Georgia Department of Public Health
Babies Can’t Wait Early Intervention · About this organization
What you get
Free developmental screening, evaluation, and a family service plan. Some other services use a sliding fee; inability to pay cannot prevent service.
How to start
Gather parent consent before evaluation or services.
The details, as published
Babies Can’t Wait evaluates and serves Georgia children from birth to the third birthday who have a qualifying diagnosed condition or a developmental delay confirmed by a qualified team. Screening, evaluation, IFSP development, coordination, and safeguards are free; other services may use a sliding fee, but inability to pay cannot bar service. Exact B-ALL code C91.00 did not automatically qualify in the live database.
What help you may get
Navigation Guides And Advocacy
Babies Can’t Wait Early Intervention — navigation guides and advocacy
Babies Can’t Wait evaluates and serves Georgia children from birth to the third birthday who have a qualifying diagnosed condition or a developmental delay confirmed by a qualified team. Screening, evaluation, IFSP development, coordination, and safeguards are free; other services may use a sliding fee, but inability to pay cannot bar service. Exact B-ALL code C91.00 did not automatically qualify in the live database.
Amount not published
Peer And Emotional Support
Babies Can’t Wait Early Intervention — peer and emotional support
Babies Can’t Wait evaluates and serves Georgia children from birth to the third birthday who have a qualifying diagnosed condition or a developmental delay confirmed by a qualified team. Screening, evaluation, IFSP development, coordination, and safeguards are free; other services may use a sliding fee, but inability to pay cannot bar service. Exact B-ALL code C91.00 did not automatically qualify in the live database.
Amount not published
School And Learning
Babies Can’t Wait Early Intervention — school and learning
Babies Can’t Wait evaluates and serves Georgia children from birth to the third birthday who have a qualifying diagnosed condition or a developmental delay confirmed by a qualified team. Screening, evaluation, IFSP development, coordination, and safeguards are free; other services may use a sliding fee, but inability to pay cannot bar service. Exact B-ALL code C91.00 did not automatically qualify in the live database.
Amount not published
Travel And Transportation
Babies Can’t Wait Early Intervention — travel and transportation
Babies Can’t Wait evaluates and serves Georgia children from birth to the third birthday who have a qualifying diagnosed condition or a developmental delay confirmed by a qualified team. Screening, evaluation, IFSP development, coordination, and safeguards are free; other services may use a sliding fee, but inability to pay cannot bar service. Exact B-ALL code C91.00 did not automatically qualify in the live database.
Amount not published
Why this may help
School And Learning: Developmental evaluation and early-intervention planning identify services that help your child learn and develop.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official program scope includes U.S. children with cancer, which includes pediatric B-ALL when the stated eligibility rules are met.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: 159 county health departments and 18 public health districts.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
- If eligible and enrolled, work with the team on an Individualized Family Service Plan.
- Provide parent consent before evaluation or services.
- Refer the child by shared form, phone, email, fax, letter, or in person to the county office.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Web Form
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
- B-ALL alone is not published as an automatic qualifying diagnosis; a separate listed condition, confirmed developmental delay, or special-circumstances review is required.
- Confirm B-ALL special-circumstance review, fee scale, insurance effects, provider waitlists, tele-intervention, and response time.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Babies Can’t Wait Early Intervention · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Babies Can’t Wait Early Intervention · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Babies Can’t Wait Early Intervention · checked Aug 24, 2026