And Our Next Reader Is…The Mayor
by Sara Baxter An innovative new program from Georgia City Solutions encourages mayors get out into the community and read… Read More
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Putting the Needs of Children and Families First in Clarkston
By Sara Baxter Even before the pandemic, Roberta Malavenda was hearing about the challenges Clarkston families were having in finding… Read More
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Caring Communities are the Cornerstone for Student Success in Fulton County
By Diana St. Lifer Atlanta Fulton Family Connection Coordinator Janet Adams said one word best describes what it takes to… Read More
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Drawing Courage from Our Kids—Confronting Systemic Racism in Rockdale County
When Courageous Conversations Rockdale was looking for trailblazers to form their youth pilot, they sent out a call to all public and private schools in the county.
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Lamar County Leaders Partner to Promote Women’s Health and Healthy Birth Weight
Sherry Farr, nurse manager in Lamar County, noted that while there are many aspects to the story of low birthweight babies in the county, the programming has been working.
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Georgia’s Future Economic Vitality Banking on Reaching the Missing 16%
“We will have more jobs than workers—and there aren’t enough kids in the education pipeline in K-12 who will graduate between now and 2025, even if we graduated every student. So that 16% not graduating on time hurts us,” said GPEE President Dana Rickman.
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Poverty Task Force Helps Families Prosper in Hart County
Hart County is fighting the battle against child poverty on several fronts, and the strategy is working.
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Turning the Tide on Suicide and Substance Abuse in Coffee County
Coffee County is all too familiar with the heartache a community endures when mental health challenges end in tragedy. A cluster of suicide attempts within two weeks left a grieving community questioning how to prevent further tragedies.
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Planting Seeds of Rural Prosperity by Raising Future Leaders in Lee County
Sometimes progress takes patience. This was the case for Lee County Family Connection Executive Director Patsy Shirley and Lee County Chamber of Commerce President Lisa Davis, who shared a vision to create the Junior Leadership Lee program.
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Child Poverty Rates and Low Literacy Scores Rouse Meriwether County Family Connection to Shift Strategy
Sometimes one conversation can create a seismic shift in strategy. That’s what happened when Rhonda Fuller attended a peer-to-peer presentation in Troup County after stepping into the role of executive director for Meriwether County Family Connection in 2017.
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Teens Learn Hard Reality of Their Choices at Polk Teen Maze Event
The program, a project of Polk Family Connection, which is sponsored by Georgia Family Connection, brings together local organizations and community leaders to help drive home the seriousness of the students’ actions and how they affect themselves and their loved ones.
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Freedom Schools Provide Haven of Support and Learning for Students in Peoplestown
Funding from Coaching for Literacy enabled Emmaus House, in partnership with the Get Georgia Reading—Campaign for Grade Level Reading, to transition the program to meet the educational and socio-emotional needs of K – 3 children, funding critical supplies, training, books, and literacy kits.