About Us

Our history

Carroll County Family Connection, Inc., is one of the initial pilot sites that were created in 1991.The Collaborative has positioned itself as a non-profit focusing on networking and relationships; connecting both the general public to partners and partners to each other. While there is no one sentence to explain what Georgia Collaborative does, the tag line says it all, “Helping People Help Others”.

In 1990, Georgians embraced Governor Zell Miller’s challenge to invest in public-private partnerships and collaboration after the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s inaugural KIDS COUNT Data Book ranked Georgia 48th in the nation in child well-being.

Georgia is the only state in the nation that has consistently made that kind of investment for over 30 years.

That investment is called Family Connection.

Our mission

To improve the well-being and health conditions of families through a collaborative system of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual supports.

Georgia Family Connection Partnership Initiatives

Healthy Children

Children Primed for School

Children Succeeding in School

Stable, Self-Sufficient, Productive Families

Thriving Communities

OUR KEY INNITIATIVES

We work with other agencies and

organizations in our community.

We focus on:

Youth Mental Health, Early Literacy and

Cultivating prevention in our community.

Our local Annual Plan for 2025

Improve Emotional Wellbeing of Families & Youth.

Our Strategy

Work with partners to increase awareness of resources and support to ensure emotional well-being for families and youth.

Collaborative

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.

A Connecting Partner:

Invites new partners to collaborating meetings.
Attends meetings and community events, contributes to collaborative discussions.
Interacts with other collaborative members.
Announce agency's information and events.

A Cooperating/Coordinating Partner:

Shares in-kind resources.
There is some engaging in planning and implementation of the work.
Serves as member of a strategy team/committee.
Volunteers for "Out of Meeting" work.
Looks for groups that will assist their organization.
Brainstorms and acknowledges issues.

Collaborating Partner:

Perception - We view partners as collaborators.
Attitude - We support each other.
Focus - We concentrate on partnership.
Results - We celebrate our victories together and continue to work and seek more victories, TOGETHER.

We provide information on resources available in Carroll County.