/index.php/communicate/news/ en Copyright 2012 2012-05-10T21:15:13+00:00 http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/BlankIncentives/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/BlankIncentives/#When:April 19 2012 Bill Valladares Georgia Family Connection Partnership (GaFCP) is going to provide incentives that will encourage teachers and parents of young children to participate in vital focus groups throughout Georgia, thanks to funding from The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. The focus groups will give teachers and parents of children from birth to age five an opportunity to discuss their needs relating to early care and education. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/TriCountyYAT/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/TriCountyYAT/#When:April 09 2012 Bill Valladares Tri-County Family Connection’s Youth Action Team (YAT) is hosting Safety Awareness Week at Wheeler County High School (WCHS) beginning today to bring driver safety awareness to the students—especially before prom. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/LiteracyEventSumter/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/LiteracyEventSumter/#When:April 04 2012 Bill Valladares More than 200 children in Sumter County will receive a new book every month for an entire year thanks to The Ferst Foundation’s inaugural “Love for Literacy” gala. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/031412HealthClinicRFP/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/031412HealthClinicRFP/#When:March 14 2012 Bill Valladares Emory University’s Department of Pediatrics Urban Health Program will award $10,000 planning grants to organizations and communities interested in exploring the creation of school-based health clinics. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/HealthyGeorgiaDay/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/HealthyGeorgiaDay/#When:March 05 2012 Bill Valladares GaFCP is teaming up with Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle for the 2nd annual Be Healthy Georgia Day at the Capitol on Saturday, March 10. The day kicks off with a kids one-mile fun run at 9 a.m. This is a free family event. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/SnapshotPoverty/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/SnapshotPoverty/#When:February 23 2012 Bill Valladares The number of children living in high-poverty areas in Georgia has increased by 81 percent over the past 10 years, according to High-Poverty Communities Surge in Georgia, a new Georgia KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot from Georgia Family Connection Partnership. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/BibbMonroePartnership/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/BibbMonroePartnership/#When:December 01 2011 Bill Valladares This partnership is an opportunity to strengthen and leverage cross-county relationships. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/SevenSchool-basedHCGrants/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/SevenSchool-basedHCGrants/#When:November 04 2011 Bill Valladares Emory Department of Pediatrics Urban Health Program is giving Georgia’s school-based clinic services a much-needed boost to increase access and care for children by awarding additional planning grants. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/2011Winners100BestCommunities/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/2011Winners100BestCommunities/#When:October 14 2011 Bill Valladares When America’s Promise Alliance released the 2011 list of 100 Best Communities for Young People this week, Troup and Houston counties were among the winners. The competition recognizes cities across the country that focus on reducing high-school dropout rates and providing service and support to youth. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/JuvenileIncarcerationReport/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/JuvenileIncarcerationReport/#When:October 04 2011 Bill Valladares Locking up juvenile offenders in correctional facilities is not paying off from a public safety, rehabilitation or cost perspective, according to a new report the Annie E. Casey Foundation released today. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/OneInFourChildrenInPoverty/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/OneInFourChildrenInPoverty/#When:September 23 2011 Bill Valladares Newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau show the profound impact the recession has had on Georgia's children and families. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/Fitzgerald-BenHillcountyposition/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/Fitzgerald-BenHillcountyposition/#When:September 13 2011 Bill Valladares http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/2011NationalKIDSCOUNTDataBookRelease/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/2011NationalKIDSCOUNTDataBookRelease/#When:August 16 2011 Bill Valladares According to the 2011 national KIDS COUNT Data Book released today by The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Georgia held onto a national ranking of 42nd in critical indicators of child well-being for the third straight year. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/072611supermarkets/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/072611supermarkets/#When:July 26 2011 Bill Valladares Georgia’s existing supermarkets are unevenly distributed, leaving a disproportionately high number of lower-income residents without access to healthy food. Georgia Family Connection Partnership has helped form a Georgia Supermarket Access Task Force to develop a solution for this state. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/UpdateKIDSCOUNTIndicators/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/UpdateKIDSCOUNTIndicators/#When:July 08 2011 Bill Valladares Georgia Family Connection Partnership recently released an updated list of the Georgia KIDS COUNT indicators of child well-being, cutting the number of indicators from 49 to 45. Changes will help us better capture data we need to inform program, policy, and budget decisions. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/0511EvalSnapshot/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/0511EvalSnapshot/#When:May 31 2011 Bill Valladares A conservative estimate of the cost of low-birthweight in the United States is $26.2 billion per year. Georgia incurs approximately $1 billion of those expenses. