From left are Janet Sheldon, Colquitt County Family Connection; Jim Matney, Colquitt Regional Medical Center; and Jill O’Meara, Georgia DECAL.

Colquitt County Family Connection received a $10,000 grant from the Georgia Department of Early Caring and Learning (DECAL).

One of the projects is with Colquitt Regional Medical Center to get the word out to birth mothers and the community how vitally important it is to look at, hold, and talk with babies right from the beginning, as their brains are forming the most rapidly from birth to age 3.

From left are Janet Sheldon, Colquitt County Family Connection; Jim Matney, Colquitt Regional Medical Center; and Jill O’Meara, Georgia DECAL.