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A room for primary care at the Twiggs County School District's new school-based health center. This clinic will be one of about 30 new or expanded school based health centers to be up and running over the next few years.

Georgia is installing more health care clinics on school grounds. How has that worked so far?

A state investment of $125 million dollars from federal COVID relief funds is helping grow school-based health through grants issued by the Georgia Department of Education.

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Community members and local leaders of Jeffersonville, G.a. gather at the groundbreaking of an expansion to the federally qualified health center in town. The extra space will allow providers to bring more speciality care to the county which ranks in the bottom 10 for health outcomes in the state.

Once ranked last in the state for health care, Twiggs County is expanding access

A years-long local collaboration is behind the expansion of a federally qualified health center in Jeffersonville. 

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Betty Rouse, top left, and Ida McClinton talk while sharing lunch at the Twiggs County Senior Center in Jeffersonville. Studies show that eating together is better for seniors since they tend to eat more in each other's company.

Georgia First In Nation To Tackle Senior Hunger Head On

Three to four days a week Ernestine Mims comes to the Senior Center in Twiggs County to eat lunch with her friends. On a recent afternoon, t he women s...

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A broken weathervane in the front yard of one of a handful of homes damaged by an apparent tornado in Twiggs County Friday.

As Storms Recede, Seeing What Might Have Been A Tornado

While tornado watches are set to expire into Friday evening, The National Weather Service is investigating what, if any, of the wind damage that came...

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