Hancock County Family Connection-CIS is helping parents and caregivers connect with their children at home by utilizing fun activities and resources they received from the Get Georgia Reading Campaign, GPB, and GaDOE.
Race2Read Literacy Champions show support of literacy and Race2Read with donations, special events, and more. The challenge’s newest champions include Georgia Family Connection and UPS.
Get Georgia Reading, GPB, and GaDOE assembled an array of fun activities parents and caregivers can use to connect with their children at home and reached out to some Georgia Family Connection Collaboratives to get the materials to their most vulnerable families.
Johnson Family Connection Collaborative recently launched a lending libraries project in February, placing 13 boxes filled with books all around the community.
Get Georgia Reading partner Renaissance is again delivering thousands of free books—plus engaging daily news articles—to your computer and mobile devices, available 24 hours a day from May 3 through July 31.
Promoting literacy helps protect the health, well-being and economy of communities, and it’s a great way to engage young readers.
Childhood trauma affects emotional and mental health, and physiological health. LaDonna Collins of the Rome-Floyd County Commission on Children and Youth says understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences and how to prevent them are key components in seeing communities thrive.
Dougherty County Family Literacy Council is partnering with DFCS to help disadvantaged families become self-sufficient, stable, successful—and more literate in family wellness and well-being
The purpose of this request for proposals is to stimulate planning and facilitate collaboration and community discussion to expand the number of school-based health centers in Georgia.
Books, Barbers, and Beauticians was introduced at two locations with the aim of promoting literacy in a fun, functional, incentivizing way.
Suicide—the second leading cause for children and adults ages 10 to 24—has claimed more lives in Georgia than homicides, car accidents, or fatal opioid overdoses. The Suicide Prevention Coalition in Jones County aims to prevent suicide at its root.
More than 9,700 victims of child abuse and neglect were confirmed in Georgia in 2019. Experts agree that at the root of prevention is strengthening relationships and supporting parents and the home environment, and that is at the heart of the GaFCP Family Support Cohort.