DPH Home Visiting Program
These services are available at no cost to the client.
The DPH Home Visiting Program offers home visiting services to expectant mothers from pregnancy until the first year of their baby’s life. 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.
Home visiting services include:
- Clinical assessment of mother and baby
- Care coordination
- Case management
- Education for high-risk pregnant women and their families
- Linkages to needed resources
Referral to the program is recommended for:
Maternal patients with:
- Hypertension or Gestational Hypertension
- Preeclampsia
- Diabetes
- Multiple gestations
- Prior preterm delivery
- Preterm labor
- Chronic conditions or co-morbidities
- Prior 2nd-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
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
DPH Home Visiting Program currently provides services in the following East Central Health District Counties
Burke, Richmond, Emanuel, Jenkins, Screven and Jefferson County
Referrals can be made using the DPH Home Visiting Program Form or by contacting our office.
Call: 706-721-5890
Fax: 706-426-4353
Additional Resources
Fill out PHP referral form online:ECPHD PHP Referral Form Online
Print out PHP referral form:ECPHD PHP Referral Form
