Cobb Collaborative Inc

To facilitate opportunities for community organizations to join forces to fill service gaps and inefficiencies preventing progress, raise awareness of programs and services available, and mobilize these organizations to continue to fulfill their mission by providing vital capacity-building resources.

To improve 3rd grade reading proficiency. Research tells us that children who are not reading on grade level by the end of 3rd grade are 4 times more likely to not graduate from high school, leading to limited opportunities for employment. A literate workforce is critical to the ongoing commercial success of a community as well as necessary for an engaged citizenry to influence policy, services and quality of life.

To be viewed as a leader for nonprofits in the community - well-versed on matters impacting the nonprofit community as a whole and in Cobb County specifically.

To have Cobb be a trauma-informed community. By recognizing the role that childhood trauma plays in one's development and addressing that trauma, our community can begin to treat the whole person, with all of their experiences. We want all system of care providers to ask "What happened to you?" v. "What is wrong with you?"

On a macro level, our strategy is to convene and charge nonprofit, for-profit, faith, public health and government leaders with the task of improving outcomes for children and families in the following specific areas: 3rd grade reading proficiency, mental health, and civic engagement. We facilitate cross-sector strategy teams who meet and work on specific areas, programs and activities.

On a micro level, our strategy is to equip, empower and engage all member organizations with the tools, resources, and knowledge necessary to fully function in their organizations' missions to improve outcomes for children and families.

Cobb Collaborative is a nonprofit organization that is part of a state wide network called the Georgia Family Connection Partnership. We have a skilled management team that manages a rather robust communications plan and ability to facilitate cross sector opportunities for all community member organizations.

We are a clearinghouse for information about the nonprofit sector in Cobb County, which helps facilitate communications and collaboration.

We launched a mental health campaign in January 2020 to raise awareness, promote resiliency and reduce stigma of mental health conditions. The Mind Your Mind initiative includes online content and resources, trauma-credentialed trainings, documentary film screenings, and panel discussions about sensitive topics including anxiety, stress, and trauma. We provided mental health training to over 1,567 individuals in 2021.

We are the local point of contact for the Get Georgia Reading Campaign, and participate in system-wide grant opportunities to radically implement the science of reading and explain that to the community.

Since 2018 we have,
Grown our membership from 75 to over 130 stakeholders investing into our community.
Helped improve 3rd grade reading proficiency scores in both school systems we work with.
Distributed over 5,000 books in 2022 to build home libraries and promote access to reading
Successfully conducted another year of our Little Free Library campaign with coordinating 22 Little Free Libraries around the community in 2022
Become the lead community coalition for Resilient Georgia
Secured more external funding to support our literacy, mental health, and civic engagement initiatives.
Widened our communications reach via newsletters and multiple social media platforms with the sole purpose of heightening awareness of communal issues, highlighting volunteer opportunities, as well as promoting events that serve multiple functions
Launched our mental health awareness campaign and trained over 2,100 individuals in 2022
Served as a community leader for civic engagement activities in 2022 to increase equitable participation in the 2022 mid-term elections.



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