The Georgia Department of Public Health is the state health agency. Its website covers vaccines and immunization records, WIC, dental care for children, home visits for high-risk pregnancies and infants, vital records, injury prevention and food safety. Its Constituent Services office answers questions from people in Georgia.
Neighborhood Union Health Center is a Fulton County Board of Health clinic on Sunset Avenue in northwest Atlanta. It offers vaccines, WIC, women's health and family planning, sexual health testing and PrEP, teen health services, and a drug user health program called SafeWorks. It is a public health clinic, so it does not list full primary care, dental care or behavioral health treatment.
This is one of eight Fulton County Board of Health locations.E. in Atlanta. The center lists WIC services, chronic disease prevention, youth programs and Safe Kids Fulton County. It is open Monday to Friday.
The Fulton County Board of Health runs public health clinics across Fulton County. They offer shots, WIC, HIV and sexual health care, family planning, teen health, TB tests, and birth and death records. Services are different at each location, so call before you go.
Adamsville Regional Health Center is a Fulton County Board of Health clinic on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW. It offers vaccines, WIC, children's dental and health screenings, women's health and family planning, and STI and HIV testing and PrEP. It accepts insurance and Medicaid and has sliding scale fees. It does not list housing or job help.
WIC is a nutrition program run by DeKalb Public Health for pregnant and breastfeeding women, new mothers, babies, and children under age 5. It gives families healthy foods, nutrition advice, breastfeeding help, and referrals to other services. Visits are by appointment at four DeKalb health centers.
College Park Regional Health Center is a clinic of the Fulton County Board of Health. It offers vaccines, family planning, teen health visits, travel health advice, refugee health screening, and SSI disability screening. It is open Monday to Friday.
DeKalb Public Health is the public health agency for DeKalb County. Its health centers offer vaccines, family planning, HIV and STI testing and care, and treatment for minor health problems. It also runs a mobile wellness van and handles birth and death certificates and medical records requests.
Cobb & Douglas Public Health is the local health department for Cobb and Douglas counties. It runs WIC food and nutrition help, free HIV testing, birth control and family planning, cancer screening, well-child checkups, and birth and death records. It has a center in Smyrna on South Cobb Drive.
Atlanta Children's Day Shelter helps families who are facing homelessness. Children under 5 get early learning and childcare during the day, and parents get support such as counseling, job help, and school options. Families start by filling out an interest form on the Get Help page.
Toco Hills Community Alliance is a food pantry in northeast Atlanta where neighbors help neighbors. It gives free groceries to low-income households in northeast Atlanta and North Central DeKalb County on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. It also gives to-go hot meals to people without homes and holds mobile food pantries.
The Georgia Citizens Coalition on Hunger is a group in Atlanta that has worked since 1974 to end hunger and poverty. It runs a food pantry and phone line (the Hunger Hotline) that also points people to emergency help. It also runs a community garden, outdoor produce markets, and a group for low-income people to speak up about their rights.
This is a public health clinic in College Park run by the Fulton County Board of Health. It gives vaccines, TB skin tests, travel health visits, STI testing, and women's and teen health care. It also offers WIC, vital records, and environmental health services.
The Atlanta Community Food Bank runs Community Food Centers. These are food pantries where families pick out groceries by appointment. The Marietta center is at 1605 Austell Road. Staff also help people apply for SNAP, Medicaid and WIC, and a text line helps you find other pantries.
DeKalb Public Health runs health centers in DeKalb County, including Clifton Springs in Decatur. They give vaccines, family planning care, STD and HIV testing and care, dental care, and sports physicals. They also run mobile health vans and sell birth and death certificates.
The Atlanta Community Food Bank collects donated food and sends it to more than 700 pantries, kitchens and other nonprofit partners in 29 counties. It also runs four Community Food Centers where families get groceries by appointment. Staff can help people apply for SNAP and Medicaid, and you can find a pantry near you with an online map or by text.
Cobb & Douglas Public Health is the local public health department for Cobb and Douglas counties. Its clinics offer low-cost health services such as vaccines, WIC food benefits, HIV and STI testing, family planning, tuberculosis care, and hearing screens for newborns. Most services need an appointment, and fees are based on income for many services.
The Georgia Department of Public Health is the state health agency. Its Children 1st program checks how babies, toddlers and preschoolers (up to their 5th birthday) are growing and learning. It then connects families to a regular doctor, early intervention and other local help. DPH also runs WIC nutrition help, home visits for pregnant women and babies, dental clinics and vaccine programs.
The Marietta WIC clinic is run by Cobb & Douglas Public Health. WIC gives healthy food benefits, nutrition counseling, breastfeeding help, and referrals to health and social services. It serves low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and new mothers, plus babies and children up to age 5.
Mosaic Health Center, which used to be called Clarkston Community Health Center, is a local clinic for people without health insurance. You pay a small flat fee for visits, and medicine from the clinic's own pharmacy is free. The clinic also has specialty clinics, mental health care, and staff who can help you sign up for benefits like SNAP and Medicaid.
