Georgia Birth to Five Coalition

The Georgia Birth to Five Coalition is a collaborative effort of organizations and individuals working to improve public policy associated with early care and learning. The Coalition seeks to build consensus among advocates, policymakers and legislators around supports for children in the critical 0 - 5 age group. Areas of focus include increasing access to and quality of child care and Pre-Kindergarten education, medical care and family support services.

Georgia Birth to Five Coalition portal  

Healthy Steps

With support from the Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Voices created a simple, easily-understood way to measure children's health across the state and communicate policy implications related to children's health.  The Healthy Steps Indicators outline key milestones that provide state leaders and policy makers with an annual progress report on the health of Georgia's children. These milestones can be measured as children move through the different states of development. 

2009 Healthy Steps Indicators - 3.68 Mb

Through annual reports and advocacy, Voices advocates for the regular collection and publication of data related to low birth weight births, timely immunizations, oral health status, physical fitness, weight status and depressed mood.

2008 Update
2008 Supplement on Children's Mental Health
2009 Report on Georgia Families Health Program

JUSTGeorgia

JUSTGeorgia is a state-wide coalition advocating a stronger model of justice and safety for our children that balances with the best interests of our community. The three lead partners of JUSTGeorgia are Voices, the Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic at Emory University , and Georgia Appleseed . All three are working together to build a statewide coalition of groups and individuals having a stake in the juvenile justice system.  At the core of the partnership is a commitment to passage of a revised Juvenile Code  as well as continued monitoring of its implementation .  Accompanying the legislation are reports summarizing the strengths and weaknesses of the current Code and making practical and realistic recommendations for fixing it.

JUSTGeorgia wants accelerated change in the status quo for deprived and delinquent kids through adoption of modernized state laws and child-serving systems that offer a better chance for prevention, intervention, and/or rehabilitation.

JUSTGeorgia website