Gilmer County Health Department

Gilmer County Health Department

Clinic Hours:

• Monday, Wednesday, Thursday - 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
• Tuesday - 7:30 AM - 7:00 PMFriday - 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM

WIC:

• 1-866-942-9675

Services are provided on a sliding fee scale based on income.

Services:

Prenatal Services

• Offers examinations to pregnant women (laboratory work and nutritional counseling and education).

Family Planning Services

• Provides birth control information, exams, and birth control methods to interested persons.

Presumptive Eligibility

• Provides Medicaid coverage to income-eligible pregnant women during the Medicaid application processing period.

Perinatal Case Management

• Provides a person to person approach which weaves together resources, including health and social services, for pregnant women to allow for healthy pregnancies resulting in healthy babies.

Babies Can't Wait/Child Tracking Program

• Identifies and follows high-risk infants and children and provides a coordinated approach to health care for them.

Well Baby

• Provides complete physical examinations to children from infancy to 6 years of age including screening tests, immunizations, and nutritional counseling.

Health Checks

• Provides screening of medical and/or developmental problems for Medicaid-eligible children from infancy to 20 years of age.

Newborn Screening

• Provides metabolic blood tests to assess for metabolic abnormalities that can cause mental retardation and other permanent disorders.

Dental Clinic

• Provides dental services for childrenBreast and Cervical Cancer Program

The Breast and Cervical Cancer Program

• Provides screening and follow up services to low income, uninsured/under-insured women throughout Georgia who meet eligibility requirements.

Stroke and Heart Attack Prevention Program

• Provides blood pressure screening, education, monitoring, treatment, and follow-up. Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
• This program is a special nutrition program that provides nutrition education, food supplements and referrals to health care providers to eligible pregnant, breastfeeding or postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five.

Children's Medical Services

• Serves children from birth to 21 years of age by providing various medical needs.
• Persons can be referred by physicians or public health nurses.
• Specialty clinics such as diabetes, seizure, hearing, cardiac, and orthopedics are provided.

Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Services

• Provides physical examinations, lab tests, and treatment of STDs, as well as follow-up for identified cases.
• Also provides AIDS testing and counseling services.
  

What is your review of the health department?

What type of documentation do I need to apply for services?

• Financial aid

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