Hosted by the Bulloch County Commission on Human Services, a Georgia Family Connection Collaborative, the summit is part of ongoing efforts to strengthen and support families across the region.
Cobb Collaborative—a Georgia Family Connection Collaborative—the Kiwanis Club of Marietta, and the City of Marietta joined with community and business leaders this month to celebrate the official opening of two Little Free Libraries. They are the 82nd and 83rd Little Free Libraries Cobb Collaborative has installed in the community since 2021.
Crisp County Community Council, a Georgia Family Connection Collaborative, held a meeting, inviting representatives from different social services to collaborate and share.
A winter storm warning forecasting two to four inches of snow and strong wind gusts did little to slow the 13 Georgia Family Connection Collaboratives in northeast Georgia from hosting 90 vendors and 65 community and service providers at Lanier Technical College’s Ramsey Center for the region’s fourth annual resource fair.
A Georgia Family Connection Community Assessment is a structured process used to identify and analyze a community’s strengths, needs, and resources. It provides a thorough understanding of population demographics, social and economic conditions, health status, and the availability and effectiveness of community services.
It’s time to sharpen those pencils! 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.
Bulloch County is entering an exciting new chapter of community impact with Lora Cooper stepping into the role of Executive Director of Bulloch County Family Connection.
In Bryan County Family Connection Director Wendy Sims Futch’s job, data tells an important story about the people the Georgia Family Connection Collaborative and its partners seek to serve.
The regional manager provides mission-driven technical assistance, training, mentoring, and coaching to Georgia Family Connection county Collaboratives to enhance their effectiveness in improving outcomes for families.
The CDC recommends that children ages 3 to 5 need to be physically active throughout the day, engaging in aerobic, muscle building, and bone strengthening activities. This matters because adequate physical activity plays a key role in children’s cognitive, social-emotional, physical development—and lays the foundation for long-term health and well-being.
The initiative helps to raise awareness, promote resiliency and reduce stigma around mental health issues, particularly in light of increased numbers around the incidences of people reporting high levels of stress, anxiety and suicide ideation.
Before Family Connection Camden develops and implements strategies to improve outcomes, the Collaborative looks at indicators of well-being like school readiness, high school graduation rates, and proficiency in reading and math.