The Georgia Department of Education is hosting a conference on the growing travesty of human sex trafficking. About 400 girls under the age of 18 are trafficked in Atlanta each month. The GaDOE has partnered with subject-matter experts to help inform school personnel of the warning signs and help them learn more about the resources available for these students. Three programs are planned: Tuesday, Nov. 1; Nov. 30 and Dec. 1; Jan. 30 and 31; and Feb. 27 and 28. Location: Floyd Room, 20th Floor Twin Towers West, 200 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta. More info:http://www.gadoe.org/_documents/htconference/index.html. NANCY BADERTSCHER
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The Baldwin County court system is getting $1.2 million for its mental health court. The federal grant if for the court to work with River Edge Behavioral Health treatment defendants suffering from mental illness or substance-abuse. Baldwin County, which is the home of the state's first psychiatric hospital, Central State Hospital in Milledgeville was the only system in Georgia and one of 11 nationwide to join the Behavioral Health Treatment Court Collaborative, which combines drug court and mental-health courts with community reentry programs. STEVEN VISSER
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Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has been designated the state's only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in Georgia at its Egleston campus. That's the highest level of service for trauma care and is a designation awarded by a state committee that verifies the presence of medical resources needed to provide the most advanced emergency care. Children’s at Scottish Rite is the state’s only Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center. CARRIE TEEGARDIN
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