Blog & Podcast

Mentoring Makes a Difference

February 2, 2022

Persistent exposure to one or more ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) as a child or adolescent can cause prolonged activation of the body’s stress response, which triggers toxic stress. Toxic stress,…

Georgia Mental Health Legislation Watch

January 31, 2022

As we shared in early January, mental health legislation is in the works for the 2022 Georgia legislative session. We began to see bipartisan fruition of this recently with the…

Cobb Collaborative Events: Week of January 31, 2022

January 31, 2022

Tuesday, February 1 Resilient Cobb Summit Please join us for a half-day mental health symposium focused on making Cobb a trauma-informed and trauma-responsive community. 8:30-9:00AM: Registration, refreshments and networking 9:00AM…

Habitat for Humanity-Accepting Applications for 2022 Home Ownership Program January 24th-February 7th

January 27, 2022

The window for accepting applications for Habitat’s Home Ownership Program for 2022 will be from January 24th-February 7th, 2022. Click here to submit an interest form. For more information, email…

Cobb Collaborative Events: Week of January 24, 2022

January 24, 2022

Tuesday, January 25 10:00-11:00AM – GAVA – Let’s Talk Volunteering: This webinar will enhance understanding of global trends in volunteering by bringing together some key global research that has been…

Cobb Collaborative Events: Week of January 17, 2022

January 18, 2022

Tuesday, January 18 8:00-9:00AM – Cobb Marietta Early Learning Initiative: The Cobb Marietta Early Learning Initiative seeks to be a resource for parents and caregivers of children from birth through…

Cobb Collaborative Events: Week of January 10, 2022

January 10, 2022

Happy Monday, everyone! Here is a look at upcoming events with Cobb Collaborative. Tuesday, January 11 10:00-11:30AM – Community Resiliency Model (CRM)®: The primary focus of the Community Resiliency Model…

Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast: Episode 14

January 7, 2022

Youth Mental Health Conversation with Dr. Christy Land & Jenn Vann In this episode, Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, has a conversation with Dr. Christy Land and Jenn Vann…

Cobb Collaborative Achieves “21 in 2021” Little Free Library Goal

January 7, 2022

As the local point of contact for the Get Georgia Reading Campaign, the Cobb Collaborative works to improve 3rd grade reading levels in Cobb County. Data reveals that children who…

2022 Georgia Mental Health Legislation

January 4, 2022

Did you know that Georgia ranks LAST in the United States in terms of access to mental health care? This is according to a published report (pg 13) from Mental…