A Hoarding Alliance local resource guide
Start with a respectful next step in Marietta or elsewhere in Cobb County. This guide connects people, families, supporters, and local systems with practical pathways while keeping emergencies and clinical care in the right lane.
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You do not have to solve everything at once. Start with the pathway that fits the situation, then confirm current availability, eligibility, cost, and safety requirements directly with the organization.
If there is immediate danger, fire, a medical emergency, or an active threat, call 911. For emotional or behavioral-health crisis support in Georgia, call or text 988 or call the Georgia Crisis & Access Line at 1-800-715-4225.
First conversations
You do not need to know the perfect service name before reaching out. These organizations can help you understand the landscape and identify a next step.
The Peer Tree is the private-pay pathway for organizing help, decluttering support, groups, family guidance, and practical next steps when a grant or public program is not the right fit. Ask about scope, cost, travel, consent, safety, and whether support is available in Cobb County.
Unburied, from The Peer Tree, offers a judgment-free digital pathway with peer support, groups, and tools for people directly affected and for friends, family, property managers, municipal workers, and other supporters. It is not therapy, a crisis service, or a substitute for emergency help.
211 connects people with local resource navigators for basic needs and community support. Ask which current Cobb County resource fits the situation and what documentation or service-area rules apply; call 911 for immediate danger.
Cobb & Douglas Public Health provides public-health services in the Marietta area, including prevention, screening, nutrition, pharmacy, and health-information pathways. Confirm current programs, hours, fees, eligibility, and appointment needs before traveling; call 911 for emergencies.
Safety and stability
These pathways serve different situations. Read the labels carefully before calling, especially when a response may involve crisis care, protective services, shelter, housing rules, legal advocacy, or emergency dispatch.
Call 911 when there is immediate danger, fire, a medical emergency, violence, or a threat that cannot wait for a scheduled service. Emergency dispatch is not a hoarding-support program, counseling service, or cleanup provider.
Call or text 988 for emotional distress, suicidal thoughts, or a behavioral-health crisis. If there is immediate physical danger, fire, a medical emergency, or an active threat, call 911 instead.
GCAL can provide telephone intervention, help identify state-funded or other behavioral-health services, dispatch mobile crisis, and help locate an open crisis or detox bed. Call 911 for immediate physical danger or an emergency requiring police, fire, or EMS.
Cobb EMA coordinates preparedness, emergency operations, warning, and recovery information for Cobb County and its municipalities, including Marietta. Use its warning and planning routes for preparedness information; it is not a replacement for 911 or a hoarding-support service.
Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services provides county fire, rescue, EMS, prevention, station, and community fire-safety pathways. Call 911 for an active emergency; use the department route for routine fire-safety or prevention questions.
Cobb County Emergency Communications processes and dispatches emergency and non-emergency calls for service for Cobb County and partner public-safety agencies. Call 911 for an active emergency; use the non-emergency number for delayed or routine matters.
The Marietta Police Department provides law-enforcement services inside city limits. Call 911 for immediate danger or a crime in progress; use the department route for routine reports and non-emergency guidance.
Cobb County's official departments portal provides the Sheriff's Office and other law-enforcement pathways. Use 911 for immediate danger, an active threat, or a crime in progress; use the office's routine contact route for delayed reports or questions.
The Marietta Fire Department provides fire, rescue, emergency medical, prevention, inspection, and public fire-safety education services for the city. Call 911 for an active emergency and use the department route for routine prevention or inspection questions.
Wellstar Kennestone's emergency department provides 24-hour emergency care in Marietta. Call 911 for life-threatening emergencies and confirm access, coverage, and transfer questions directly with the hospital.
Georgia APS receives reports involving older adults and adults with disabilities who may be abused, neglected, or exploited. Use the statewide intake route; APS is not emergency dispatch and does not guarantee cleanup, housing, or a particular outcome.
Use Georgia's CPS central-intake route when there is a concern about child abuse or neglect. This is a reporting and assessment pathway, not emergency response; call 911 for immediate danger.
Georgia's statewide domestic-violence hotline can help survivors and supporters identify safety-planning, advocacy, and shelter options. Ask about current services serving Cobb County; it is not general emergency dispatch.
Georgia DCA provides statewide housing and homelessness information. Use it with 211 or a local shelter to ask about the current coordinated-entry and housing pathway serving Cobb County.
Call the Georgia Poison Center for urgent guidance after a suspected poisoning or exposure. Call 911 for severe symptoms or an immediate life threat; poison-center advice is not cleanup or environmental-remediation service.
Georgia 811 helps identify underground utility lines before digging. Submit a locate request in advance of ground disturbance; it does not address an active gas, electrical, fire, or medical emergency.
