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Georgia Department of Human Resources Office of Communications Dena J. Smith, Press Secretary
Two Peachtree Street, NW Suite 29-426 Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3 142
Phone: 404-656-4937 Fax: 404-65 1-6815
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 10,2007 For information, contact: Camille Cunningham 4041463-5027 cycunnin~harn@,-dhr.state.~a.us
DHR BOARD TO MEET AUGUST 15,2007 IN ATLANTA
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ATLANTA (GA) - The Board of Human Resources will hold its official monthly meeting at
1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, August 15, in room 29.250, Two Peachtree Street N.W. in Atlanta,
immediately following a review of the morning committee meetings.
In its official meeting the board will hear reports from Department of Human Resources (DHR)
Commissioner B. J. Walker and Board Chair Dr. Mary Burns. In addition, the board will hear a
committee report; a Physicians Credentials Committee report; as well as vote on DHR's state fiscal
year 2009 budget proposal; vote on the adoption of rules and regulations for the revisions to Food
Service; approve a resolution for the naming of the new District Public Health Office building in
Rome; and request to authorize a public hearing for the proposed new rules and regulations for Adult
Day Centers.
From 10 a.m. to noon the board will meet in committees to continue their review of all DHR
programs. The committees and meeting room locations at Two Peachtree Street are: Aging, 9th floor,
room 260; Family and Children Services, 29th floor, room 250; Public Health, 15th floor, room 300;
Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases, 22nd floor, room 270; Regulatory
Services, 32nd floor, room 380; and Information Technology, 4th floor, room 305. All Board of
Human Resources meetings, including committee meetings, are open to the public.
The DHR leadership will be in attendance, to include Deputy Commissioner Dave Statton,
Deputy Commissioner Jim Sanregret, Deputy Commissioner Gina Simpson, Division of Aging
Services Director Maria Greene, Division of Family and Children Services Deputy Director Isabel
Blanco, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases Director Gwen
Skinner, Division of Public Health Director Dr. Stuart Brown, Office of Child Support Services
Director Cindy Moss, Office of Regulatory Service Director Sharon Dougherty, Office of Information
Technology Director John Stewart, Office of Legal Services Chief Brenda Woodard, and Office of
Communications Director Dena Smith.