Community Network
On September 8, 2009, the Coalition drafted a letter to statewide stakeholder organizations on behalf of Charley English, Director of GEMA. The letter explained that the Coalition was working to identify organizations throughout Georgia that serve and advocate for people with disabilities and older adults for the purpose of (a) enabling those organizations to share Georgia’s disaster preparedness and response information with their constituencies; and (b) ensure that state and local emergency planning incorporates the needs of people with disabilities and older adults. As a result of the letter and follow-up phone calls there are numerous stakeholder organizations in the Coalition’s network. These stakeholder organizations are:
- AID Atlanta Inc.
- Bobby Dodd Institute
- ASPIRES
- Atlanta School for the Deaf GA Parent/Infant Network/ Education
- Avita Community Partners
- Bainbridge Advocacy Individual Network, Inc. (BAIN)
- Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
- Brain Injury Association of Georgia
- Center for Leadership in Disability, School of Public Health, Georgia State University
- Center for the Visually Impaired
- Clayton County Public Health Department-Emergency Preparedness
- Coastal Health District (9-1)
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation-Georgia Chapter
- DeKalb Health District (3-5)
- Disability Connections
- Disability Link
- East Metro Health District (3-4)
- Emory Autism Resource Center
- Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia
- FOCUS (Families of Children Under Stress)
- GA Dept Of Behavioral Health
- GA Dept of Community Health Refugee
- Georgia ARC Network
- Georgia Association for Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Georgia Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund
- Georgia Mental Health Consumers Network (Consumers of MHDDAD Services)
- Georgia Parent Support Network
- Georgia Radio Reading Service (GaRRS)
- Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities
- Hearing Loss Association of America (Georgia State Office)-Formerly Self Help for the Hard of Hearing
- Highland Rivers Community Service Board
- Jewish Family and Career Services
- McIntosh Trail Community Service Board
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)-Georgia
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- National Federation of the Blind-Georgia
- Parent to Parent of Georgia
- Pineland Area MHDD & AD Community Service Board
- Shepherd Spinal Center
- Spina Bifida Association of Georgia, Inc.
- Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia, Inc.
- The Elaine Clark Center
- Walton Options for Independent Living Inc.