Madison County

Population: 30,120

Lead Implementing Partner (County-Level): Madison Area Resource Team (MART)

Desired Outcomes:

• Improved mental health in Madison County
• Increased positive youth behaviors

Collaborative Goals:

• Improve school success and family stability
• Build a healthy and thriving collaborative
• Provide mental health, trauma, and family support services
• Work to prevent childhood trauma and address the impact at a regional and county perspective as a way to improve the county’s overall mental health

Madison Area Resource Team (MART) focuses on initiatives that strengthen community-wide mental health outcomes through partnership with local service providers and stakeholders working with families. In collaboration with Resilient Northeast Georgia’s trauma-informed communities initiative, MART has adopted a community approach to building a common language and awareness of trauma-informed care and Adverse Childhood Experiences prevention using a community resilience building model, with an explicit focus on mental health.

As a part of the Resilient Northeast Georgia coalition, Madison Area Resource Team’s collaborative will provide community training events that increase community capacity for action and support a growing knowledge base surrounding adversity and resiliency. A key part of this strategy will be achieved by tying all efforts back to the improvement of mental health outcomes, unifying all strategies pursued by MART under a singular focus.

Listed below are some initiatives the Madison Area Resource Team is stewarding for the Madison County community: