Georgia Birth to Five Coaltion
Healthy Steps
JUSTGeorgia
100 Voices: A Policy Institute
Children's Policy Watch at the Capitol
Cover Georgia's Kids
Big Voice for Children

Georgia Birth to Five Coalition

The Georgia Birth to Five Coalition seeks to build consensus among advocates, policymakers and legislators around commitments for the state to pursue that would bolster support for children in the critical 0 – 5 age group. This coalition will focus on the broadening and quality of child care and Pre-Kindergarten education, medical care and family support services, as outlined in Voices' Compounding Interest report. 

Healthy Steps

Voices spent two years with support from the Healthcare Georgia Foundation to create a simple, easily-understood way to measure children’s health across the state and communicate policy  implications related to children’s health.  The Five Healthy Steps Indidcators
identifies five key areas of health across the developmental stages of childhood.

Through annual reports and advocacy, Voices push to make the tracking of low birth weight, timely immunizations, oral health status, physical fitness, weight status and depressed mood a standard procedure during regular examinations. Follow this link to download the latest Healthy Steps report.

JUSTGeorgia

JUSTGeorgia is a partnership of Voices, the Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic at Emory University, and Georgia Appleseed 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 propose a revised Juvenile Code as legislation in 2009 as well as continued monitoring of its implementation .  Accompanying the proposed legislation will be a comprehensive report summarizing the strengths and weaknesses of the current Code and making practical and realistic recommendations for fixing it.

JUSTGeorgia website | JUSTGeorgia Overiew (PDF)

100 Voices: A Policy Institute

100 Voices: A Policy Institute is an annual event hosted by Voices for Georgia’s Children to give leaders in business, government, non-profit organizations and service agencies an opportunity to start building a community devoted to shaping policies that improve the well being of the state’s children.

This assembly is formatted in a way that allowed for interaction between presenters and attendees in order to identify best practices that ensure positive results for kids and maximize returns for Georgia. Experts from across the country share knowledge on key topics and an electronic audience response system provides real time feedback.

2007 Edition | Link to 2006 Edition | 2005 Summary Report

Cover Georgia Kids

Cover All Georgia’s Uninsured Kids, a joint collaboration between Voices for Georgia’s Children and Georgia Family Connection Partnership, is a short, yet compelling, video that highlights the importance of health coverage for children. We invite you to view the video and learn first-hand about the struggles Georgia families experience when a child becomes ill. The video provides insight into how the investments we make in children can pay off immensely.  Health coverage is key to ensuring that kids have better health outcomes; and better health outcomes directly impact the educational and overall success of our children. 

Click here to watch the video

Children's Policy Watch at the Capitol

Children’s Policy Watch at the Capitol is Voices' annual legislative day held at the start of each session of the Georgia General Assembly. The intended outcome is to ensure that children’s issues remain a focal point of the legislature and other state officials. Further, policy makers can be made aware of resources to increase their understanding of children’s issues.

The annual fundraiser for Voices, the Big Voice for Children Awards dinner recognizes Georgians who have elevated the importance of policy and advocacy in improving the conditions of children in the state.

    2007 Highlights | 2008 Highlights