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Maternal & Child Health

The Maternal and Child Health programs offer a wide range of services for pregnant women, mothers, infants, children and teens.

Children 1st: Screens infants and children who might benefit from these programs:

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention: Follows up on infants who do not pass hearing screening at birthing facility

Babies Can’t Wait: Coordinates services for children ages birth to 3 years with developmental delays

Children’s Medical Services: Provides specialists’ care, equipment, medication and supplies for those ages birth to 20 years with a chronic medical condition

Mothers Offering Resources and Education (MORE): Offers support, education and referrals to pregnant women and new mothers

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Provides supplemental food, education and breastfeeding support to pregnant women, new mothers and children to age 5

Adolescent Health and Youth Development: Offers education to youth ages 10 to 19 years on asthma self-management, sexual responsibility and bullying prevention

SERVICE ALERT:
Vital Records
at the North DeKalb Health Center
will be closed on September 17, 2024.

For birth or death certificates, please visit:

Richardson Health Center
445 Winn Way, Room 191
Decatur, GA 30030
404-294-2730

SERVICE ALERT 

Due to today’s worldwide cybersecurity outage, some services have been impacted.

  • You may experience delays reaching our Call Center, which handles health center appointments.
  • WIC benefit issuance is unavailable at this time. However, eWIC cards can still be used at authorized WIC vendors.


This outage has not only affected DeKalb Public Health, but other government and business services, in Georgia, throughout the nation and internationally.

We apologize for the inconvenience and greatly appreciate your patience, as we work with our partners to fully restore systems.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Tuesday December 24 and Wednesday, December 25th, in observance of the holiday. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on November 28-29th, in observance of the State holiday.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, November 11th, in observance of the Veterans Day holiday.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, October 14th, in observance of the State holiday.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, September 2, in observance of the holiday. Have a safe and healthy Labor Day! 

SERVICE ALERT

In observance of Juneteenth, all DeKalb Public Health centers will be closed on Wednesday, June 19th. #happyjuneteenth

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Thursday, July 4th, in observance of the Federal Holiday. Have a safe and healthy Fourth of July!