About Us

Working together to build strong, healthy, self-sufficient families in Terrell County.

Terrell County Family Connection Collaborative streamlines resources and provides all children and families with the opportunities to become self-sufficient and to grow and develop educationally, socially, physically, and economically.

We do that by addressing the root causes of problems, building on cultural and other strengths, pooling resources, engaging an extraordinary diversity of community members, and committing to a long-term process of planning, implementation, and evaluation.

Using a family-centered approach, schools, health and human service agencies, business, the faith community, law enforcement, nonprofit organizations, civic clubs, and others work together with families, focusing on academics, physical and mental health, nurturing parenting, economic success, and community service. We tap existing resources, streamline systems to be more efficient and effective, and initiate new projects to improve the lives and conditions of families in Terrell County.

The Future

Our success is our partners’ success – we bring them together, they develop and implement the strategies. Our most important partners are the families whose children we serve.

Please join with us to achieve our goal: to broaden partnerships and support activities to improve community and and civic health.

Our Partners

Terrell Co. Chamber of Commerce
Terrell Co. Health Department
Terrell Co. Public Schools
Terrell Academy
Dawson Public Safety
Department of Labor
Babies Can’t Wait
Terrell Co. Department of Family and Children Services
Department of Juvenile Justice
Dawson Rotary Club
Dawson Probation Office
Sound Play
Workforce Investment Act
Better Hometown Task Force
Positive Direction Youth Center
Terrell Co. Public Library
The Friends of the Library
Habitat for Humanity
Dawson Manor
Terrell Co. Recreation Department
Liberty House
Job Corp
Terrell Co. EMT
TREC
City of Dawson
Terrell Co. Board of Commissioners
Terrell Co Extension Service
Boy Scouts

 

About Georgia Family Connection

Georgia Family Connection is the only statewide network of its kind in the country with partners in all 159 counties working toward measurably better outcomes for our children, families, and communities. This gives us a unique vantage point—not only to see the big picture—but also to operate effectively at a local level.

We disentangle the mess of barriers, service gaps, and inefficiencies obscuring progress for our most vulnerable families. We do that by connecting our partners to resources, helping coordinate and manage efforts, and empowering our communities to craft local solutions based on local decisions.

Georgia Family Connection Partnership (GaFCP) represents and promotes Georgia Family Connection’s work, provides expertise in planning and governance, administers the state-appropriated funds for the local Collaboratives, sets standards of excellence, and helps Collaboratives evaluate their progress.

The state’s designated KIDS COUNT grantee, GaFCP also provides state agencies and policymakers with current, reliable data they need to inform decisions about improving conditions for the communities they serve.

Our Work

At Georgia Family Connection, we work to ensure that all children are healthy, primed for school, and succeed when they get there; families are stable, self-sufficient, and productive; and communities are vibrant, robust, and thriving.

None of these result areas stand in isolation. They overlap. By collaborating across sectors to address them, we nurture children and families who thrive in vibrant communities—everywhere. Because we work toward measurably better outcomes for everyone.