Use Georgia Power's official outage route to report a power outage or review electrical safety information. Treat downed lines, fire, or immediate danger as a 911 situation.
Use Cobb County's emergency-management route to find current preparedness and warning information. Alerts do not replace 911, fire inspection, medical care, or a personalized safety plan.
Georgia DBHDD lists the Cobb Behavioral Health Crisis Center in Marietta. Confirm current access, assessment, program, and transport details directly; call 911 for immediate physical danger and use 988 or GCAL for behavioral-health crisis guidance.
People and practical help
These listings connect the local community with housing, food, behavioral health, benefits, transit, survivor advocacy, disability support, peer support, and practical resources. Ask about current availability, cost, scope, consent, and safety before relying on them.
Cobb County's official portal connects residents with county administration, emergency management, fire, public works, planning, code enforcement, animal services, library, parks, senior services, courts, transit, and community information. Confirm the responsible office before traveling or filing a request.
The City of Marietta provides municipal government, public works, fire, police, planning, power and water, sanitation, parks, and resident-service pathways. Use the city route for city-limit services and confirm current jurisdiction and hours.
Cobb County's departments portal routes residents to code enforcement, building and plan review, planning and zoning, and related property processes. Confirm jurisdiction and the correct process before submitting a complaint; code enforcement does not provide hoarding support or guarantee a particular outcome.
Marietta Code Enforcement handles complaints and enforcement within the city's jurisdiction, including property-maintenance and nuisance concerns. Use the city route to confirm jurisdiction and process; it is not a cleanup provider or emergency response.
The City of Marietta Building Inspection Division provides building-permit and inspection information under current state minimum codes. Confirm whether a project needs a permit and which inspection process applies.
Cobb County Community Development provides information about fair housing, Community Development Block Grant programs, plans, reports, and neighborhood stabilization. Confirm current funding, eligibility, and application timelines before relying on a program.
Cobb County's Community Resources portal organizes local pathways for housing and utility assistance, food, health care, shelter, clothing, mental health, aging, veterans, child welfare, crisis intervention, education, and employment. Verify each provider's current details directly. The county's One Stop for Help and Community Services pathways can help connect residents to food, housing, health, senior, veteran, and other basic-needs resources; confirm current eligibility and availability.
Cobb County's official departments portal routes residents to the Cobb County Water Authority for water and sewer service information. Confirm service-area, billing, leak, and assistance questions with the authority.
Marietta's Sanitation Services division provides residential garbage, recycling, and yard-waste collection and explains requests for special items and medical exceptions. Confirm pickup schedules and eligibility directly; this is not a hoarding-support or emergency service.
The City of Marietta publishes resident service schedules for sanitation and other city operations. Confirm the current address-specific schedule before placing materials out or planning access.
Marietta Power & Water provides electric, water, sewer, billing, outage, and customer-service pathways. Confirm service territory, payment options, deposits, fees, Project SHARE or other assistance, and emergency contacts directly.
Cobb County DOT provides information about roads, transportation projects, pavement, permits, and right-of-way processes. Confirm whether a road or access concern belongs to the county, city, or state before reporting it.
CobbLinc provides public transit across Cobb County, with customer service, paratransit, route, fare, and transfer information. Confirm route, fare, eligibility, reservation, and service-area details before travel.
Cobb County Senior Services supports older adults with transportation, meals, care management, in-home services, veteran support, and senior-center programming. Confirm current age, eligibility, intake, and availability directly.
Cobb & Douglas Public Health provides environmental-health information for Cobb County. Confirm current complaint, inspection, permitting, sanitation, and public-health procedures directly; use 911 for immediate hazards.
The Georgia DFCS Cobb County office serves Cobb County from Marietta and provides access to public-benefits and family-services pathways. Confirm current walk-in hours, appointments, documentation, and program eligibility directly.
Georgia Gateway is the state route for applying for and managing several public benefits. Use it alongside the local DFCS office when help with documents, renewal, or an application status is needed.
Cobb County identifies Highland Rivers Health as the community-services-board partner for behavioral-health and developmental-disability pathways. Confirm current assessment, referral, program, insurance, and availability details directly; call 911 for immediate physical danger.
Georgia DBHDD maintains statewide behavioral-health and developmental-disability system information, including Cobb County locations. Use the directory to confirm the current public pathway; call 911 for immediate danger or 988/GCAL for behavioral-health crisis support.
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center provides hospital, emergency, medical, behavioral-health, and specialty-care pathways in Marietta. Call 911 for life-threatening emergencies and confirm access, coverage, and transfer questions directly.
The Marietta Housing Authority provides affordable-housing assistance for eligible families in Marietta and surrounding Cobb County. Confirm current applications, waiting-list status, income rules, accessible-unit options, and housing-stability programs directly; this is not emergency shelter.
