Whitfield County Family Connection/Children and Families First Home Page

Our Family Connection collaborative serves as the local decision-making body, bringing community partners together to develop, implement, and evaluate plans that address the serious challenges facing Georgia’s children and families.

Mission
To support and create conditions which promote the well-being of every child and family in Whitfield County.

Vision
Every child in Whitfield County will grow up safely to become a healthy, successful, productive, and law-abiding citizen.

About Family Connection

We are part of Family Connection, a Georgia statewide initiative of 159 community collaborative partnerships committed to making measurable improvements for children and families in Georgia.

Our Family Connection Goals

	Healthy Children

	School Readiness

	School Success

	Self-Sufficient Families

	Whitfield Family Connection/ Children & Families First Region: 1 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1023 Dalton, GA 30722-1023
	Coordinator Suzanne Harbin Phone: (706) 271-2456 Fax: (706) 271-2457

	Coordinator Ann Kuzniak Phone: 706.876.4910 Fax: (706) 271-2457 eMail: ann.kuzniak@dalton.k12.ga.us

Visions of Hope youth advocates train in Washington, D.C.

Karina Garcia doesn’t think the current abstinence-based sex education in schools is working.

She only has to look around Northwest Whitfield High School and see pregnant teenage classmates.

“Most people go up to them and say, “Congratulations, let’s have a baby shower,’ and stuff like that, like it’s OK, instead of them saying, ‘Well, you shouldn’t have done that,’” said Garcia, a 17-year-old senior. “I understand they’re friends, but congratulations?”

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