Gwinnett Coalition was one of only 150 community-based organizations across the U.S. to be awarded a grant by the CDC Foundation to promote COVID-19 vaccination and health equity in Gwinnett.
Today’s youth face a litany of challenges on their way to adulthood. But luckily there are ways to help.
The Berrien County Collaborative’s Kinship Support Services Program provides critical case management, family navigation, caregiver support groups, children’s activity groups, respite care, educational workshops, and more.
The COVID-19 pandemic kept many of the Cook County Library’s youngest patrons away for over a year, but Briella was one of the first to return, along with her mom, Sarah McRae, and her younger sister Shelby.
Bless Blairsville, a new service organization founded by Landon Kight, approached Union County Family Connection for guidance, bringing the idea for tiny pantries to life.
Cook County Family Connection is working to reduce food insecurity for children ages birth to 5 while including literacy materials that promote healthy nutrition and wellness.
Voices for Georgia’s Children and the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning are hosting the 11th annual Georgia Pre-K Week this week. For the past 28 years, the nationally recognized Georgia’s Pre-K Program has provided quality early education to the state’s youngest learners.
Researchers at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill conducted an extensive assessment of the Georgia Pre-K program’s impact on children as they continue through the third grade.
In the early days of the pandemic, there was an assumption that children were not as vulnerable to the coronavirus as adults. Now, the virus is having an impact on more children and youth, and this is affecting their opportunity for in-person learning, which is critical to a child’s ability to thrive.
Youth engagement programs can come in many shapes and sizes and are vital to youth development.
When DFCS was awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to evaluate the Kinship Navigator Program, the agency turned to GaFCP to help evaluate and develop a plan to help it best serve the needs of kin caregivers in Georgia.
“Transforming Our Community Summit: From Adversity to Resilience” is a partnership with Augusta University, Georgia Family Connection, the CSRA Community Foundation, Resilient Augusta, and Resilient Georgia.