Frequently Asked Questions-FAQ's

Community Concerns, Inc  and the Oyssey III is located at 276 Decatur Street, Atlanta, GA 30312.   We  are  in the downtown Atlanta area near Georgia State University and Grady Memorial Hospital.  Two MARTA Stations (King Memorial/Georgia State) are within close walking distance, and a MARTA bus stop # 186 is directly in front of the building.

Odyssey III requests that each participant present some form of documentation of being in the homeless situation.  Therefore, a participant should be instructed to bring a letter from the shelter where they have been living documenting their story.  If a client is being evicted, they should present documentation of having to vacate their home within seven days.  A client being evicted from a friend or relative’s home should present a statement from their friends or relative documenting their pending eviction.

Odyssey III Transitional Housing Program will allow a resident to stay in housing up to two years, if client is compliant with the rules and the tenants of his Individualized Service Plan.

Odyssey III – Safe Haven attempts to link consumers with a more permanent housing option within 4 months of enrollment.  This placement is contingent on consumer’s compliance with Individualized Service Plan; Treatment recommendations of their psychiatrist; house rules and on attaining some form of financial resources.

We provide daily meals, case management, mailroom, transitional housing (for adult males experiencing homelessness), transitional housing (for adult males diagnosed with mental illness and experiencing homelessness), employment counseling and placement.

We also make referrals within the metropolitan Atlanta area for those services that we do not directly provide.