Georgia DCA provides statewide affordable-housing and homelessness information. Use it with Cobb County's coordinated-entry and local housing pathways to ask what is current; eligibility, availability, and local-provider rules apply.
Cobb County Public Library provides free library access, public computers, internet, meeting spaces, programs, and referral-friendly community locations. Confirm current branch hours, access rules, and available services.
Cobb County's courts portal provides information for Superior, State, Magistrate, Probate, Juvenile, accountability, domestic-violence, victim-advocate, and related court services. Confirm the correct court, filing process, deadlines, and whether legal advice is needed.
Georgia Legal Services provides civil-legal-aid information and an intake route for eligible residents. Ask whether a housing, benefits, family, safety, or consumer issue fits its current service scope; it is not emergency response.
Cobb County's official court and community portals identify a District Attorney victim-services pathway. Use it for questions about victim advocacy and court support, and confirm current contact instructions through the county; call 911 for immediate danger.
Georgia DOL provides job-search, unemployment, workforce, and training pathways. Confirm the current Marietta-area office or online route, required documents, and whether an appointment is needed.
Use the Social Security Administration's official route for disability, SSI, retirement, and benefit-account information. Confirm which services are available online, by phone, or through an appointment; local availability can change.
Georgia Medicaid members can use the state's official transportation-information route to ask about non-emergency rides for covered care. Confirm eligibility, advance notice, authorization, and current regional scheduling rules.
Georgia Access provides official health-insurance enrollment and plan information for Georgians. Confirm enrollment windows, documentation, subsidy eligibility, and plan networks before choosing coverage.
The Cobb County School System provides enrollment, student services, special-education, family, and school-resource information. Contact the district or the relevant school to ask about current enrollment and support pathways.
UGA Cooperative Extension provides county-based education and practical information across household, family, food, and community topics. Confirm current Cobb County programs, office hours, and registration requirements.
Cobb County Parks and Recreation provides public programs, parks, facilities, and community activities. Confirm current schedules, registration, accessibility, and any fees; recreation is not clinical or crisis care.
Cobb County Animal Services provides animal-control, shelter, lost-and-found, pet-care, and animal-safety pathways. Confirm current intake, reclaim, adoption, fees, and after-hours procedures directly; call 911 for an immediate threat.
The 211 online directory can help identify food, housing, transportation, health, utility, and other basic-needs pathways. Use it as a starting point and confirm current details directly with the listed provider.
Georgia's veteran-services system can connect eligible veterans and families with benefits and referral information. Confirm county or regional office access, documentation, and current program eligibility.
Cobb County Elections and Voter Registration provides official registration and election information. Confirm current office location, deadlines, documentation, and accessibility options before traveling.
Switzer Library is Cobb County Public Library's central Marietta location and offers public internet computers, accessibility services, meeting rooms, printing, programming, and transit access. Confirm current hours and library-card requirements directly.
Georgia Housing Search can help residents look for rental and affordable-housing listings. Confirm current rent, availability, screening, accessibility, deposit, and application requirements directly with each property.
The DFCS contact center can help with questions about Food Stamps, Medicaid, TANF, and related benefits. Use the local Cobb County office when in-person help or document support is needed.
Use Georgia's official housing and community-development pathways to learn about fair-housing protections and possible complaint routes. Confirm the responsible agency, deadlines, and available remedies for a specific situation.
Cobb County's official portal provides public notices, forms, department information, and calendars that may help residents identify the correct local process. Confirm the responsible office before filing a form or complaint.
Georgia DDS provides official identification, license, permit, and driving-record services. Confirm the correct Marietta-area location, required documents, appointments, and accessibility options before traveling.
Use Georgia's official motor-vehicle route for title, registration, and tag questions, then confirm Cobb County office requirements and current fees before traveling.
Georgia WIC provides nutrition and related support for eligible families, with Cobb County access through District 4 Public Health. Confirm current eligibility, appointments, documents, and clinic hours.
Cobb County identifies McIntosh Trail Community Service Board as a county board and public-service pathway. Use the CSB intake route to ask about current services and use 988 or GCAL for crisis support.
Use Fight the Blight's contact route when you are unsure where to begin or want a respectful conversation about hoarding and clutter concerns. Share only what you are comfortable sharing; the route is not emergency response, therapy, or a forced-cleanout service.
A note from the Alliance
This guide is anchored in Marietta, Georgia, and includes city, county, state, nonprofit, national, and independent pathways. A listing here does not mean Fight the Blight endorses every provider or can guarantee availability. The Hoarding Alliance is not a city or county agency, therapy practice, emergency service, or cleanup company. We will keep reviewing this page, but please confirm details directly before relying on them.
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