Creating A Pathway to Stability by Addressing Food Access in Lanier County
Family Connection is educating children about healthy foods, empowering families to make healthier choices, and expanding access to food through programs.
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Longitudinal Evaluation Shows that Georgia’s Pre-K Program Prepares Students to Enter Kindergarten
According to a longitudinal evaluation of Georgia’s Pre-K Program funded by Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning, children who attended Georgia’s Pre-K had significantly better scores than their peers who did not attend any pre-k program in literacy, oral language, and executive function outcomes.
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Camden County Community Baby Shower for New Parents and Babies Planned for April 26
Camden County nurse manager Melissa Perkins said she wants this to become a tradition after the health department held its first one last year.
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Quiet Connections Keep This Community Together
They work silently. They work behind the scenes. And they work tirelessly on one of Lumpkin County’s most vital undertakings in a year-round effort to help local children in need.
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Brooks County Family Connection Uses Community Insight to Boost Food Access
Brooks County Family Connection is one of four Collaboratives participating in an effort to implement a systems change approach to increase access to healthy food that launched in 2024.
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Mitchell County Children and Youth Works to Get Students Back into the Classroom—and Keep Families Engaged
Student attendance never used to be a problem in Mitchell County. That changed after the pandemic, when the rate jumped from just 2.9% in 2021 to 39.3% in 2022—much higher than Georgia’s rate of 24.4%.
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Doing ‘Something More’ to Make a Difference in Stewart County
Stewart ranks 147th in health outcomes and 140th for health factors out of Georgia’s 159 counties. Stewart County Family Connection and Stewart County Cooperative UGA Extension Office have teamed up to make strides in creating a healthier community by addressing the county’s most daunting challenges.
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Georgia Family Connection Collaboratives in Cobb, Dalton, and Dooly Counties Named Inaugural Georgia Reads Communities
Recipients represent community partnerships that, over the past three to five years, set goals for literacy improvements and made proven progress meeting those goals.
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Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton Honored with 2025 Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award
Barton has expanded the organization’s reach and impact, strengthening partnerships among nonprofits, businesses, and local leaders to address critical community needs.
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Fayette FACTOR Announces Tara Hannon as New Director of Programs
Fayette FACTOR, Inc. (Fayette Alliance Connecting Together Our Resources), a Georgia Family Connection Collaborative, is proud to announce the promotion of Tara Hannon to Director of Programs.
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Empowering Communities Through Civic Engagement
With a 27-year track record of engaging community stakeholders, the Cobb Collaborative, a Georgia Family Connection Collaborative, is a proud partner of the Southern Poverty Law Center and Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s Vote Your Voice program.
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Georgia Reads Celebrates READBowl Students, Literacy Partners at State Capitol
Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton said the journey is a “lot of little steps.”