OUR SUPPORT ACROSS
Georgia
1 MILLION
PEOPLE SERVED SINCE 2020
CORE began working in Georgia in 2020 to provide critical relief to hard-hit and vulnerable communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the years after, our work evolved as we implemented health equity programming in underserved Georgian communities, which ranged from benefits navigation and resource coordination to chronic health screenings, HIV/STI test kit distribution, and Flu and Mpox vaccinations.
Today, we remain in Georgia committed to our public health work by engaging with communities in Cobb County to further provide education and assist in applying for federal benefits that increases their access to healthcare.
Beyond our public health work, CORE has also sprung to action when natural disasters struck, including Hurricanes Idalia and Helene, providing critical services and resources to impacted communities across the state.
OUR RESPONSE
Georgia, 2024
Hurricane Helene
60,000
people reached
230,000
resources distributed
Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend as a record-breaking Category 4 hurricane, causing widespread devastation. Over 200 fatalities were reported across six states, with catastrophic flooding, landslides, power outages, and severe damage along its 500-mile path. In response, CORE partnered with local organizations and the National Guard to deliver urgent humanitarian aid.
CORE set up points of distribution for safe access to vital supplies in Lowndes County, GA and Hendersonville, NC, reaching more than 60,000 people and distributed nearly 230,000 critical resources including hygiene kits, tarps, drinking water, ready to eat meal kits and other essential relief items.
In Valdosta, Georgia, CORE also tarped severely damaged mobile homes and conducted wellness checks to support community members, many of whom are elderly, low income and without insurance, and managing chronic illnesses. Some had been dealing with residual mold and interior damage from the three back-to-back storms that previously impacted the region.
Learn more about our current Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in North Carolina.
Georgia, 2023-25
Health Equity
Throughout 2023-25, CORE provided public health services and health educational programs throughout the state of Georgia to promote long-term health equity among marginalized and vulnerable populations.
Statewide immunization programming (COVID, Flu, Mpox): operated mobile units to administer crucial vaccinations to vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations including rural communities and community members of color
Harm Reduction: offered HIV and STI testing and distributed thousands of at-home HIV test kits at MPOX and vaccination events to empower individuals with resources to monitor their health; also distributed Narcan and hosted harm reduction trainings
Health outreach (benefits navigation, resource coordination, and case management): informed and connected thousands of community members to available health resources and services (such as SNAP, WIC, TANF), assisting them with relevant applications, and providing supplemental educational materials
Health screenings: integrated hypertension screenings and education into outreach efforts, reaching nearly 2,500 individuals, and provided hundreds of blood pressure monitors to high-risk people
GEORGIA, 2023
Hurricane Idalia
8,900
people served
15,000
resources distributed
On August 30, 2023, Hurricane Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 storm on Florida’s Gulf Coast, the strongest storm to make landfall in the state’s Big Bend region in over 125 years.
Dangerous storm surges, high-sustained wind speeds, and heavy flooding severely impacted local communities and infrastructure, in addition to stranding more than 450,000 people without power. CORE responded quickly to provide critical relief to low-income and high-riskcommunities impacted by Hurricane Idalia. In coordination with our partners, and our local staff, we deployed an emergency response team to assess the immediate needs of hard-hit communities in Lowndes County, Georgia.
We managed various points of distribution (PODs) throughout the county to provide water, hygiene kits, hot meals, and other essential relief items to thousands of community members. Our emergency relief efforts focused on supporting underserved communities in the region, including the Val Del mobile home community and several Section 8 housing sites.
Georgia, 2020
COVID-19 Response
626,000
vaccines administrated
412,000
tests administered
Georgia was one of the hardest-hit areas in the U.S., ranking high among all states for positive COVID-19 case and death counts. It has also held one of the lowest vaccination rates in the nation.
CORE Georgia was established in April 2020, following the launch of a statewide COVID-19 response program. Alongside our partners, we operated a free mass COVID-19 testing site at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, an innovative mobile testing unit operation bringing services directly to communities, Case Investigation and Resource Coordination program, and a statewide mobile vaccination program.