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CURRENT PUBLIC CLASSES
WINNING THE WORKPLACE CHALLENGE
FREE Virtual Classes
Winning the Workplace Challenge provides training on how to deal with home and workplace relationships. Create happier and healthier habits that will strengthen your relationships in the workplace!
ELEVATE WORKSHOPS
PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA | Free Online and In-Person Classes
Join other couples in discovering ways to learn skills and manage stress to ELEVATE your relationship!
INTERESTED IN HOSTING A WORKSHOP?
The Georgia Center for Opportunity offers free relationship workshops to partner organizations. If you are interested in partnering with us and hosting a workshop, let us know and we will set up a meeting.
RECONCILING A FAMILY AFTER ADDICTION
Chris struggled with addiction but found hope through a treatment program that didn’t just address addiction but provided tools that brought new reconciliation.
Why Nonprofits Should Care and What to Do
Key Takeaways: Welfare cliffs and marriage penalties are discouraging people from work and forming families. The cliffs and penalties may mean that our clients are locked into poverty for much longer than they would be otherwise and despite our best efforts. GCO has...
An epidemic of teen depression (and what to do about it)
An epidemic of teen depression (and what to do about it) Key Takeaways: In the last 10 years, the number of teens identifying as having "experienced persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness" doubled. School connectedness was a key barometer of how well teens...
Randy Hicks on taking a bottom-up strategy to state policy reform | Overton Window Podcast
GCO's CEO, Randy Hicks speaks with fellow think tank podcast, The Overton Window Below is an excerpt from the Mackinac Center in Michigan. The Mackinac Center recently invited GCO's CEO, Randy Hicks to discuss GCO's take on State Policy Reform on their regular...
BETTER FAMILY
CHERYL FOUND THE STRENGTH AND SKILLS TO SET BOUNDARIES IN HER RELATIONSHIPS AT CLASSES PROVIDED TO EVERY WOMAN WORKS.
PROGRAMS & RESOURCES
HEALTHY @ HOME
Videos and expert advice on identifying and building mental wellness.
HEALTHY @ WORK
Resources for employees and employers to provide a stable relationship foundation.
FAMILY & PARENTING WEBINARS
Videos and resources to help you strengthen your family and parenting skills.
POLICY
INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY
Exploring ways to break the cycle of poverty passed from generation-to-generation
PAID FAMILY LEAVE
How businesses can support and foster strong families through workplace initiatives.
FOSTER CARE REFORM
We must create a system that builds stable environment for those in the foster care system.
ADDITIONAL POLICY
HEALTHCARE ACCESS
Accessing quality healthcare not only impacts the personal health but also the health of the family.
DEEP RED VALLEYS
Discover how policy, meant for good, can discourage the formation of families in our communities.
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Joyce Mayberry
VP of Family
Katherine Greene
Program Manager
