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FY2017 Agency Plan Year-End Status Update

Goal 1- Provide technical assistance to support county Collaboratives
Strategy 1 – Provide technical assistance and training to county Collaboratives, and to regional, state and national partners.

Year-End Status Update
• The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) Parent Involvement Coordinator learned of GaFCP’s Parent Café model through the Strengthening Families Georgia Training. DJJ connected with us to learn more about the model as they sought new avenues to engage parents of children in the DJJ School District. GaFCP’s Community Support Staff visited the YDC to gain an understanding of their system and how they communicated with parents. To garner support, DJJ Parent Involvement …show more content…

Workshop participants also received copies of the GaFCP’s 25-Year Impact Report, custom local data profiles, information on ‘Get Georgia Reading’—Campaign for Grade-Level Reading and Georgia’s Quality Rated program, and hands-on assistance with accessing data tools and local resources from the new gafcp.org website.

• Provided specialized technical assistance to:
Region 11. Irwin County Family Connection Collaborative partnered to bring “FutureNOW” to more than 600 students and community members. The Collaborative also hosted a “Darkness to Light Sexual Abuse Prevention” training held by staff from Ruth’s Cottage and the Patticake House.

Region 11. Lanier County Family Connection conducted a Poverty Simulation for all 9th graders and presented the “1,2,3, Magic Parenting” class at the Lanier County Primary School for all parents.
Region 12. Family Connection of Glynn County hosted a “Parent Café” training facilitated by GaFCP staff. Engaged participants in guided conversations as a way to facilitate partnerships and to develop parent leadership to build protective factors necessary for families to raise thriving children.

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