Georgia Watch has been awarded several new grants to cover essential programming in 2016. The Annie E. Casey Foundation has awarded the Financial Protection Program a grant to conduct a research study assessing paid tax preparation services utilized by low-income consumers. We also received support from the Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment to train agency-based volunteers across the State to organize and facilitate Georgia Watch's scam and identity theft prevention programming. If you're interested in attending a training to conduct scam prevention programming for patrons of your agency, please contact Elise Blasingame at eblasingame@georgiawatch.org.

Georgia Watch is convening a meeting of different

stakeholders at the beginning of 2016 to discuss the accessibility, quality and cost of healthcare in Georgia.  This meeting is hosted in partnership with the Collaborative Health Network, with the generous support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  The Collaborative Health Network provides trusted peer-to-peer forums and programming to support "HealthDoers" working to improve community health and healthcare. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation selected the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement to launch this initiative to ensure that a broader network of individuals and organizations learn about and apply the multi-stakeholder approach to their improvement work. The online and in-person offerings of the Collaborative Health Network are designed to rapidly identify and spread what works, foster meaningful connections, and incorporate participant feedback to set priorities. Join the Collaborative Health Network by visiting healthdoers.bravenew.com and follow #healthdoers on Twitter.