Here are links to the websites of many of our Family Collaborative partners:

LINK:  www.gafcp.org/
Georgia Family Connection Partnership (GaFCP) is a public/private partnership created by the State of Georgia and funders from the private sector. We assist communities in addressing the serious challenges facing Georgia's children and families. We also serve as a resource to state agencies across Georgia that work to improve the conditions of children and families.

 LINK:  http://www.capitcatoosa.org/

LINK:  http://blogs.catoosa.k12.ga.us/partnership2000/
Partnership 2000 is the Business-In-Education program of Catoosa County. Partnership began in 1988 and is sponsored by the Catoosa County Board of Education. The school system and the community had a genuine desire to lower the county’s dropout rate.  Through collaborative efforts with our local business, community, and school sectors, as well as our county’s Communities In Schools program and The Family Collaborative, our goal is to continue our growth in all areas to allow us to meet all the needs of our students and work hard to cooperatively enhance the overall education of those young people.

LINK:   http://www.nwgapublichealth.org/counties/catoosa
The Catoosa County Health Department is committed to protecting and improving the health of the more than 62,000 residents of Catoosa County. Through a variety of programs, community partnerships and services, we oversee environmental health, disease control and community and family health.

Mission Statement:  We are a caring healthcare team working to improve the quality of life through education, disease prevention and world-class quality services.

LINK:  www.ferstfoundation.org/
The Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy provides books for local communities to prepare all Georgia preschool children for reading and learning success. Each child receives one book monthly that is to be read to them by their parents or care givers. The Program is free to participating families and it is made possible through the partnership with local Community Action Teams (CATs).  Funding for the $37.00/child/year program cost is organized through private donations, corporate sponsorships and grants. We welcome any interested parties to contact us so that we may work together to bring this program to every Georgia child 0-5 years old.

LINK:  www.nurturingparenting.com/trainerprofiles/sue_laney.php
The Nurturing Parenting Programs are a family-centered initiative designed to build nurturing parenting skills as an alternative to abusive and neglecting parenting and child-rearing practices. The long term goals are to prevent recidivism in families receiving social services, lower the rate of multiparent teenage pregnancies, reduce the rate of juvenile delinquency and alcohol abuse, and stop the intergenerational cycle of child abuse by teaching positive parenting behaviors.

LINK:  www.preventchildabusega.org/html/home.html
Prevent Child Abuse Georgia is Georgia's only private, statewide, community-based nonprofit organization with the sole mission of preventing child abuse and neglect.  Headquartered in Atlanta, PCA Georgia also has more than 50 chartered councils throughout Georgia, including one in Catoosa County.

LINK:  www.gatewaytogeorgia.com/index/index.php
The Catoosa County Chamber of Commerce is the visionary leader of business unified to promote and enhance the future of commerce and community development in Catoosa County and the surrounding region.

LINK:  www.shareamericafoundation.org
Promoting the traditional music sounds of Appalachia in our youth is the major focus of the Share America Foundation, Inc., a non-profit, operating from Catoosa County, Georgia.

LINK:  www.fourpointsinc.org/
Four Points, Inc. is a non-profit agency offering services associated with the legal system to families involved in change due to domestic violence. Domestic violence in the state of Georgia includes spousal abuse, elder abuse and child abuse. 

LINK:  www.heartland-ranch.org/
Heartland Ranch--Providing a special place for children and youth with exceptional needs which utilizes a natural environment to provide an innovative approach to deliver services to those children and youth who deal daily with developmental, physical and emotional disabilities due to birth, injury, abuse, or poverty to improve the quality of their lives and teach them skills to enhance job and civic opportunities in the future.