The Resilient Northeast Georgia fund, administered by the Athens Area Community Foundation, is a regional collaborative of community stakeholders and local leaders working together to build a more trauma-informed northeastern Georgia. Delivered in partnership with each of the Georgia Family Connection collaboratives in our 12-county region of service, the Resilient Northeast Georgia coalition focuses on creating a stronger and more adaptive behavioral health system of care through the development of trauma-informed community infrastructure.
As a coalition, we believe that a trauma-informed behavioral health continuum of care is among the most urgent and important priorities for the Northeast Georgia region. We are building cross-sector partnerships within each county in our coalition’s region of service, working to create a collaborative, interdependent, and innovative network of partners that unites existing and emerging regional resources and initiatives under a common direction.
Coalition Goals
1. Understand ACEs and the effects of trauma on individuals
Cultivating a better understanding of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to create a common language and align regional efforts
2. Create a regional roadmap for ACEs prevention
Adapting Resilient Georgia’s training roadmap to reflect the needs of the region and provide partners with a blueprint for programs
3. Deliver services to prevent ACEs in the birth-26 cohort
Working with service providers and county-level partners to identify and deliver evidence-based, trauma-informed programs
