Local Prevent Child Abuse Councils
PCA Georgia currently supports over 30 organizations across the state, who are considered their area’s local PCA council and serve as prevention agencies in their community. The structure of each council varies, some are stand alone non-profits and others are the county’s Family Connection Partnership, Family Resource Center or Child Advocacy Center that want to focus more on primary prevention strategies.
Local PCA councils link community leaders, organizations, civic groups, faith-based partners, businesses and professionals to raise awareness on how to prevent child maltreatment by incorporating primary prevention practices within their organization to help families thrive.
What does it take to be a PCA local council?
- It’s already embedded in your core mission- Your organization or group’s core mission includes preventing child maltreatment, protecting families, or strengthening families and the communities they live in through awareness, resources, or services.
- You have strong community partnerships- Your organization or group already has or has potential to have strong community partnerships with local government, businesses, community members/groups, and more.
- Support from groups and individuals- Your organization has support from supervisors and/or directors to pursue this work and staff/ volunteer support and time to dedicate to this work.
Roles and Responsibilities of Local PCA Councils:
- Develop an annual prevention plan and engage partners
- Lead child abuse prevention activities, especially during Child Abuse Prevention Month (April)
- Serve as an accessible and recognizable information resource and promote the 1-800-CHIDREN Helpline
- Learn & contribute to a supportive statewide prevention network & the state’s Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Plan
- Become equipped to provide prevention training to your community
What are the benefits to becoming a local PCA council?
- Be designated as the prevention leader in your area as its local PCA Council
- Brand recognition through custom logo, customizable materials & promotional graphics
- Engage in prevention networking opportunities
- Have priority registration to training and workshops
- Access to tools & resources to participate in Child Abuse Prevention Month
- Technical assistance on child abuse prevention research, policy, and evidence-based strategies
If your organization is interested in learning more about becoming a local council, please email PreventChildAbuseGA@gsu.edu
Connect with a Council Near You
1551 Jennings Mill Road, Suite 700-A
Watkinsville, GA 30677
Phone: 706-546-9713
www.pcaathens.org
Contact: Sallie Starrett; Email: info@pcaathens.org
Counties Served: Clarke, Oglethorpe, Oconee, Madison, and Jackson Counties
Services: Health Families, First Steps, Parenting Classes, Community Education
Prevent Child Abuse Bulloch
Executive Director: Lora Cooper, ed@pcabulloch.org
Outreach Center
515 Denmark Street
Suite 600
Statesboro, GA 30458
(912) 489-8547
1083 Marietta Hwy
Canton, GA 30114
Phone: 770-345-3274
http://www.casacherokee.org/
Contact: Marcie Smith; Email: Marcie@cherokeechildrenshaven.org
Counties Served: Cherokee
Services: CASA, Wellstar Family Visitation Center, Rainbows Grief Support Groups
Prevent Child Abuse Coastal Coalition, Coastal Coalition for Children
Brunswick, GA 31520, Phone: 912-217-3583
Contact: Lori Hatton, lorih@cc4children.org
Counties Served: Glynn, McIntosh, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Brantley, and Camden
Services: Healthy Families, First Steps, Grandparent Connections
https://cc4children.org/
722 Corn Avenue
Albany, GA 31701
Phone: 229-888-2414
www.familyliteracyconnection.com/
Contact: Cheryl Vinson; Email: cherylv@familyliteracyconnection.com
Counties Served: Dougherty
Services: Family Connection for Dougherty County, Child Development Center for children 6 weeks to 5 years, Parents as Teachers Home Visiting Program, After-School Programs K-5th grade, Adult literacy/GED program
202 East Third Avenue-3rd Floor/ P.O. Box 168
Rome, GA 30162
Phone: 706-290-0764
https://www.exchangeclubfrc.org
Contact: Tina Bartleson; Email: tina@exchangeclubfrc.org
Counties Served: Floyd
Services: Exchange Parent Aide Program, Parent Education
411 Edmond St
Calhoun, GA 30701
Mailing Address P.O. Box 1312 Calhoun, GA 30703
Phone: 706-625-3311
http://www.familyresourcecentergordon.org/
Contact: Angela White; Email: awhite@frcgordon.org
Counties Served: Gordon
Services: Gordon County CAC, Supervised Visitation Center, Parents as Teachers, First Steps, Nurturing Parents, StepUp! Father Program, Grand Families
1350 Walton Way
Augusta, GA 30901
Contact: Kari Viola-Brooke; Email: kViola@childenrichment.org, preventchildabuseaugusta@gmail.com
Counties Served: Richmond, Columbia and Burke Counties
4 North Brantly Street
Lakeland, GA 31635
Website: https://www.lanierfamilyconnection.com/
Contact: Amy Griffin; Email: agriffin@lanierfamilyconnection.com, info@lanierfamilyconnection.com
Counties Served: Lanier, Clinch
Services: The Lanier County Family Connection provides programs such as Safe Care, Raising Highly Capably Kids, Elevate, Kinship Support Group as well as community education throughout Lanier and neighboring counties.
