Augusta CAREs Initiative
Funded by the Office of Population Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Augusta CAREs (Campaign for Adolescent Responsibility and Equity) initiative seeks to align community systems in an effort to promote optimal mental & physical health for adolescents (teens & youth) ages 13 – 19, with particular emphasis on vulnerable youth at greatest risk. Through this initiative, adolescents are educated on healthy relationships using an evidence based curriculum called Loves Notes SRA. There are 13 sessions which can be implemented several different ways to include 1. One session per week over a course of 13 weeks, 2.Two sessions per a week over a course of six weeks, and 3. Approximately four sessions each day over a course of three days. All participants will receive a gift card incentive once they complete the classes.
Additionally, Augusta CAREs focuses on bringing together community stakeholders, community systems leaders and youth in an effort to identify the barriers to optimal health, using a systems thinking approach. APC staff and its partners will work collaboratively to align our efforts to create a comprehensive strategy that creates clear pathways to healthy adolescent development.
For more information about Augusta CAREs, please call (706) 993-5995 or email cwimberly@augustapartnership.org or register to participate at www.augustapartnership.org/registration/
Family Self Sufficiency Initiative
APC’s Family Self Sufficiency Initiative was developed as a tool to support the communities effort to address poverty in the Augusta-Richmond County Community. Using the Bridges out of Poverty Framework, APC encourages participants and community members to look at poverty through the lens of economic class and the lived experience of a person living in poverty. APC staff is trained to conduct Poverty Simulations to raise awareness of the challenges impoverished community members face daily. To build the capacity of individuals living in poverty, APC offers training using the 16-session Getting Ahead Curriculum. Getting Ahead helps individuals in poverty build their resources for a more prosperous life for themselves, their families, and their communities.
For more information, please contact Candice Hillman at (706) 833-1454 or chillman@augustapartnership.org
Georgia Home Visiting Program
The Georgia Home Visiting Program is designed to provide assistance to new parents who need consistent, ongoing support during the first years of their child’s life through its First Steps program and evidence-based home visiting programs such as our Parents as Teachers program. Together, these programs provide an effective early-intervention strategy to improve the health and well-being of children and parents. These programs provide pregnant women and families with children from birth until kindergarten entry the resources and skills they need to support their efforts to raise children who are physically, socially and emotionally healthy, and ready to learn.
First Steps Georgia is a parenting support service for all families who are expecting a child or who have children less than five years of age. Through this program, APC, Inc. provides families with linkages and referrals to community support services and information in the areas of:
• Maternal Health
• Newborn/Child Health
• Home and Child Safety
• Community and Family Safety
• School Readiness
• Family Economic Self-sufficiency
Parents as Teachers (PAT) is an evidence-based home visiting model which provides parents with children ages birth to five with education related to:
• child development,
• parenting support,
• early detection of developmental delays
• health issues to prevent child abuse
• neglect and increase children’s school readiness.
The PAT model includes one-on-one home visits, monthly group connection meetings, developmental screenings, and resource network for families. Parent Educators (APC staff) conduct home visits using structured visit plans, an evidence based curriculum, and guided planning tools for a minimum of two years per family.
For more information, please contact Rochelle Myers at (706) 726-0120 or rmyers@augustapartnership.org
GenRx Initiative
The GenRx Initiative is a response to the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse among youth and young adults ages 12-25 in Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington and Wilkes Counties. The objective of the Gen Rx Initiative is put evidence based strategies into practice in order to reduce prescription drug misuse abuse impacting teens.
For more information, please contact Candice Hillman at (706) 833-1454 or chillman@augustapartnership.org
Resilient Teens Initiative
The Resilient Teens Initiative addresses Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), resilience, and trauma-informed care in teens 13-19 in the 14-county area of the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) of Georgia. Through the teaching and building of resiliency skills among teens in the CSRA, educating the community on the impacts of trauma, and strengthening support for programs and services Resilient Teens aims to improve the resiliency of individuals and families.
For more information, please contact Candice Hillman at (706) 833-1454 or chillman@augustapartnership.org