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Fostering Resilience in Northwest Georgia
Fostering Resilience in Northwest Georgia
The Building a Region of Resilience Initiative is a grant-funded project supported by Resilient Georgia, focused on strengthening communities across northwest Georgia. Led by Georgia Family Connection Collaborative organizations in Region 1, this initiative is committed to transforming outcomes for children and families through capacity-building, awareness, and systems change. Organized as a collective impact initiative, the collaboratives work together to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the work of the initiative.
We center our work on individuals navigating the crisis of poverty and the impact of complex trauma — recognizing that true resilience begins with equitable systems and shared understanding.
Through 101 workshops and evidence-based trainings grounded in trauma- and poverty-informed practices, we’re building a common language that empowers communities and partners to collaborate more effectively.
Together, we’re shaping a more connected, compassionate, and resilient region — for today and generations to come.
Growing Resilience Through Understanding
Growing Resilience Through Understanding
When we deepen our understanding of the root causes of poverty — especially generational poverty — we begin to see our neighbors not through the lens of deficiencies, but through shared humanity. This awareness opens the door to meaningful connection, empowering us to break cycles and nurture resilience in our communities.
Trauma-informed insight enables professionals, organizations, and coalitions to more effectively recognize and respond to the complex needs of children, caregivers, and families. As our understanding grows, so does our capacity to lead with empathy, compassion, and intentional care — laying the groundwork for lasting, systemic change.
Our Theory of Change - We build resilience by implementing trauma and poverty-informed Capacity Building, Community Awareness, and Systems Change.
Join Our Resilience Movement
Join Our Resilience Movement
This initiative is powered by the leadership of the Georgia Family Connection Collaboratives across Northwest Georgia — local champions working to meet the distinct needs of children and families in their counties.
You’re invited to be part of the change. Explore your local collaborative and discover opportunities to support strategies that foster resilience, strengthen relationships, and advance equity in your community. [Click here to find your collaborative.]
Stay connected through our Facebook Group, a space built for collective learning, encouragement, and resource sharing. It's a place where partners and their teams exchange ideas, offer support, celebrate progress, and build the kind of resilience that radiates outward.
Our Common Language
Our Common Language
Support us in building a common language to address poverty and trauma in our communities.
When we speak the same language, we are better able to collaborate and ensure we are on the same page as we build resilience in our families and communities.
Common or shared language refers to the vocabulary, terms and words use to describe the key issues, areas of focus or frameworks for a collaborative effort.
In the Building a Region of Resilience initiative, our common language refers to the terminology we use to describe trauma, poverty, resilience and our collective approach to addressing them. By using a common language, we hope to reduce barriers to understanding and foster productive conversations that lead to solutions and systems change.
The Building a Region of Resilience Initiative is a Resilient Georgia, grant-funded project. To learn more about our funders, visit them online at: https://www.resilientga.org/
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