Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention

Georgia

$1,627,099

Total CBCAP Funding

Core Services

The Georgia Division of Family & Children Services, Prevention and Community Support Section administers several competitive grant programs. CBCAP funds partially support:

  • First Steps Georgia mini-grant program and
  • Second Step school-based violence prevention curriculum.

CBCAP funds also help support general Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention grants and training, as well as infrastructure costs including technical assistance and evaluation for statewide initiatives such as:

  • Strengthening Families Georgia,
  • Parent to Parent of Georgia (P2P),
  • Better Brains for Babies (BBB) Initiative,
  • Prevent Child Abuse Georgia (PCA Georgia),
  • Georgia Essentials for Childhood,
  • Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention On-line Training Initiative, and
  • Darkness to Light Stewards of Children Training.

People We've Served

22,562 families served in Georgia this year.

71

Parents served

33,013

Children served

0

Parents with disabilities served

828

Children with disabilities served

Evidence-Based Programs

$3,328,761

Total Funding for Evidence-Based Programs

State Lead Agency Structure

  • Child Welfare Agency
  • Children's Trust Fund

Cross-System Collaborations

CBCAP works across these systems to strengthen families.

  • Child Welfare

  • FFPSA/Title IV-E Plan

  • Head Start, Early Head Start

  • Public Health/ACEs

    Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are an indicator of long-term health and opportunity for children.

  • APSR

    Annual Progress and Services Report (APSR) is the annual update on progress made toward accomplishing the goals and objectives in the CFSP.

  • Strengthening Families

  • Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting

    Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program facilitates collaboration and partnership at the federal, state, and community levels to improve the health of at-risk children through evidence-based home visiting programs.

  • Substance Abuse

  • Mental Health

  • Other (detail in narrative)

Public Awareness

43,031

Total individuals reached via public awareness