The Georgia 2Gen Academy culminates in an interagency capstone project that gives participants the opportunity to apply their learning to real-world challenges affecting Georgia’s children and families. Working across agencies and service areas, participants collaborate to identify opportunities for stronger coordination, improved family support systems, and more effective policies and practices through a two-generation (2Gen) approach. 

Each capstone group partners with a Family Project Advisor, an individual with lived experience related to the group’s focus area, to ensure family perspectives remain central throughout the project process. Using a human-centered design approach, participants work to better understand the needs of families, identify service gaps, and develop practical, family-informed solutions. 

Capstone projects are designed to advance Georgia’s broader 2Gen efforts by encouraging innovation, collaboration, and systems change across child-serving agencies. Each team develops a final deliverable and presentation that reflect the outcomes of their work, which are presented to the Georgia Children’s Cabinet and Academy peers during the graduation ceremony.