About Us
Evans County Family Connection is one of 157 collaboratives in the Georgia Family Connection network. This statewide initiative cultivates public and private collaboration at the local level. Georgia Family Connection emphasizes local decision-making, collaboration, and accountability to improve outcomes in health, education, family, and community.
Our Vision
We envision a Georgia where all children are healthy, are ready to start school and do well when they get there, families are stable and self-sufficient, and communities are strong.
Georgia Family Connection believes that local decision-making–grounded in data and best practices–will drive the change we want to see in our communities.
Our Local Collaborative
Evans County Family Connection Collaborative is open to all persons from the community. There is no membership fee charged. The Collaborative encourages every person to become an active member, attend meetings, and work together to help the families in our county. Some of our partners include County Government, Board of Education, Claxton Housing Authority, Department of Family and Children Services, Department of Juvenile Justice, Pineland Mental Health, Ogeechee Technical College, Industry, Churches, Law Enforcement, Evans Memorial Hospital, Camellia Health and Rehabilitation, The Claxton Enterprise, Civic Organizations, Consumers, Family Members, Students, All Interested Citizens.
Our Work
The following are some of the issues that Evans County Family Connection addresses in the community:
- Increasing the number of students graduating from high school on time
- Improving the attendance rate at the high school
- Reducing the recidivism rate of Juvenile Justice clients
- Decreasing alcohol use among school-age youth
- Feeding program for children and youth who are at risk of hunger
- After-school and summer programs for children and youth
- Reducing the teen pregnancy rate
- Improve child health
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.
