Welcome to DHS

Welcome to the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) website. DHS is the new structure of the former Georgia Department of Human Resources. Our mission is to provide Georgia with customer-focused human services that promote child and adult protection, child welfare, stronger families and self-sufficiency. DHS includes the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) the Division of Aging Services (DAS), the Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), the Office of Residential Child Care (RCC) and various support offices.

A Message from the Commissioner

The Heart of Service
Since 1972, Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) has won some extraordinary victories for Georgia’s most vulnerable citizens. Click here to access a special report, The Heart of Service, that highlights many of those victories in the last five years. The progress in health and human services detailed in this report serves as DHR’s enduring legacy and the blueprint of a new agency dedicated to serving all of Georgia. Please view Commissioner Walker's letter.

View new organization chart for DHS

Guide to Services

If you have been laid off and are in need of assistance with food, health care or other types of social services, see this guide.

View DHS videos on health and safety

Learn about emergency preparedness, assure for your family's health needs during a pandemic, learn drug abuse prevention measures and more on our video page. View videos »