761 Wheaton Street
Savannah, GA 31401
www.savannahcasa.org
Contact: Kate Blair; Email: kate@brightsideadvocacy.org
Counties Served: Chatham
Programs: Court Appointed Special Advocate, Visitation Center
P.O. Box 812
122 North Laurel Drive
Clarkesville, GA 30523
Phone: 706-778-3100
https://frcofneg.org/
Contact: Maddie Ash; Email: information@familyresourcecenterneg.org
Counties Served: Habersham County
Services: First Steps, Parents as Teachers, Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children, Hope & Healing Habersham
PO Box 1525
Stockbridge, GA 30281
Phone: 770-507-9900
www.preventchildabusehc.org
Contact: Robin Jones Email: robin@preventchildabusehc.org
Counties Served: Henry, Clayton, Butts, Spalding and DeKalb Counties
Services: First Steps, Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
P.O. Box 1239
Warner Robins, GA 31099
Phone: 478-923-5923
http://www.rainbowhousecrc.org
Contact: Kathalene Gilbert; Email: kgilbert@rainbowhousecrc.org
Counties Served: Houston
Services: Rainbow House CAC, First Steps, Parenting Classes, FERST Readers, Mandated Reporter Training
The Children’s Advocacy Center
106 W. Forrest Rd
Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742
Phone: 706-866-8811
Contact: Aleks Jagiella-Litts; Email: director@caclmjc.com
Counties Served: Chattooga, Dade, Catoosa, and Walker
Services: Community Education, Pinwheels for Prevention
1140 Monticello Road, Ste 200C
Madison, GA 30650
Phone: 706-438-1515
http://morgan.gafcp.org/
Contact: Velde Hardy; Email: morgancountyfamilyconnection@gmail.com
Counties Served: Morgan County
Services: Parent Café, Pinwheels for Prevention, Community Awareness, First Steps Program, Parents As Teachers, Children Safe and Families Strong Strategy Team, Project FREE, Back to School Rally, Prevent Child Abuse Awareness Month Proclamation
7 Caring Way, Suite 219
Jasper, GA 30143
Phone: 706-253-6488
www.northgeorgiafamilypartners.org/
Contact: June Ash; Email: JUNE@NGFPARTNERS.ORG
Counties Served: Pickens County
Services: Footsteps for Families, Parents as Teachers, Life Skills Classes, Pinwheels for Prevention
16 Jackson Street
Zebulon, GA 30295
770-567-2930
www.connectup.info
Contact: Michael Powell; Email: powellm@pike.k12.ga.us
Counties Served: Pike
Services: Community Education, Darkness to Light Stewards of Children, Pinwheels for Prevention
ion, Darkness to Light Stewards of Children, Pinwheels for Prevention
F.A.I.T.H, Inc. (Fight Abuse in the Home)
Mail to: P. O. Box 1964, Clayton, GA 30525
Physical Address: 24 Chechero Street, Unit 1, Clayton, GA 30525
(706) 886-2290
FAITH-inc.org
Contact: Mark Smith; Email: mark@faith-inc.org
Counties Served: Rabun, Habersham, Stephens
Services: domestic/family violence services, child advocacy center, sexual assault support and services, community awareness training, thrift and furniture store
119 East Lawrence Street
Cuthbert, GA 39840
Phone: 229-732-3796
Website: http://randolph.gafcp.org/
Contact: Kuanita Murphy, Ph.D., rcfcinc.org@gmail.com
Counties Served: Randolph
Services: Early Literacy
1430 Starcrest Dr
Conyers, GA 30012
Phone: 770-483-7333
www.pcarockdale.org/
Contact: Diane Howington; Email: director@pcarockdale.org
