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  • Never Fly Solo

    Lt. Col. (ret.) Rob ‘Waldo’ Waldman recognizes that Georgia Family Connection’s mission is critical, because Georgia’s children are counting on us. He’s going to help us tap into our limitless potential. Watch what he has to say

  • Common Core—Meeting Challenges and Misinformation Head-on

    Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education responds to concerns and arguments being made in a Heartland article titled, “New Advanced Placement Framework Distorts America’s History,” about the newly revised Advanced Placement (AP) History Standards.

  • Our Littlest Learners

    Even though infants can’t speak or read, introducing words and books strengthens their ability to understand, communicate, and learn. From the moment a baby is born, it is critical for caregivers to infuse language and positive interactions through a “serve and return” approach.

  • Language Nutrition for All

    Just as children require warmth, food, and protection, they also require “language nutrition” to meet their developmental potential.

  • DWTS Contestant Cody Simpson Visits Lumpkin County to Fight Child Hunger

    “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Cody Simpson made a surprise visit to Lumpkin County to congratulate 18 students who collected 2,000 pounds of food—about 708 meals per person—which won them a national Child Hunger Ends Here competition. Georgia Family Connection helped make that happen.

  • Gordon County Coordinator Roberta Charbonneau named 2014 Georgia Big Sister of the Year

    Taylor was just 15 months old when her father died in a car crash and her mother began a battle with Huntington’s disease. That same illness took both Taylor’s mom’s and her aunt’s life in 2009. That’s when Roberta Charbonneau, the Georgia Family Connection Collaborative coordinator in Gordon County, opened a world of possibilities for Taylor.

  • Get rid of the ‘food desert’ label

    Being labeled a food desert makes a neighborhood undesirable, rather than a target of opportunity. He also says the discussion gets mean-spirited when critics assert that it’s the people—not the neighborhoods—who are broken.

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