Organizational History

During the 1990s, community leaders worked to establish a coordinating council focused on the needs of children, youth, and families. As a result, the Clayton Collaborative Authority was created by Senate Bill 355 in April 1997 to address issues impacting our local citizens.

With a loaned executive from Clayton State University, the newly designated Collaborative Authority applied for Family Connection recognition and funding.  By the spring of 1998, the Clayton County Collaborative Authority had become part of the expanding Georgia Family Connection network.

Since 1998 the Collaborative has been developing relationships with various agencies and leaders in the community to address concerns affecting children and families county-wide. With funding and technical support from the Family Connection Partnership, strategic planning is creating an integrated, positive vision that should guide the county for decades to come.