Counties Served: Rockdale and Newton Counties
Services: Active Parenting Program, First Steps, Newton/Rockdale Positive Parenting Program, Triple P Program
P.O. Box 732
Americus, GA 31709
Phone: 229-931-4488
www.sowegachildren.org/
Contact: Maggie McGruther; Email: maggie@sowegachildren.org
Counties Served: Ben Hill, Crisp, Dooly, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell Wilcox and Webster
Services: SOWEGA CASA, CHINS & Truancy Intervention, Lighthouse CAC
327 South 9th Street
P.O. Box 701
Griffin, GA 30224
Phone: 678-764-6297
www.spalding.gafcp.org/
Contact: Regina Abbott; Email: regina@spaldingcollaborative.com
Counties Served: Spalding
P.O. Box 2253
Toccoa, GA 30577
http://stephens.gafcp.org/
Phone: 706-898-5116
Contact: Noel Pauley; Email: director@stephensfamilyconnection.org
Counties Served: Stephens
Services: Darkness to Light Stewards of Children, First Steps Georgia, Stephens County Schools Mentoring Program, Family Connection of Stephens County Community Partner Meeting, Community Education
1835 Smith Avenue
Thomasville, GA 31792
Phone:229-225-4338
NeverLost.org
Contact: Wendy Greene; Email: Wendy@NeverLost.org
Counties Served: Thomas, Colquitt, Brooks
751 Double Churches Road
Columbus, GA 31904
http://www.twincedars.org/
Contact: Samantha DeFranks; Email: sdefranks@twincedars.org
Counties Served: Muscogee
Services: Residential Program, Team Building, Chattahoochee CASA, Community Counseling, Specialized Foster Care, Children’s Tree House, Truancy Intervention Program
99 Johnson Street
LaGrange, GA 30241
http://www.twincedars.org/
Contact: Kim Adams; Email: kadams@twincedars.org
Counties Served: Troup
Services: Alcohol Prevention Initiative, Safe Families for Children, Residential Program, Darkness to Light, Children’s Advocacy Center, Team Building, Community Counseling
Upson County Family Youth and Children’s Alliance, Inc.
PO Box 373
Thomaston, GA 30286
http://upson.gafcp.org
Contact: Vanetta Moss; Email: vanetta@connectup.info
Counties Served: Upson
216 Brookstone Place,
Social Circle, GA 30025
Phone: 770-464-0082
http://www.achildsvoicecac.org/
Contact: Nancy Burgess; Email: nburgess@achildsvoicecac.com
Counties Served: Walton and Newton
Services: Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC), Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children, Community Education and Training, Pinwheels for Prevention, Community Awareness
P.O. Box 1707
Dalton, GA 30722
Phone: 706-272-7919
http://www.familysupportcouncil.com/
Contact: Holly Rice; Email: hollyrice@windstream.net
Counties Served: Whitfield and Murray
Services: Camp AIM (for children who have been sexually abused), Murray/Whitefield CASA, Child Abuse Prevention Education, First Steps, Kids on the Block, Parents as Teachers, Parent Education
40 Cemetery Road
Preston, GA 31824
Phone: 229-828-3316
https://webster.gafcp.org/
Contact: Diane Wills; Email: dianewills@windstream.net, wcfc_ga@windstream.net
Counties Served: Webster
Services: Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children, Parent Cafes, Connections Matter Training, Resource Center, Pinwheels for Prevention, Community Awareness
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