COVID-19 Specific Media Coverage

Written on 29 June 2020.

Georgia Recorder 5-5-2020 GCDD Executive Director Eric Jacobson participated in an interview with Jill Nolin at the Georgia Recorder. Read the article here: “Coronavirus creates extra hardship for workers with disabilities” or download the print article. The article also ran in the Daily...

Families in Exile: Georgia disability services system underfunded

Written on 26 July 2020.

, July 26, 2020 Philip and Evan Woody walk back to their house in Dunwoody after an activity at their church, the North Atlanta Church of Christ, on July 18. Photo by Riley Bunch DUNWOODY — A lot of toddlers fall and bump their heads. So when Evan Woody took a tumble at one and...

Critical home-health services on thin ice during pandemic

Written on 12 July 2020.

Without more federal dollars, home-based health services could take a hit, further reducing access to programs that can keep people out of institutional care facilities like nursing homes. Advocates for home and community services are pushing for increased federal funding through Medicaid, an...

AJC CONTINUING COVERAGE EDUCATION; Gwinnett parents seek end to police in public schools

Written on 01 July 2020.

A parent-led grassroots organization has called for the removal of school resource officers from Gwinnett County Public Schools. In an open letter sent recently to Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanksandboardmembers, Marlyn Tillman, co-founder of the Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the...

Wellness collective Mixed Greens Savannah for all abilities can be found at Forsyth Farmers' Market

Written on 28 June 2020.

by Stephen Alford, June 28, 2020 For more than a decade the grassroots group Mixed Greens has been sowing the seeds of happiness in Savannah. The gardening and wellness collective began as an offshoot of the Forsyth Farmers Market, which each Saturday offers a place for area farmers to sell...

"Considerable action on health bills puts cap on interrupted session

Written on 27 June 2020.

by Andy Miller, Max Blau, Georgia Health News State Rep. David Knight had a triumphant look Friday when talking about his quest for more oversight and restrictions on the PBM industry. Pharmacy Benefit Managers are basically corporate middlemen between health insurers or large employers and...

Grassroots Group Petitions to Get Officers Out of Gwinnett County Schools

Written on 26 June 2020.

by Martha Dalton, June 26, 2020 A grassroots group in Gwinnett County wants to replace School Resource Officers (SROs) with counselors, restorative justice practitioners, and community intervention workers. The group is called the Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the School-to-Prison...

A State Of Crisis: Georgia Families Affected By Proposed Disability Budget Cuts

Written on 25 June 2020.

By Jade Abdul-Malik, June 25, 2020 Come July 1, families in Georgia already struggling to provide quality care for their children with disabilities will brace for the elimination of programs and services they need most, provided by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental...

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COVID-19 Specific Media Coverage

Families in Exile: Georgia disability services system underfunded

Critical home-health services on thin ice during pandemic

AJC CONTINUING COVERAGE EDUCATION; Gwinnett parents seek end to police in public schools

Wellness collective Mixed Greens Savannah for all abilities can be found at Forsyth Farmers' Market

"Considerable action on health bills puts cap on interrupted session

Grassroots Group Petitions to Get Officers Out of Gwinnett County Schools

A State Of Crisis: Georgia Families Affected By Proposed Disability Budget Cuts