Welcome to the Georgia Department of Human Resources website. DHR is Georgia's human service agency whose mission is to strengthen Georgia families by providing services through about 80 programs that ensure their health and welfare. DHR touches the lives of all Georgians. Our goal is to be a resource to Georgia families to help them become self-sustaining.
The Governor’s Office of Customer Service introduces a new service to Georgia’s citizens: 1.800.georgia (678.georgia in Atlanta).
You can learn about emergency preparedness, assure for your family's health needs during a pandemic, learn drug abuse prevention measures, and more on our video page. View videos »
Due to a continued decline in projected revenues advised in a memo dated August 1 from the Governor's Office of Planning & Budget, all state agencies are required to submit budget reduction plans of 6%, 8% and 10% for both amended FY2009 and FY2010. The DHR Budget Reduction Proposal is availablehere. You may want to review this supporting documentation and the recently published reconciliation to the proposal.
It should surprise no one that a government agency charged with serving troubled people should routinely be associated with trouble. At the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR), trouble has been our business for 36 years. It will continue to be our business moving forward. More »
January 13, 2009 – The Georgia Department of Human Resources Division of Public Health encourages residents who may be traveling to Washington, D.C., for the 56th presidential inauguration to plan ahead to help prevent health-related problems. Federal, state and local governments, along with the American Red Cross and hospitals in the Washington, D.C. area, have a plan to meet the health and medical needs of the many visitors and residents. But there are steps attendees can take to prevent weather-related health problems.
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