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  • Oh, What Fun It is to Read

    Brighten Up the Holidays with a Free Literacy Resource from Scholastic As your family prepares for the holidays, and kids… Read More

  • Region 6—Strengthening Families and School Success

    The 11 Georgia Family Connection county Collaboratives in Region 7 are bringing partners together with a common goal to strengthen families and help students succeed. Promoting healthy living, offering Bridges Out of Poverty training and GED recruitment events, making literacy for all ages a priority, working to prevent child abuse and neglect, and revitalizing communities are just some of the ways the Collaboratives are moving toward their goal.

  • Region 5—Changing Lives

    Distributing a half million books to kids, providing 50,000 meals to children who would have gone hungry over the summer and weekends, and logging in 45,000 volunteer hours valued at more than a million dollars are just some of the ways Family Connection is working to ensure that every child and family will thrive.

  • Region 4—In Celebration of Collaboration

    The 10 county Collaboratives in Region 4—located on the Georgia-Alabama line in the west central section of the state—where a quarter of the population lives in poverty, are committed to helping families become self sufficient, and to build positive behavior and relationships.

  • Mind the Gap!

    Georgia’s achievement gaps between children of color and white children, between low-income children and children in higher-income families, and between English language learners and English speakers are all narrowing, showing improvement across almost all sectors.