About Us
Meriwether County Family Connection (MCFC) is dedicated to our Get Meriwether Reading Literacy Team (GMRLT). MCFC reaches out to children from 0 to 8 years of age and their parents with an awareness campaign focusing on the importance of reading and engaging with children. MCFC feels our community owes it to our children to give them an environment where they can grow up to be successful and contributing members of our society. The goal is to create an environment where all children are ready to read when they arrive at Pre-K.
Some of MCFC’s most successful programs are:
- Reading Rangers: Working with at-risk students PreK to 2nd grade to improve their scores at school.
- Reading Cubs: Reaching all children 0-4 years of age and providing Leap Frog Learning books, flash cards, and activities to prepare them for Pre-K.
- Mommy & Me Events: Reaching parents and women of child-bearing age to provide much needed resources and parent education.
- Summer Read & Feed: Partnering with school system nutrition department and providing books and materials to the children at feeding sites throughout the county.
- Back to School Bash Event: Providing school supplies and resources, with a focus on Get Meriwether Reading (GMR) and Pre-K registration.
About Georgia Family Connection
Georgia Family Connection, a statewide infrastructure for aligning efforts across sectors, comes together through two distinct but connected change-makers: a statewide network of Collaboratives in all 159 counties and Georgia Family Connection Partnership (GaFCP). Each strengthens the other—and together, they form Georgia Family Connection.
We work toward measurably better outcomes across five key result areas:
The Georgia Family Connection statewide network—the only one of its kind in the country—works alongside children, families, and communities to help them thrive by crafting local solutions that maximize resources and make systems more effective and efficient. This network cultivates collaboration among community service providers, reducing duplication of efforts and allowing everyone to do more with the resources available.
Collaboratives equip local service agencies and organizations with the tools and methods they need to be more effective, helping them develop and work together on integrated strategies to improve child, family, and community well-being. We fill in service gaps in our communities by functioning as an incubator for direct services to families and children when a need isn’t being met. We also respond to urgent situations by maintaining strong relationships and the infrastructure necessary to deliver timely support.
GaFCP unites the statewide network in a shared framework that promotes consistent, ongoing collaboration and peer learning—equipping Collaboratives to draw on communities’ collective wisdom and experience across the state. GaFCP develops effective partnerships with state leaders, private enterprises, and other stakeholders to link the network with public and private funding, resources, talent, and innovation. GaFCP also empowers leaders across Georgia by making data accessible and providing practical tools, training, and technical assistance to support informed decision-making.
