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Weekday, Saturday and Evening Back-To-School Services

DEKALB COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH OFFERS WEEKDAY, SATURDAY AND EVENING BACK-TO-SCHOOL SERVICES

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Is your child entering a Georgia Child Care center, Head Start program, pre-K class or school for the first time?  If so, the DeKalb County Board of Health offers your family convenient, affordable back-to-school services.

Back-to-school services include immunizations and vision, hearing and dental screenings.   The Board of Health also issues certified birth certificates for children born in Georgia and provides sports physicals.

Board of Health Center hours are Monday through Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  On Saturday, July 30, immunizations and vision and hearing screenings will be offered at all four centers from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  Extended hours will be available from 8:15 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at all centers on Tuesday, Aug. 2; Wednesday, Aug. 3; Thursday, Aug. 4; Monday, Aug. 8; Tuesday, Aug. 9; and Wednesday, Aug 10.  No appointment is necessary and services are available on a first come, first served basis.

Extended hours for dental screenings are from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Central DeKalb Health Center on Aug. 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10.

Extended hours at the East DeKalb Health Center on Aug. 2, 4 and 9; at the North DeKalb Health Center on Aug, 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10; and at the South DeKalb Health Center on Aug. 3 and 10.

For more information, including school requirements, view it here.

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
404-294-3720

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!