About Us
Heard County Community Partnership exists to encourage and facilitate collaboration among engaged, unified and accountable partners for the purpose of growing a community of thriving children and families.
HCCP coordinates a planning process that identifies needs and resources, sets goals and priorities, evaluates programs and practices, and measures and reports results to improve outcomes in five areas: healthy children, children ready to start school, children succeeding in school, stable self-sufficient families, and strong communities.
We are guided by our vision to assure that children of all ages within the county have access to the developmental assets and guidance to become productive, healthy, responsible, self-sufficient, accountable, and community-minded adults.
Our current projects include:
- Baby Braves early literacy community outreach program serving families with children ages 0-3. Get more info here!
- Beyond Braves workforce development initiative at Heard County High School
- HEROEs academic achievement and school attendance incentive program
- The Outpost Family Resource Center facility and services to connect Heard County families to the assistance they need
- Back to School Bash resource fair
- Oversight for Heard County Food Pantry and Backpack youth food program
About Georgia Family Connection
Georgia Family Connection, a statewide infrastructure for aligning efforts across sectors, comes together through two distinct but connected change-makers: a statewide network of Collaboratives in all 159 counties and Georgia Family Connection Partnership (GaFCP). Each strengthens the other—and together, they form Georgia Family Connection.
We work toward measurably better outcomes across five key result areas:
The Georgia Family Connection statewide network—the only one of its kind in the country—works alongside children, families, and communities to help them thrive by crafting local solutions that maximize resources and make systems more effective and efficient. This network cultivates collaboration among community service providers, reducing duplication of efforts and allowing everyone to do more with the resources available.
Collaboratives equip local service agencies and organizations with the tools and methods they need to be more effective, helping them develop and work together on integrated strategies to improve child, family, and community well-being. We fill in service gaps in our communities by functioning as an incubator for direct services to families and children when a need isn’t being met. We also respond to urgent situations by maintaining strong relationships and the infrastructure necessary to deliver timely support.
GaFCP unites the statewide network in a shared framework that promotes consistent, ongoing collaboration and peer learning—equipping Collaboratives to draw on communities’ collective wisdom and experience across the state. GaFCP develops effective partnerships with state leaders, private enterprises, and other stakeholders to link the network with public and private funding, resources, talent, and innovation. GaFCP also empowers leaders across Georgia by making data accessible and providing practical tools, training, and technical assistance to support informed decision-making.
