Local Prevent Child Abuse Councils
PCA Georgia currently supports over 35 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 Find Help Georgia
- 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 [email protected]
Connect with a Council Near You
Prevention Lead for Clarke County
1551 Jennings Mill Road, Suite 700-A
Watkinsville, GA 30677
Contact: Sallie Starrett; Email: [email protected]
Phone: 706-546-9713
Web: www.pcaathens.org
Services: Health Families, First Steps, Parenting Classes, Community Education
Serving Families in: Clarke, Oglethorpe, Oconee, Madison, and Jackson Counties
Prevention Lead for Fulton and Dekalb Counties
680 Murphy Ave SW Suite 5091
Atlanta, GA 30310
Contact: Alex Cory and Sandy Chavarria; Email: [email protected]
Web: georgiacenterforchildadvocacy.org
Services: Child Advocacy Center, Prevention Education such as Stewards of Children and Connections Matter
Serving Families in: Fulton and Dekalb
Prevention Lead in Liberty County
1113 E. Oglethorpe Highway
Hinesville, GA 31313
Contact: Petula Y. Gomillion ; Email: [email protected]
Phone: 912-876-3816
www.atlanticcasa.org
[email protected]
Services: CASA, Pinwheels for Prevention, Mandated Reporter Training, Community Awareness Outreach Activities
Serving Families in: Liberty, Long, Bryan, McIntosh, Evans and Tattnall
Prevention Lead for Bulloch County
Outreach Center
515 Denmark Street, Suite 600
Statesboro, GA 30458
Contact: Lora Cooper, Executive Director, [email protected], (912) 489-8547
Services: First Steps, Family Resource Drives (back to school, diapers, holidays)
Serving Families in: Bulloch
PCA Bulloch Services and Activities
Prevention Lead for Cherokee County
1083 Marietta Hwy
Canton, GA 30114
Contact: Marcie Smith; Email: [email protected]
Phone: 770-345-3274
Web: http://www.casacherokee.org/
Services: CASA, Wellstar Family Visitation Center, Rainbows Grief Support Groups
Families Served in: Cherokee
Prevention Lead in Glynn County
1612 Newcastle Street, Suite 104
Brunswick, GA 31520
Contact: Lori Hatton, [email protected]
Phone: 912-217-3583
Web: https://cc4children.org/
Services: Healthy Families, First Steps, Grandparent Connections
Families Served in: Glynn, McIntosh, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Brantley, and Camden
Prevention Lead in Cobb County
940 Concord Rd SE
Smyrna, GA 30080
Contact: Irene Barton, [email protected]
Phone: 678-766-5574
Web: https://www.cobbcollaborative.org/
Services: Connections Matter, Community Resilience Model Training, Mandated Reporter, Mandated Supporter, Becoming a More Resilient Parent, community dinners, film screenings, Birth-5 Parenting interactive workshops, SafePath Children’s Advocacy Center
Families Served in: Cobb
Prevention Lead for Crisp County
Cordele, GA 31015
Contact: Susan Leger-Boike, [email protected]
Phone: 229-273-3938
Services: Healthy Families Home Visiting, Mandated Reporter Training, Annual Adopted Angel, April’s Pinwheels for Prevention
Families Served in: Crisp, Sumter
Prevention Lead for Dougherty County
722 Corn Avenue
Albany, GA 31701
Contact: Ashley Nestale; Email: [email protected]
Phone: 229-888-2414
www.familyliteracyconnection.com/
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
Families Served in: Dougherty County
Prevention Lead for Floyd County
202 East Third Avenue-3rd Floor/ P.O. Box 168
Rome, GA 30162
Contact: Tina Bartleson; Email: [email protected]
Phone: 706-290-0764
www.frcrome.org
Services: Exchange Parent Aide Program, Parent Education
Families Served in: Floyd
Prevention Lead for Gordon County
411 Edmond St
Calhoun, GA 30701
Mailing Address P.O. Box 1312 Calhoun, GA 30703
Contact: Angela White; Email: [email protected]
Phone: 706-625-3311
http://www.familyresourcecentergordon.org/
Services: Gordon County CAC, Supervised Visitation Center, Parents as Teachers, First Steps, Nurturing Parents, StepUp! Father Program, Grand Families
Families Served in: Gordon
Prevention Lead for Richmond
1350 Walton Way
Augusta, GA 30901
Contact: Kari Viola-Brooke; Email: [email protected], [email protected]
https://www.childenrichment.org/
Services: Child Abuse Prevention Training, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Child Advocacy Center
Families Served in: Richmond, Columbia, Burke, McDuffie, Wilkes, Warren, Glascock, Lincoln, and Taliaferro
Prevention Lead for Lanier County
4 North Brantly Street
Lakeland, GA 31635
Contact: Amy Griffin; Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Web: https://www.lanierfamilyconnection.com/
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.
