** Paid Family Leave is a Trending Topic in Georgia
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As we work to build strong families in Georgia, we realized that Paid Family Leave is a topic we must take the lead on.

We gathered experts on the GA Tech campus for an open dialogue about solutions that could help our state and parents with paid family leave benefits. Panelists included, Rick Santorum, Patriot Voices, Aparna Mathur, American Enterprise Institute, Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus Center, and Rachel Greszler with the Heritage Foundation. To see the full conversation click the video ([link removed]) below.

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** "Let’s make Georgia the best state to be a foster child"
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An alarming 97 percent of kids who age out of the foster care system without a stable connection to a family end up in chronic poverty.

At Georgia Center for Opportunity (GCO), we understand the importance that foster families play in creating stable environments for the most vulnerable in our society—foster children.
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** Marriage Week 2020
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** February 7-14, 2020
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We're getting close to wrapping up our social media series Thriving Together. Our very own Joyce Mayberry and her new husband Harold have been sharing their experience as newlyweds with the world. Each week friends from their network are sharing marriage tips via the video series Thriving Together. ([link removed]) You can watch below and share with your social media networks!

Join us as we celebrate Marriage Week 2020.

When: Friday, February 14, 2020
Time: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Where: Georgia Center for Opportunity

There will be conversation, photos, and heavy Hors d'oeuvres.

National Marriage Week is a movement across the United States to increase awareness about marriage education, and promotes the benefits of marriage, reducing poverty and helping children maintain healthier lives.

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Be part of the #GotYourBack campaign and show your support for marriage!
* For this we are asking folks to take a picture of them and their spouse back-to-back, tag it and put our FB frame ([link removed]) on it.

* To add a frame simply go here: [link removed] ([link removed]) and search "#GotYourBack".

* Don't forget to remind your followers to tag #GotYourBack so that we can share them on our social media as well!

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