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The Georgia Family Impact Seminar (FIS) is a collaborative public policy analysis and education initiative targeting important legislative decisions that affect Georgia’s families and communities. The Georgia FIS is co-directed by the UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government and the UGA College of Family & Consumer Sciences, and is affiliated with the Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other universities across the nation. In addition, the FIS collaborates with the Georgia Child Policy Partnership, an effort of the Child and Family Policy Initiative at the University of Georgia and the Andrew Young School of Public Policy at Georgia State University. The UGA Child and Family Policy Initiative partners currently include the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, the School of Social Work, and the College of Education.
The purpose of the Georgia FIS is to provide policymakers and the public with nonpartisan, current, evidence-based information on compelling issues facing Georgia families. Annually, FIS faculty and advisors ascertain from various sources the most salient family policy issues facing the state. From all pending issues, one is selected for in-depth study. Using briefing reports and a legislative seminar, the FIS provides solution-based research and experience in other states, with the intent of ensuring the best policy outcomes for Georgia.
2008 Seminar
Childhood Obesity: The Epidemic's Impacts and Policy Options
Childhood obesity in Georgia was, again, the topic of the 2008 Family Impact Seminar. The program was sponsored by the Child and Family Policy Initiative in Atlanta for members of the Georgia General Assembly and cosponsored as a committee meeting by Sen. Don Thomas, chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and Rep. Judy Manning, chair of the House Committee on Children and Youth. Guest speakers reviewed the state's efforts to address childhood obesity over the last three years and compared Georgia policies to those of other states. They were Richard Lewis, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Georgia; Rodney Lyn, Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University; and Joe Thompson, director, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement and state surgeon general.
Full report
Report Inserts
Presentations: Georgia Policy Opportunities, The Health Status of Georgia's Children, Opportunities and Challenges: Mapping the Future
2005 Seminar
Childhood Obesity: The Epidemic's Impacts and Policy Options
This inaugural seminar for the Georgia Family Impact Seminar was presented March 24, 2005 at the State Capitol. The briefing report was presented by Rebecca Mullis, PhD, University of Georgia, William Kanto, MD, Medical College of Georgia, and Richard Lewis, PhD, University of Georgia.
Full Report
Executive Summary
Coordinating Partners
Karen Baynes, Esq.
Associate Director, Governmental Services and Research
Carl Vinson Institute of Government
E-Mail: baynes@cviog.uga.edu
Phone: 706.542.6242
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
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Georgia Family Impact Seminar
