New data indicates families with infants and toddlers, particularly in underserved communities, continue to struggle, but visionary state legislation could be a game-changer. Read More
The recipients of the 2022 Empowering Communities through Collective Impact Grant Initiative: Sustaining The Basics to Communities in Georgia will receive up to $10,000 to support implementation of The Basics principles. Read More
Baldwin County School District Superintendent Dr. Noris Price was named the 2022 Georgia Superintendent of the Year by the Georgia School Superintendents Association. Read More
2Gen Innovation Grants are intended to help communities develop strategies for reaching out to student parents, who face substantial hurdles to achieving economic security. Read More
This is a federally grant-funded program to test lead in drinking and cooking water at schools and daycares, with recommendations for taking action to eliminate or reduce lead in water. Read More
The Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy and the Get Georgia Reading Campaign are pleased to release the grant application for the 2022 Collective Impact Grant initiative. Read More
GPB invites all Georgia students in kindergarten through third grade to create a great story, illustrate it, and enter it in the PBS KIDS Writers Contest. Read More
In 2021, the Coastal Plain Regional Library System kicked off the new fines-free pilot along with a “clean slate” project that wiped away old debt of more than 20,000 patrons’ accounts. Read More
Lumpkin Literacy was recently awarded a $25,000 collective impact grant to be used for Bringing The Basics to Georgia as part of the collaboration of Get Georgia Reading and the Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy. Read More
In the early days of the pandemic, there was an assumption that children were not as vulnerable to the coronavirus as adults. Now, the virus is having an impact on more children and youth, and this is affecting their opportunity for in-person learning, which is critical to a child’s ability to thrive. Read More
Cook County Family Connection is working to reduce food insecurity for children ages birth to 5 while including literacy materials that promote healthy nutrition and wellness. Read More
Funding from Coaching for Literacy enabled Emmaus House, in partnership with the Get Georgia Reading—Campaign for Grade Level Reading, to transition the program to meet the educational and socio-emotional needs of K-3 children. Read More
Researchers at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill conducted an extensive assessment of the Georgia Pre-K program’s impact on children as they continue through the third grade. Read More
Voices for Georgia’s Children and the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning are hosting the 11th annual Georgia Pre-K Week this week. For the past 28 years, the nationally recognized Georgia’s Pre-K Program has provided quality early education to the state’s youngest learners. Read More
The Georgia Rental Assistance Program (GRA) is providing rental and utility assistance to tenants, landlords, and utility providers statewide. Read More
Get Troup Reading, in partnership with Troup County School System (TCSS), implemented a new program this year to help prevent the summer slide by infusing children’s camps with literacy opportunities through their EXPAND Summer Literacy Program. Read More
The Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) has joined the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) in updating COVID-19 Guidance specifically for Georgia child care facilities. Read More
Our best strategy for supporting literacy in Georgia is to work together, form connections, and engage with one another. So, we need to consider strategies to maintain our social emotional engagement so that we are all “refueled.” Read More
The Georgia Department of Education is producing 25-minute podcasts that explore innovative strategies and state and local resources that can inform community efforts to advance literacy. Read More
This year Cobb Collaborative has a goal of installing 21 Little Free Libraries across Cobb County. Read More