Prescription Drug Abuse—It’s Not What the Doctor Ordered
SB Wire l Digital Journal
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Dawson adult hosts may be fined for underage drinking
by Denise Ray l Dawson Advertiser
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Commissioners approve social hosting ordinance
by Michele Hester Staff Writer l Dawson News
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Summit Offers Hope for Families Struggling with Mental and Behavioral Health Issues
Families who live in the rural areas of Georgia’s coastal counties are contending with escalating mental and behavioral health problems. The symptoms have manifested themselves into community plagues, like child abuse and neglect, generational poverty, and drug addiction. That’s why Georgia Family Connection Collaboratives from the nine counties in Region 12 set out to discover why resources that are already available are not being used to their fullest potential.
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Parent group supports social hosting ordinance
by Michele Hester Staff Writer l Dawson News
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Sumter County Family Connection holds planning session
by Beth Alston l Americus Times-Recorder
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Randolph County Head Start Children Receive Free Books
Approximately seventy Head Start students received their first book as participants in the Reads Ferst program.
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Mary, Mary, How Does Your Community Garden Grow?
When 74-year-old Washington County resident Mary Thomas was presented with the opportunity last year to adopt the community garden at her housing development, she gave the green thumbs up. Now her entire community is reaping the benefits gathering and eating natural healthy foods from the harvest.
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Washington County Helping Its Residents Shape Up
The message to the more than 20,000 residents of Washington County is loud and clear: Shape Up! And Washington County Family Connection and Communities in Schools is ready to do what it takes to help residents in the 680-square-mile county improve their lives through healthy choices.
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Free summer meals for all Schley children 18 and under
by Beth Alston l Americus Times-Recorder
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Suicide threats concern Camden health officials
by Gordon Jackson l The Brunswick News
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Georgia Foster Care Report Finds ‘Every Kid Needs A Family’
Georgia Family Connection Partnership’s Rebecca Rice discusses the results of a 2015 survey on foster care on WABE’s ”A Closer Look.”