GPB Announces 2022 Writers Contest For Kids In K-3
GPB invites all Georgia students in kindergarten through third grade to create a great story, illustrate it, and enter it in the PBS KIDS Writers Contest.
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Guest column: On Bryan County Family Connection
Bryan County Family Connection Executive Director Wendy Sims Futch and her Collaborative are dedicated to the well-being of families, children, and communities in Bryan County.
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DECAL Announces Round Two of POWER Payments
For the second time in less than a year, the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning is awarding $1,000 supplemental payments to all eligible early learning professionals and staff in Georgia.
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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year—for Kids in Bryan County
Bryan County Family Connection this month combined its love for the holiday season with its dedication to improving the stability… Read More
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Local Partners Collaborating on Mass Vaccination Effort
Leaders from Family Connection, United Way of Coastal Georgia, Safe Harbor Center, Coastal Community Health Services, Coastal Georgia Area Community Action Authority and the Department of Public Health participated in a meeting last week to begin the coordinated vaccination effort.
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New Grant to Give Babies Foundation of Learning
Lumpkin Literacy was recently awarded a $25,000 collective impact grant to be used for Bringing The Basics to Georgia as part of the collaboration of Get Georgia Reading and the Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy.
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11th Annual Georgia Pre-K Week Underscores Importance of Early Childhood Education—and Our Youngest Learners
Voices for Georgia’s Children and the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning are hosting the 11th annual Georgia Pre-K Week this week. For the past 28 years, the nationally recognized Georgia’s Pre-K Program has provided quality early education to the state’s youngest learners.
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Augusta University Aims to Build A Stronger Community with Free Summit Sept. 23
“Transforming Our Community Summit: From Adversity to Resilience” is a partnership with Augusta University, Georgia Family Connection, the CSRA Community Foundation, Resilient Augusta, and Resilient Georgia.
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Georgia Rental Assistance Program Provides Relief to Families Amid Pandemic
The Georgia Rental Assistance Program (GRA) is providing rental and utility assistance to tenants, landlords, and utility providers statewide.
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DECAL joins DPH in Updating COVID-19 Guidance for Georgia Child Care Facilities
DECAL and Georgia DPH have updated their COVID-19 Guidance for Georgia Child Care, which covers everything from prevention strategies and promoting vaccinations, to consistent and correct use of masks.
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Sumter County Family Connection, United Way of Southwest Georgia Stuff the Bus for Vulnerable Kids
Sumter County’s most vulnerable students returned to school this month with supplies they received at the Stuff the Bus Initiative to help them get ready for, and succeed in, school.
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Family Connection’s School Supply Scramble Distributes 376 Packed Book Bags
Seminole County Elementary School students came back to campus to meet their teachers and participate in the Seminole County Family Connection Collaborative’s annual School Supply Scramble.