Press Releases

DeKalb County Government will distribute 3,500 COVID-19 Survival Boxes this weekend as part of its continuing effort to assist residents affected by the pandemic. This monthly distribution will feature cereal variety packs for children, along masks, sanitizer, 20 lbs. of fruit and vegetables and a 10-pound package of chicken hindquarters.

Approximately 5,000 tenants and landlords have applied for financial help since the DeKalb Tenant-Landlord Assistance Coalition program opened Friday, Feb. 12. According to Javoyne Hicks, DeKalb County Clerk of State and Magistrate Courts, the program had received approximately 34,000 website visits and 7,300 emails.

The DeKalb County Audit Oversight Committee will meet virtually on Feb. 26, 2021, at noon. To view the meeting via Zoom, go to https://dekalbcountyga.zoom.us/j/84335519530. To join by telephone, dial 602-333-0032 and use conference code 252894.

The DeKalb County Human Services Department, in partnership with the DeKalb County Board of Health and District 5 Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson, recently helped 500 DeKalb seniors to get COVID-19 vaccinations. The Pop-Up Vaccination Clinic was held at the Lou Walker Senior Center and was made possible with the help of volunteer health clinicians, who were members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.

DeKalb County Government continues to fight COVID-19 food insecurity during a monthly food distribution event scheduled for this weekend. On Saturday, Feb. 20, the county will host four drive-through food distribution events during which 3,500 DeKalb residents will receive one 20-pound box of fruit and vegetables and a 10-pound package of chicken hindquarters.