Reopening and Welfare Cliffs | VIDEO
GCO's Vice President of Public Policy, Buzz Brockway goes over the data to discuss the impact the reopening is having on the general population. He also discusses the data around welfare cliffs. How do we help those in need without hurting their chances to grow their...
PRESS RELEASE: GCO signs on to federal policy recommendations to provide educational opportunity for all schoolchildren
PEACHTREE CORNERS—The Georgia Center for Opportunity (GCO) announced today that it has signed on to policy recommendations to Congress that would expand educational access for more schoolchildren. The recommendations were jointly issued by GCO in partnership with...
Coalition | Breakthrough Podcast
PART 2 – Mind over Matter: Maintaining your mental health during unforeseen circumstances | HEALTHY @ HOME
We continue our discussion with Licensed Professional therapist Osei Harvey. Osei shares how to take care of your personal well-being as you shelter in place. Check out Part 1 here
Coronavirus exposes the weakness of a K-12 education system built for one learning style
What will education look like in the coming months and years as Georgia continues to grapple with, and recovery from, the COVID-19 pandemic? Our state’s schools will reopen in August. But even then, education is likely to look much different. Virtual learning will be...
Reunification | Breakthrough Podcast
A Moment In A Life – Celebrating National Foster Care Month
The challenge of parenthood is to equip and empower your children for their next step in the journey of life. For foster parents, the challenge is the same but often within only a brief moment of time. As a foster parent, you have minimal control of your foster...
PART 1 – Mind over Matter: Maintaining your mental health during unforeseen circumstances | HEALTHY @ HOME
Part 1 of our discussion with Licensed Professional therapist Osei Harvey. Osei shares how you can identify where you are from a mental health standpoint.
Education In Georgia Is About To Change | VIDEO
GCO's Vice President of Public Policy, Buzz Brockway is joined by GCO's Jamie Lord to discuss the ways education will be impacted in the coming years. The state of Georgia faces new struggles both financially and with renewed expectations of what education is. How and...
Lawrenceville creates a center to help vulnerable residents during COVID-19 | 11 ALIVE
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Lawrenceville's response to the coronavirus is now up and running, offering short-term emergency assistance to residents. City council members, alongside Lawrenceville Mayor David Still, approved an agreement with Impact46, Inc. to create...