Families Served in: Lanier, Clinch
Prevention Lead for Chatham County
761 Wheaton Street
Savannah, GA 31401
Contact: Kate Blair; Email: [email protected]
www.savannahcasa.org
Services: Court Appointed Special Advocate, Visitation Center
Families Served in: Chatham
Prevention Lead for Habersham County
P.O. Box 812
122 North Laurel Drive
Clarkesville, GA 30523
Contact: Linda Johnson; Email: [email protected]
Phone: 706-778-3100
https://frcofneg.org/
Services: First Steps, Parents as Teachers, Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children, Hope & Healing Habersham
Families Served in: Habersham
Prevention Lead for Houston County
P.O. Box 1239
Warner Robins, GA 31099
Contact: Kathalene Gilbert; Email: [email protected]
Phone: 478-923-5923
http://www.rainbowhousecrc.org
Services: Rainbow House CAC, First Steps, Parenting Classes, FERST Readers, Mandated Reporter Training
Families Served in: Houston
Prevention Lead for Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit
The Children’s Advocacy Center
106 W. Forrest Rd
Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742
Contact: Aleks Jagiella-Litts; Email: [email protected]
Phone: 706-866-8811
www.caclmjc.org
Services: Community Education, Pinwheels for Prevention, Children’s Advocacy Center
Families Served in: Chattooga, Dade, Catoosa, and Walker
Prevention Lead for Morgan County
1140 Monticello Road, Ste 200C
Madison, GA 30650
Contact: Velde Hardy; Email: [email protected]
Phone: 706-438-1515
http://morgan.gafcp.org/
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
Families Served in: Morgan
Prevention Lead for Oconee County
Proactively Empowering Adolescents through Change and Encouragement (PEACE)
1047 Summit Grove Drive Ste 101
Watkinsville, GA 30677
Contact: Natoshia Burney; Email: [email protected]
706-310-4030
www.peacenbk.org
Services: Community Parenting Classes, Child Safety
Families Served in: Oconee, Barrow, Jackson, and Clarke
Prevention Lead for Ogeechee Circuit
Child Advocacy Services SEGA, Inc.
515 Denmark Street, Suite 1200
Statesboro, GA 30458
Contact: Julie Pickens Email: [email protected]
https://casaogeechee.org/
Services: Child Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), Supervised Visitation and Caregiver Education, Connecting families to resources, Public Awareness for Child Abuse Prevention
Families Served in: Screven, Jenkins, Effingham, Bulloch
Prevention Lead for Pickens County
7 Caring Way, Suite 219
Jasper, GA 30143
Contact: June Ash; Email: [email protected]
Phone: 706-253-6488
www.northgeorgiafamilypartners.org/
Services: Footsteps for Families, Parents as Teachers, Life Skills Classes, Pinwheels for Prevention
Families Served in: Pickens
Prevention Lead for Pike County
16 Jackson Street
Zebulon, GA 30295
Contact: Michael Powell; Email: [email protected]
770-567-2930
www.connectup.info
Services: Community Education, Darkness to Light Stewards of Children, Pinwheels for Prevention
Families Served in: Pike
Prevention Lead for Rabun County
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
Contact: Mark Smith; Email: [email protected]
(706) 886-2290
FAITH-inc.org
Services: domestic/family violence services, child advocacy center, sexual assault support and services, community awareness training, thrift and furniture store
Families Served in: Rabun, Habersham, Stephens
Prevention Lead for Rockdale and Newton Counties
1430 Starcrest Dr
Conyers, GA 30012
Contact: Diane Howington; Email: [email protected]
Phone: 770-483-7333
www.pcarockdale.org/
Services: Active Parenting Program, First Steps, Newton/Rockdale Positive Parenting Program, Triple P Program
Families Served in: Rockdale and Newton Counties
Prevention Lead for Sumter County
P.O. Box 732
Americus, GA 31709
Contact: Maggie McGruther; Email: [email protected]
Phone: 229-931-4488
www.sowegachildren.org/
Services: SOWEGA CASA, CHINS & Truancy Intervention, Lighthouse CAC
Families Served in: Ben Hill, Crisp, Dooly, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell Wilcox and Webster
Prevention Lead for Spalding County
327 South 9th Street
P.O. Box 701
Griffin, GA 30224
Contact: Regina Abbott; Email: [email protected]
678-764-6297
www.spalding.gafcp.org/
Families Served in: Spalding
Prevention Lead for Stephens County
P.O. Box 2253
Toccoa, GA 30577
Contact: Noel Pauley; Email: [email protected]
http://stephens.gafcp.org/
Phone: 706-898-5116
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
Families Served in: Stephens
Prevention Lead for Thomas County
1835 Smith Avenue
Thomasville, GA 31792
Contact: Wendy Greene; Email: [email protected]
Phone:229-225-4338
NeverLost.org
Services: Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Compass Kids
Families Served in: Thomas, Colquitt, Brooks
Prevention Lead for Upson County
Upson County Family Youth and Children’s Alliance, Inc.
PO Box 373
Thomaston, GA 30286
Contact: Vanetta Moss; Email: [email protected]
http://upson.gafcp.org
Families Served in: Upson
Prevention Lead for Walton Georgia
216 Brookstone Place,
Social Circle, GA 30025
Contact: Nancy Burgess; Email: [email protected]
Phone: 770-464-0082
http://www.achildsvoicecac.org/
Services: Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC), Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children, Community Education and Training, Pinwheels for Prevention, Community Awareness
Families Served in: Walton and Newton
Prevention Lead for Webster County
40 Cemetery Road
Preston, GA 31824
Contact: Diane Wills; Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Phone: 229-828-3316
https://webster.gafcp.org/
Services: Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children, Parent Cafes, Connections Matter Training, Resource Center, Pinwheels for Prevention, Community Awareness
Families Served in: Webster
Prevention Lead for Whitfield and Murray
P.O. Box 1707
Dalton, GA 30722
Contact: Holly Rice; Email: [email protected]
Phone: 706-272-7919
http://www.familysupportcouncil.com/
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
Families Served in: Whitfield and Murray
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