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/MorganCountyPosition/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/MorganCountyPosition/#When:May 23 2011 Bill Valladares Morgan County Family Connection invites applications for a county coordinator. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/GhostOut/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/GhostOut/#When:May 17 2011 Bill Valladares Ghost Out and Crash Reenactment Program educates students on the consequences of distracted driving http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/NewsPeachCounty5k/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/NewsPeachCounty5k/#When:May 02 2011 Bill Valladares Peach County Family Connection raised awareness about child abuse and neglect and childhood obesity in April by getting members of the community to lace up for its inaugural 5K Walk/Run Race. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/CagleEquipment/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/CagleEquipment/#When:April 15 2011 Bill Valladares Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation, and Good Sports have issued a call for community groups in Georgia to submit applications for this second round of equipment donation grants. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/NewsCalhounCountyBook/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/NewsCalhounCountyBook/#When:April 13 2011 Bill Valladares Calhoun County Family Connection Collaborative is pairing up senior citizens with at-risk youth in a mentoring project that promotes education, while capturing the stories of its most venerable residents in a book. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/ThirdGradeIsKey/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/ThirdGradeIsKey/#When:April 11 2011 Bill Valladares KIDS COUNT study shows students who don't learn to read well by third grade are more likely to drop out of high school. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/AreteScholarships/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/AreteScholarships/#When:April 07 2011 Bill Valladares The Arete Scholars Fund is accepting scholarship applications from Georgia's economically challenged families for the 2011–12 school year through its new online system. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/FayetteHealthiestCounty/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/FayetteHealthiestCounty/#When:March 31 2011 Bill Valladares Fayette is the healthiest county in Georgia according a new county health rankings report released this week. Calhoun County is the state's least healthy. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/030711HealthClinicRFP/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/030711HealthClinicRFP/#When:March 07 2011 Bill Valladares Emory University’s Department of Pediatrics Urban Health Program will award planning grants to organizations and communities interested in exploring the creation of a school-based health clinics. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/022311gafcpTestifiesFY12Budget/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/022311gafcpTestifiesFY12Budget/#When:February 23 2011 Bill Valladares Georgia Family Connection Partnership Executive Director Gaye Smith provided testimony on the FY12 budget to the House Appropriations sub-committee on Human Resources early this week. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/011011TaborHeights/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/011011TaborHeights/#When:January 10 2011 Bill Valladares Peach County Family Connection supports two programs that are improving the quality of life for families and children in the Tabor Heights community. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/121310NorthwestGaConf/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/121310NorthwestGaConf/#When:December 13 2010 Bill Valladares Georgia Family Connection collaborative organizations from the northwest region recently got together to host the Northwest Georgia Mini-Conference. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/110510DemonstrationWaiverApproved/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/110510DemonstrationWaiverApproved/#When:November 05 2010 Bill Valladares Medicare and Medicaid Services approved DCH application for a Medicaid 1115 demonstration waiver to provide family planning-related services to individuals ineligible for Medicaid or SCHIP http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/110210PlanningGrantsSchoolBasedHealthCenters/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/110210PlanningGrantsSchoolBasedHealthCenters/#When:November 02 2010 Bill Valladares $3 million gift from The Zeist Foundation aimed to help improve outcomes for at-risk children throughout the state over the next five years. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/102010CommunityQuarterbackAward/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/102010CommunityQuarterbackAward/#When:October 20 2010 Bill Valladares The Atlanta Falcons are pleased to announce the criteria for the 2010 Community Quarterback Award, which honors volunteers in Georgia ages 13 and over who exemplify leadership and dedication to bettering their communities. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/100510CollaborationSupportsHealthierBirthweights/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/100510CollaborationSupportsHealthierBirthweights/#When:October 04 2010 Bill Valladares According to the results of a recent evaluation study released by GaFCP, community collaboration contributes to more infants being born at healthy weights in Georgia. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/090710CagleHealthyKidsChallenge/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/090710CagleHealthyKidsChallenge/#When:September 07 2010 Bill Valladares Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, troubled by the growing concern of child obesity, has issued a challenge to Georgia schools to get kids healthy. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/082410GeorgiaWinsRaceToTop/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/082410GeorgiaWinsRaceToTop/#When:August 24 2010 Bill Valladares Gov. Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Education selected Georgia as a winner for the second round of Race to the Top grants. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/082010WalmartYouthFamilyGrant/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/082010WalmartYouthFamilyGrant/#When:August 20 2010 Bill Valladares A generous $50,000 grant from The Walmart Foundation has enabled Georgia Family Connection Partnership to undertake a Youth/Family Rally grant program in nine regions this fall. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/080910CensusBureau09Timetable/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/080910CensusBureau09Timetable/#When:August 09 2010 Bill Valladares The Census Bureau announced today the public release schedule for the official income, poverty and health insurance estimates for 2009 from the Current Population Survey, as well as estimates from the American Community Survey. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/072710kidscountrelease/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/072710kidscountrelease/#When:July 27 2010 Bill Valladares New National KIDS COUNT Study Shows Georgia Still Unable to Climb out of the Bottom 10 in Child Well-Being http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/062410FreshStartProgram/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/062410FreshStartProgram/#When:June 24 2010 Bill Valladares The Georgia Fresh Start program is an initiative that will provide a one-time crisis assistance payment for qualified families to pay past-due utilities and shelter expenses. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/061510TitleVPublicComment/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/061510TitleVPublicComment/#When:June 15 2010 Bill Valladares The Division of Public Health’s Maternal and Child Health Program is asking for public comment on Georgia’s FY11 Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant application and five-year needs assessment by June 24. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/051810Grade-LevelReading/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/051810Grade-LevelReading/#When:May 18 2010 Bill Valladares Georgia KIDS COUNT special report makes reading by the end of third grade a statewide priority http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/TeenMaze/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/TeenMaze/#When:May 11 2010 Bill Valladares More than 1,500 Crisp County students in grades 8-12 experienced the benefits and pitfalls of life-altering choices—without the consequences—as they made their way through the teen maze at Crisp County High School. Community members and volunteers take you through the maze in video and pictures. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/051010CrispCountyHS/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/051010CrispCountyHS/#When:May 10 2010 Bill Valladares U.S. News & World Report has ranked Crisp County High School as one of the nation’s best public high schools. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/050610aspaHonorsGayeSmith/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/050610aspaHonorsGayeSmith/#When:May 06 2010 Bill Valladares North Georgia’s professional society for public employees is celebrating Public Service Recognition Week (May 3‑9) by spotlighting the outstanding work of Georgia Family Connection Partnership Executive Director Gaye Morris Smith. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/041410StrengtheningCommunities211/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/041410StrengtheningCommunities211/#When:April 14 2010 Bill Valladares The First Lady's Children's Cabinet, the Governor's Office for Children and Families, and United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta are expanding the existing United Way 2-1-1 database to include even more state agencies, nonprofits and faith-based providers, allowing Georgia's families greater access to services related to their children's health and well-being. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/comprehensive_school-based_health_clinic_program_rfp_qa/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/comprehensive_school-based_health_clinic_program_rfp_qa/#When:April 14 2010 Bill Valladares The Urban Health Program hosted a statewide telephone conference last month to discuss the Comprehensive School-Based Health Clinic Program request for proposals, which are due April 26 at 5 p.m. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/040110PreventingChildAbuse/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/040110PreventingChildAbuse/#When:April 01 2010 Bill Valladares April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. But Preventing Child Abuse is the Work of everyone. Every day. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/032210HomelessShelter/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/032210HomelessShelter/#When:March 22 2010 Bill Valladares CNN aired a story during the weekend about a family that chronicles its struggles with homelessness and the safe shelter Fannin County Family Connection is providing, along with opportunities for the family of four to become stable and self-sufficient again. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/032210School-BasedHealthClinicCall/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/032210School-BasedHealthClinicCall/#When:March 10 2010 The Urban Health Program, Department of Pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine requests proposals to stimulate planning, and to facilitate collaboration and community discussion to expand the number of school-based health clinics throughout the state from two to 12 within five years. http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/022210KCatGeorgiaAssembly/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/022210KCatGeorgiaAssembly/#When:March 10 2010 Lawmakers urge Georgia General Assembly to use KIDS COUNT materials to make informed decisions http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/021910ARRACommissionMeeting/ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/news/021910ARRACommissionMeeting/#When:March 10 2010 Georgia State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care will hold a public meeting to discuss its application for the federal state advisory council grant fund