Regional Youth/Family Engagement Grants Request for Proposal (RFP)

Regional Youth/Family Engagement Grants are available to regional Peer-to-Peer Networks to organize an event that will involve both youth and parents. Activities must promote the educational advancement of underserved youth age 12 and older. Activities may include youth/parent rallies, vocational/college fairs, skill- and confidence-building workshops, other youth development activities, and parenting workshops.

Applications are due May 29 by 5 p.m. Contact Lakieshia Jones at lakieshia@gafcp.org for more details.

Click here to download the Regional Youth and Family Engagement Grants Request for Proposal (RFP).

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Using Quality Data to Improve Children’s Health Outcomes

Healthcare Georgia Foundation and VOICES for Georgia’s Children invite you to join them on June 23, from 9-11 a.m. at the Loudermilk Center in Atlanta, for a discussion on how states are using Medicaid and CHIP to address and advance child health.

Learn about initiatives being implemented locally through the Georgia Families program to improve child health, and how forthcoming quality data can best be utilized to advance these objectives. Hear from experts about child health collaboratives underway nationwide and about the momentum toward child health quality measurement and improvement initiatives at the Federal level.

Nationally recognized presenters include:
Charles Homer MD, MPH
President and CEO of the National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality (NICHQ)

Jennifer Edwards, DrPH
Principal with Health Management Associates

Space is limited, so please send an attendance request as soon as possible to info@georgiavoices.org

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Call for Nominations

Voices for Georgia's Children hosts an annual Big Voice for Children Awards event to recognize child advocates and their special work that profoundly affects all Georgians. Help celebrate these advocates by nominating someone you feel has has provided leadership on important issues for children ant the local and state level, who has been outspoken about the needs of children, and has fostered support in the community to improve outcomes for them.

The deadline for submitting nominations is June 1. And don't forget to save the date for the big event. The 2009 Big Voice for Children Awards is scheduled for Nov. 13 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta.

Check the Voices for Georgia's Children Web site for details..

Download an application.

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Watch GPB's documentary, "The Road Beyond Abuse," and panel discussion with GaFCP's Gaye Smith online

If you missed Georgia Public Broadcasting's (GPB) documentary, "The Road Beyond Abuse," you can watch it online. You also can link to "The Road Beyond Abuse: A Discussion." Georgia Family Connection Partnership Executive Director Gaye Smith participated on a panel of experts examining what Georgia is doing to combat child neglect and abuse

"The Road Beyond Abuse," depicts the poignant stories of child abuse survivors. Narrated by Jane Fonda and produced by GPB Executive Producer Pam Roberts, the documentary focuses on two adults now living in Georgia. Though both of them were physically and emotionally battered for years, they refused to give up and went on to achieve great things in their lives. "The Road Beyond Abuse" looks at how and why this was possible.

To watch the program and the discussion online, and to link to child abuse resources in Georgia, visit GPB's Web site.

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Georgia Center for Nonprofits to host 18th Annual Nonprofit Summit

The Georgia Center for Nonprofits will host its signature event, the Annual Nonprofit Summit, at AmericasMart in Atlanta May 11 and 12. The Center has enhanced the format and length of its 18th annual conference--Horizons: The Future of Nonprofits--to incorporate:

• more than 20 workshops (on fund raising, marketing, leadership and innovation);
• Revolutions Awards Ceremony honoring Ingrid Saunders Jones of Coca-Cola and Usher Raymond IV of Usher’s New Look;
• evening Cocktail Reception on Monday, May 11;
• roundtable discussion with corporate and foundation funders; and
• complimentary consulting clinics with experts.

The Georgia Center for Nonprofits is the only organization of its kind in the state that serves, strengthens and supports the nonprofit professional. The Annual Nonprofit Summit provides you with an opportunity to network with your peers, learn new skills, and recharge your batteries, which can seem nearly impossible, yet vital to your career success.

Members receive the discounted price of $299, an all-access pass to the two-day event. You can get $50 off your registration by typing the code SUMMIT50 in the promotion box of your online registration shopping cart.

For more information, and to register, visit the Georgia Center for Nonprofits' Web site.

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GaFCP's Indicators of Child and Family Well-Being Project Wins International Innovation Award

Georgia Family Connection Partnership's Georgia KIDS COUNT project, "Georgia Indicators of Child, Family, and Community Well-Being: Decision-Making by the Numbers," took second place in the 2008 Community Indicator Consortium (CIC) Innovation Awards. CIC presented the award in June at its Sixth International Conference in Arlington, Va.

CIC celebrates programs from around the world that use indicators to measure needs and progress, and then effectively use that data to make positive improvements in their communities.

Read the entire story in Connected.

Learn more about the award at the CIC Web site.

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Governor’s Office for Children & Families and Office of Child Advocate, Division of Child Fatality Review Training

The Governor’s Office for Children and Families and the Georgia Office of the Child Advocate, Child Fatality Review Division, are hosting five regional sessions during February, 2009.

The sessions are free, but registration is required as space is limited. Check the GOCF web site for registration information and other training and news updates or simply click on the link below for the date you’d like to attend. Some mileage reimbursements will be available – please make this request when registering.

For details, download flyer or go to www.children.ga.gov

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Atlanta Prevent Child Abuse Georgia 2009 Fun Fête

Fun Fête is a unique, festive event celebrating Prevent Child Abuse Georgia's 25th anniversary and the child in all of us. The evening will be filled with carnival-style games and attractions, fabulous food, auctions, raffles, entertainment, and much more.

Check Prevent Child Abuse Georgia for details.

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Obesity is adults' No. 1 concern

Obesity is adults' No. 1 concern about children's health, but not among Hispanics In 2008, adults consider obesity the top health problem for children, although Hispanics rated the issue much lower despite being at greater risk for obesity than other groups.

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