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DeKalb County Board of Health Meets May 23

DECATUR, Ga. – The next meeting of the DeKalb County Board of Health is scheduled for Thursday, May 23, in the Bohan Auditorium, located in the Richardson Health Center at 445 Winn Way, Decatur. The meeting will begin at 3:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
Agenda items for the meeting include:
• The approval of minutes from previous meetings;
• Consideration and approval of the proposed Board of Health FY2020 Budget;
• The District Health Director’s Report;
• Consideration of the transfer of unrestricted fund balance to the restricted fund balance (reserve);
• Consideration for use of unspent FY 2019 funds in support of FY 2010 CIP projects;
• Contracts for consideration, to include agreements with Empowerment of Resource Center, Amendment #1, Positive Impact Health, Amendment #1, Someone Cares, Inc., Amendment #1 and a capital project for the renovation of T.O. Vinson Health Center restrooms;
• Presentation on the effects of vaping, TSG, marijuana and other drugs on our children;
• Presentation on the DeKalb Youth Prosperity Initiative; and
• The Board of Heath’s current financial status report

Anyone who would like to bring an issue before the board can be placed on the agenda by contacting India Dyer at (404) 294-3787. Written comments to the board will be accepted at: Office of the Director, DeKalb County Board of Health, P.O. Box 987, Decatur, GA 30031.

AIR QUALITY UPDATE 

Current weather models show that winds will begin to shift
from the east to the west after sunset on Wednesday.

Smoke from the BioLab facility fire in Rockdale County is predicted to settle towards the ground as it moves toward Atlanta. There is a high likelihood that people across Metro Atlanta will wake up on Thursday morning seeing haze and smelling chlorine.

For more information about health precautions, click here.

last updated 10/2/2024 at 5:45 p.m.

Warning SERVICE ALERT UPDATE Warning

DeKalb Public Health will resume normal operations
for all health centers and services at 8:15 a.m.,
on Monday, September 30.

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!