Cobb

Last year, we unlocked the potential of more than 35,000 individuals, children, and families in Cobb.

Our Child Well-Being Index ® tells us there are more children and families in need in Cobb. They aren’t just numbers on a map, they’re your neighbors.

How are the children in Cobb county?

Based on local child well-being insights, the Cobb County Advisory Boards determined Building Strong Learners and Increasing Economic Stability as the most important areas to focus efforts.

We know it takes every sector to remove barriers and that’s why we invite individuals, corporations, non-profits, and government entities to create viable solutions and drive sustainable change in Cobb County with a focus on these priorities.

News and Events

Students play educational activities—the Georgia full-day Pre-K program that we know today is a direct result of GEEARS’s advocacy.

Setting GEEARS in motion

Alana Dorsey cuts the ribbon to celebrate her newly renovated early learning center with partners from United Way of Greater Atlanta, PAACT, Quality Care for Children, Early Learning Property Management, and Banner Services Group.

Building up our youngest learners

Mary Wilson, Executive Director of the Trans Housing Coalition, is one of our first OUT Georgia Impact Fund recipients—and has helped house more than 300 transgender and gender-nonconforming clients across Greater Atlanta.

Out of the margins into housing that heals

Take a walk down the streets of Atlanta, and you’re bound to see—or look away from—the faces of neighbors experiencing homelessness. In 2019, Trans Housing Coalition (THC) Founder and photographer Jesse Pratt Lopez refused to look away. She began photographing women on the street around Piedmont Avenue, drawn to their strength and resilience.   The LGBTQIA+…
Michelle Jordan
Regional Director, Northwest
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Cobb County Advisory Board

Shari Blalock
Sprinklr
Colette Blanton
GPC
Kim Blass
Marietta City Schools
Harika Chowdary
Southern Company
Joy Dyess
BankSouth Mortgage
Monica Gonzalez
Cobb Chamber of Commerce
Rebecca Higgins
Kimberly Clark Company
Kendra King
Accenture
Linda Lyons
Kennesaw State University
Gary Mann
Assurant
Krystle Mitchell
Cardinal Health
Sheryl-Anne Murray
Caresource
Angela Patterson
 Johnson Ferry Baptist Church
Michael Peterson
Delta
Jeff Place
INPO
Ken Reaves
Georgia Highlands

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