Six Collaboratives
Receive Proficient Status

BY JULIE SHARPE

Six Georgia Family Connection collaboratives received proficient status in the Family Connection Standards for Excellence in Collaboration and Community Decision-Making at the 2007 biennial Family Connection Conference in Athens.

"These counties are at the forefront of collaboration and improving results for children and families," said Gaye Smith, executive director of Family Connection Partnership. "Their commitment to local decision-making has reaped positive benefits in programs these collaboratives have initiated, in having funding allocated to the counties, and in improved results for children and families."

Collaboratives submitted documentation to apply for proficient status, and were selected by a team of Family Connection Partnership personnel and community representatives. The counties that received the designation were Lumpkin, Meriwether, Richmond, Spalding, Warren, and Wilkes.

Lumpkin County

Lumpkin County Community Partnership has been part of the Family Connection network of communities since 1995.

Meriwether County

Meriwether County Interagency Council/Family Connection, Inc. has been part of the Family Connection network of communities since 1995.

Richmond County

The Augusta Partnership for Children, Inc. (formerly Augusta-Richmond County Community Partnership for Children and Families, Inc.) has been part of the Family Connection network of communities since 1992.

Spalding County

The Spalding County Collaborative Authority for Family and Children, Inc. has been part of the Family Connection network of communities since 1994.

Warren County

The Warren County Family of Families Collaborative has been part of the Family Connection network of communities since 1999.

Wilkes County

Wilkes County Community Partnership has been part of the Family Connection network of communities for more than a decade.

The Standards were developed and guided by a workgroup of Family Connection Partnership and community representatives to provide consistency across all 159 collaboratives. Proficient status means the collaborative went beyond expectations and demonstrated its commitment to and achievement in developing and sustaining the collaborative structure and processes that lead to improved results for children, families, and communities.

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