Coordinating Partners

Don Bower, PhD, CFLE
Department Head and Professor, Child and Family Development
Extension State Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Georgia
E-Mail: dbower@uga.edu
Phone: 706.542.4844

Janet Bittner, MS
Child and Family Policy Initiative 
Carl Vinson Institute of Government 
University of Georgia 
Email: bittner@cviog.uga.edu
Phone: 404.463.6806

Ted G. Futris, PhD, CFLE
Assistant Professor, Child and Family Development
Extension State Family Life Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Georgia
E-Mail: tfutris@uga.edu
Phone: 706.542.7566

Initiative Partners:

• College of Family and Consumer Sciences • The Carl Vinson Institute of Government • Fanning Institute •
• School of Social Work • College of Education • College of Public Health •

The College of Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS), Coordinator; The Carl Vinson Institute of Government (CVIOG); Fanning Institute; The School of Social Work (SSW); the College of Education; and the College of Public Health serve as the primary units of the Initiative. In addition to these primary units, faculty, staff and students across the university are invited to participate.