Our Family Connection collaborative serves as the local decision-making body, bringing community partners together to develop, implement, and evaluate plans that address the serious challenges facing Georgia’s children and families.
Check out what’s new in Candler County
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Candler County Family Connection, Inc: Region: 9 |
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Lisa Brown Rigdon: Director |
Dennis Allen: Chair |
Access and download Georgia KIDS COUNT data to inform your decisions in your efforts to improve child and family well-being in your community.
Use our resources to help you craft local solutions to issues in your city, county, or legislative district through a non-partisan, evidence-based lens.
Find out how we’re working together across the state to nurture children and families who thrive in vibrant communities—everywhere.
LIFT Youth Center Inc. has been selected to become a designated State of Hope site and to receive funding to aid with project implementation. The State of Hope initiative was started in 2018 through a partnership between DFCS, Georgia State University’s Center for Professional Excellence, and GaFCP.
Cook County Family Connection was one of 17 organizations across the U.S. to receive research funding from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute in summer 2020 to conduct a six-month study on COVID-19 pandemic’s local impact.
ENGAGE: Connecting With Georgia’s Children and Youth is a GMA and Georgia City Solutions initiative that highlights and supports cities and city officials engaging and connecting with children and youth in their communities and addressing the issues they face.