The Heart of It All

The Georgia Cardiovascular Learning Collaborative is the connective tissue of this initiative. It brings together all county Collaboratives, Mosaic Group, and content experts — through virtual and in-person convenings to share lessons learned, exchange resources, and advance shared goals.

Each county operates independently and reflects its own community’s priorities. The Learning Collaborative is how those independent efforts strengthen one another: a Clayton Heart Hub workflow innovation gets adapted in Macon; a Muscogee produce prescription model informs a nutrition strategy in Randolph; a Macon follow-up workflow reaches a new audience elsewhere.

Visit any of the four County Learning Collaborative pages to learn more information:

Clayton, Macon, Muscogee, and Randolph Counties

About This Initiative

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and in Georgia (CDC NCHS, 2024), and its burden falls hardest on communities that have long faced inequities in access to healthcare, healthy food, and economic opportunity. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is working to change that — not by importing outside solutions, but by supporting communities to lead the change themselves.

The Georgia Heart Health Initiative is a five-year, CDC-funded effort implemented in Georgia in partnership with local health districts that support each target county. Mosaic Group serves as the implementation partner, working alongside local Community Champion organizations in each participating county. We are currently in Year Three of the initiative.

The Heart of It All

The Georgia Cardiovascular Learning Collaborative is the connective tissue of this initiative. It brings together all county Collaboratives, Mosaic Group, and content experts — through virtual and in-person convenings to share lessons learned, exchange resources, and advance shared goals.

Each county operates independently and reflects its own community’s priorities. The Learning Collaborative is how those independent efforts strengthen one another: a Clayton Heart Hub workflow innovation gets adapted in Macon; a Muscogee produce prescription model informs a nutrition strategy in Randolph; a Macon follow-up workflow reaches a new audience elsewhere.

Visit any of the four County Learning Collaborative pages to learn more information:

Clayton, Macon, Muscogee, and Randolph Counties

Funding & Implementation

• • Funded through the CDC’s Innovative Cardiovascular Health Program — a five-year national initiative
  • Awarded CDC Grant NOA_DP23_0004 with Mosaic Group as the implementation partner
  • Targets communities with among the highest hypertension (blood pressure) rates in the state
  • Priority populations: rural residents, low-income households, Black and Hispanic communities, and women with hypertension during and after pregnancy

The CDC awarded cooperative agreements under this program to health departments in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Total national investment of up to $275 million over a five-year period. The grant was awarded in 2023 and six high-burden counties were selected based on census-tract level hypertension data. The initiative is built around meeting people where they already are — at community events, mobile markets, barbershops, and neighborhood sites — rather than relying on traditional clinic-based care alone.

Get Involved

Improving heart health takes a community. Whether you live in one of our participating counties, represent an organization that serves residents, or simply care about this work, there’s a place for you.

Ways to Get Involved

• Attend a monthly Collaborative meeting in your county
• Become a Healthy Heart Ambassador and share heart health information in your community
• Host a screening event at your church, workplace, school, or community space
• Volunteer at a community screening or educational event
• Connect friends and neighbors to free screenings and local resources
• Partner with your County Collaborative to integrate heart health into your organization’s existing programs

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Funding & Implementation

• • Funded through the CDC’s Innovative Cardiovascular Health Program — a five-year national initiative
  • Awarded CDC Grant NOA_DP23_0004 with Mosaic Group as the implementation partner
  • Targets communities with among the highest hypertension (blood pressure) rates in the state
  • Priority populations: rural residents, low-income households, Black and Hispanic communities, and women with hypertension during and after pregnancy

The CDC awarded cooperative agreements under this program to health departments in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Total national investment of up to $275 million over a five-year period. The grant was awarded in 2023 and six high-burden counties were selected based on census-tract level hypertension data. The initiative is built around meeting people where they already are — at community events, mobile markets, barbershops, and neighborhood sites — rather than relying on traditional clinic-based care alone.