travel for medical care.
Senior Centers – contact information
www.caregeorgia.org/list11_georgia_senior_centers.htm
*County senior programs may offer limited transportation services. Contact the senior center for your county to inquire about available services
DISCLAIMER: No endorsement or affiliation is intended or made of any hypertext link, product, service or information either by its inclusion or exclusion from this page or website. The organizations listed on this page are not inclusive of all available cancer and non-cancer related organizations. If you have questions regarding resources or would like more information, please contact the Oncology Social Worker who covers the office where you see your Atlanta Cancer Care healthcare provider.