DPH Home Visiting Program
Services through Georgia’s DPH Home Visiting Program are available at no cost to our clients. District 4 Public Health offers this program to women who reside or receive maternal health services in all our counties: Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup and Upson.
DPH Home Visiting Program provides services to expectant mothers during pregnancy up until the infant’s first birthday. The program focuses on assisting pregnant women with high-risk conditions or risk factors that increase the likelihood of poor pregnancy outcomes. Although enrollment can occur after delivery, early intervention is preferred.
HVP’s services include additional monitoring to detect potential warning signs, complications, and problems between provider appointments. Early detection increases the likelihood of prompt intervention and referral to healthcare providers for further assessment and treatment.
DPH Home Visiting Program Services
- Clinical assessment of mother and baby
- Care coordination
- Case management
- Education for high-risk pregnant women and their families
- Linkages to needed resources
The program serves maternal patients with:
- hypertension or gestational hypertension
- preeclampsia
- diabetes
- multiple gestation
- prior preterm delivery
- preterm labor
- chronic conditions or co-morbidities
- prior second trimester pregnancy loss
- prior fetal/neonatal death
- pre-existing health conditions
- substance use disorder
- mental health condition
- poor support system
- difficulty complying with provider recommendations and/or follow up (e.g., keeping appointments)
- other medical conditions or concerns for poor outcomes
The program serves infants with:
- recent NICU discharge
- VLBW or LBW
- <36 weeks gestation at delivery
- positive maternal screening for substances at delivery
- suspected or confirmed congenital syphilis or HIV infection
- poor maternal support system or other environmental concerns
Resources for Healthcare Providers
DPH Home Visiting Referral Form (Fillable PDF)
Please send the completed referral form by encrypted email to d4php@dph.ga.gov or by non-encrypted fax to (706) 723-8786.
Referrals
Healthcare providers can refer a patient for District 4 Public Health’s perinatal Home Visiting Program by completing and submiting Georgia DPH’s online referral form.
Questions? Contact us at d4php@dph.ga.gov.
District 4 Public Health provides Perinatal Health services to individuals who reside or receive maternal health services in Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether, Spalding, Pike, Troup and Upson counties.