About Us
Since its inception in 1999, the purpose of the Lincoln County Community Collaborative has been to strengthen the community by promoting self-sufficiency. To fulfill its mission, the Collaborative has focused on providing and coordinating programs and services that assist children and families in need.
The collaborative has provided books to children ages 0-5, coordinated an after-school program, and implemented a workforce development program for youth. Additionally, the collaborative has coordinated energy assistance and hunger prevention programs. With nearly 400 children living in poverty in our community, the collaborative will work to increase needed programs and services, share community information, and coordinate resources (both human and financial) that improve the lives of children and families in Lincoln County.
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.
