FALL 2018
employment, have contributed to a growing
healthcare crisis for many rural Georgians.
“We know what the problems are,” said Daisy
Jackson, a life-long Fort Gaines, GA resident.
“This is the first effort I’ve seen that might be
able to turn things around for my neighbors in
Clay County.”
Healthcare Georgia Foundation believes that
local ideas and new partnerships can
demonstrate
what
is possible when
communities come together to address these
critical issues. To date, the Foundation has
awarded nearly two million dollars to the
eleven coalitions. Each of the coalitions stands
“
to benefit from more than half a million dollars
in Foundation funding and technical resources
through The Two Georgias Initiative to support
their work over the next several years.
Redesigning street signs with a health focus in
Miller County, streamlining ways to access
to healthcare services in Lumpkin County,
expanding nutrition services for youth in
Chattooga County, and improving health
literacy for elderly Hancock County residents
are just a few of the strategies the Two Georgias
coalitions are beginning to implement in their
communities.
(Continued from page 8)
We’re having the difficult conversations necessary to
address the health inequities among rural Georgians.
— GWEN HOUSTON, Blakely, Georgia
”
Nathaniel Smith of the Partnership for Southern Equity
leads a health equity workshop for the EarlyCares
coalition in Blakely, GA.
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