Rockdale

Last year, we unlocked the potential of more than 2,500 individuals, children, and families in Rockdale.

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

How are the children in Rockdale county?

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

We know it takes the collective community 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 Rockdale 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+…
Jennifer Young
Regional Director, Southern Crescent
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Rockdale County Advisory Board

Nancy Bills
Rockdale County Superior Court
Angela Campbell
ARC Homes Realty Group, LLC
Dr. Karen Citizen-Wilcox
The Council on Alcohol and Drugs
Siobhan Ford
The Coca-Cola Company
Shannon Heath-Longino
TRUIST Bank / TRUIST Community Capital
Glenda Hicks
501c Impact!
J. Middlebrooks
E. Smith Box, Inc.
Shauna Miller
Rockdale County Public Schools
Kalyn Romaine
Forward Collective Group
Leo Smith, Ph.D.
Retired / Community Volunteer
Janet White
United States Department of Agriculture
Kenya Williams
Georgia Department of Labor
Maureen Wood
Rockdale County Juvenile Court

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