Engaging Youth in Douglasville: Providing an Alternative to Gangs
ENGAGE: Connecting With Georgia’s Children and Youth supports cities and city officials engaging and connecting with youth in their communities and addressing the issues they face.
ENGAGE: Connecting With Georgia’s Children and Youth supports cities and city officials engaging and connecting with youth in their communities and addressing the issues they face.
The work of Neighborhood Leaders in Athens-Clarke County, led by Family Connection-Communities in Schools of Athens (FC-CIS), is more vital than ever as COVID-19 impacts communities.
Get Meriwether Reading, a coalition of leaders working to encourage development of the next generation, hosted a Mommy & Me Fall Fun Day event coordinated by Meriwether County Family Connection.
A new affordable apartment complex utilizes an on-site early learning center in the clubhouse to provide young children with supports and services they need to boost early literacy skills.
Macie McCannon, a 16-year-old mother, is strengthening her parenting skills and knowledge through the Elbert County home visitation program.
Amerigroup has awarded $10,000 in grant funding to Georgia Family Connection Partnership (GaFCP) to support the relief efforts of 11 county Collaboratives.
Montgomery County Commissioner Brandon Braddy is looking to Census 2020 as a way to improve conditions for struggling neighbors. He turned to Kristy Bennett, coordinator for Tri-County Family Connection, to lead the efforts.
Business owners, volunteers, and school officials in Lumpkin County found ways to help the community while facing their own COVID-related challenges.
Healthcare Georgia Foundation’s Catalyst interviewed Zoe Myers and Jennifer Lovett of Cook County Family Connection to find out how the Collaborative is doing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Polk County’s Complete Count Committee—which includes county and city representatives, public health officials, local media, parents, and leaders from local schools, libraries, and churches—brainstormed new ways to promote the census, particularly in hard-to-reach neighborhoods.
The Georgia Family Connection Partnership WIC Matters Cohort, a group of nine Georgia Family Connection Collaboratives, is working together with WIC to help ensure that all eligible women are informed about, enroll in, and actively use the program’s valuable resources.
Troup County literacy leaders found new ways to reach kids safely this year, expanding coverage and piloting an online tutoring program called “Read, Learn, Grow.”