Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention

Georgia

$1,671,773

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

68 families served in Georgia this year.

383

Parents served

98

Children served

0

Parents with disabilities served

1

Children with disabilities served

Evidence-Based Programs

$4,054,271

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 Protection

  • Early Childhood

  • Mental Health

  • Adult and Parent Education

  • Self-Sufficiency

  • Mutual Support and Self Help

  • Parent Leadership

  • Other child abuse and neglect prevention organizations (please specify in narrative)

  • Child Protection

  • Early Childhood

  • Early Health and Developmental

  • Adult and Parent Education

  • Parent Leadership

  • Disability

  • Mental Health

  • Other child abuse and neglect prevention organizations (Please specify in narrative)

Public Awareness

280,062

Total individuals reached via public awareness