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Order to Cease and Desist Issued to Barrington Ferguson Becomes Final - Sep 4
Order to Cease and Desist Issued to Community Home Financial Services, Inc. Jackson, MS - Sep 4
Project Management Classes Available Through GTA - Sep 4
GTA Board to Meet September 11 - Sep 3
Georgia Department of Banking and Finance Takes Possession of Integrity Bank, Alpharetta, Georgia - Aug 29
Order to Cease and Desist Issued to Ashley Gerard Roundtree Becomes Final - Aug 29
Order to Cease and Desist Issued to Cameo Mortgage Group, LLC Becomes Final - Aug 29
Busy Labor Day Weekend Ahead for GSP - Aug 28
Georgia State Patrol to Have More Troopers on Patrol for Labor Day - Aug 28
Trusting a car dealer to pay off your loan can be risky business - Aug 28
Walker County Man Arrested for Child Porn - Aug 28
Meriwether County Unidentified Remains - Aug 26
GBI's DNA Database Reaches 1000 Confirmed Hits - Aug 25
State Troopers Remind Drivers of Wet Weather Driving Safety - Aug 25
Georgia State Troopers and Motor Carrier Officers to Participate in "Hands Across the Border" - Aug 22
Two Carroll County Lawyers Indicted on Theft Charges - Aug 22
VA Releases Information on New GI Bill - Aug 22
DHR offers tips to Medicare beneficiaries on avoiding identity theft - Aug 15
ATLANTA (GA) – The Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Aging Services’ GeorgiaCares SMP program is providing tips to Medicare beneficiaries on protecting themselves against identity theft and Medicare fraud. GeorgiaCares SMP provides health insurance counseling, as well as assistance with reporting and following up on Medicare fraud, abuse and error. GeorgiaCares toll-free number is 1-800-669-8387.
2008 Service Officers' School set - Aug 12
Cease and Desist Order Issued to Promenade Mortgage Lending, LLC Becomes Final - Aug 11
Fulton County DFCS hosts back-to-school fair for foster kids - Aug 4
On August 9, the Fulton County Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) will host a back-to-school community health fair for more than 1,300 foster children. The health fair will be at the Southwest DFCS Service Center at 515 Fairburn Road from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. This year’s event theme is "Growing Healthy Families" and is meant to enhance the personal, physical, material and nutritional readiness of every DFCS child and family as they return to school in August.
Department of Human Resources holds Public Budget Hearing - Aug 1
The Board of Human Resources, which oversees and sets policy for the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR), will seek public input as the agency and its Board plan for the state fiscal year 2010 budget. In an effort to become more effective in its delivery of services, the Board of the Georgia Department of Human Resources will hold a budget hearing on August 5 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Helene S. Mills Senior Multipurpose facility at 515 John Wesley Dobbs Drive, Atlanta, GA 30312.
Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program starts in August - Aug 1
The Georgia Department of Human Resources Division of Aging Services (DAS) has received approximately $250,000 in federal funds from the United States Department of Agriculture for this year's Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP). The Farmers' Market Program will run from August 11, 2008, to September 30, 2008.
GeorgiaCares SHIP program receives grant from CMS - Jul 30
GeorgiaCares State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) received a supplemental grant of more than $379,800 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that must be used between June 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009. SHIP is a grantee program of CMS that is available to every state. GeorgiaCares is a program of the Department of Human Resources, Division of Aging Services (DAS).
DHR encourages older adults to get flu immunization - Jul 23
August is National Immunization Awareness Month and the Georgia Department of Human Resources Division of Aging Services (DAS) is encouraging older adults to get immunized against the flu. The flu season, which typically runs from late fall until March, is responsible for an average of more than 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths each year in the United States.
Georgia the winner of Innovations Award - Jul 22
Georgia recently walked away with the 2008 Council of State Governments Innovations Award for pioneering a high-tech statewide crisis and access line center. Funded by the Department of Human Resources (DHR), the Georgia Crisis & Access Line (GCAL) is viewed by the crisis industry as a new generation crisis center.
DHR kicks off Georgia'a first Farmers Market to accept food stamps - Jul 17
ATLANTA – Today, the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) and a host of state and federal officials kicked off Georgia’s first farmers market to accept food stamps, a pilot project enabling families of low-income to have access to fresh produce and other foods. The pilot project is a collaboration including DHR’s Office of Financial Services and Division of Family and Children Services, East Atlanta Village Farmers Market, the Food and Nutrition Services of the United States Department of Agriculture and Georgia Organics. The East Village Farmers Market is one of four farmers markets participating in the pilot program throughout the state. Other markets are scheduled to open in Chatham, Wilkes and Walker counties.
DHR Board to meet July 16, 2008 in Atlanta - Jul 11
The Board of Human Resources will hold its official monthly meeting at 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16th, in room 29.250, Two Peachtree Street N.W. in Atlanta, immediately following a review of the morning committee meetings.
Leaving children unattended in vehicles can be deadly - Jul 8
As temperatures begin to increase, the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR), Division of Public Health, and the Safe Kids of Georgia community partners urge parents not to leave children unsupervised in vehicles for any length of time. It is important to remember that temperatures in your vehicle could spike to 160 degrees Fahrenheit on a hot and humid day within a matter of minutes – even with the windows partly open.