Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority
601 East 66th Street
Suite 101
Savannah, GA 31405
P.O. Box 14317, Savannah, GA 31416
Phone: 912.352.7054 ~ Fax: 912.352.7451
Edward Chisolm, Executive Director
Savannah Promise Neighborhood
UPDATE! Savannah was not selected as a Promise Neighborhood grantee for 2012; however, we will launch the Savannah Promise Neighborhood in January using the local partners and their commitments toward this initiative. You will be hearing from us!
COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
The next meeting of the SPN Oversight Planning Committee will be announced at a later date.
Emory University School Health Clinic
The requirements for this planning grant have been met. A business plan was completed and is in the stages of being reviewed before it becomes officially authorized. Check this site later for additional information.
Childhood Development Associate (CDA) Program
We are proud to announce that a CDA graduation ceremony was held on November 19 at the First Assembly Church in Garden City. Program participants are now in Phase 2 of the program which should conclude this spring.
YFA Collaborative Meeting
AUTHORITY MEMBERS --
The next collaborative meeting will be FEBRUARY 14 at 4:00 p.m. at the Lewis Cancer Research Pavilion in the 2nd Floor Training Room. Topic Area: TBD
Teen Maze Event-2012
The Teen Maze event for this year will be held March 26-29 at the National Guard Armory. Target population will be first time 8th graders. There will be four event tracks. The goal of the event is to eliminate barriers to students not graduating fom higih school, nd to expose them to career information.
Update on RFPs for St. Pius
Requests for Proposals were solicited for use of the St. Pius facility. The RFP Committee has reviewed the RFPs and will make a recommendation to the Authority Board.
Savannah Receives IBM Grant
The City of Savannah recently received an IBM KidsSmart grant that awarded YFA 30 Young Explorer Little Tikes units to be placed in SCCPSS Pre-K and lower grades classrooms and across selected community centers and child care facilities. YFA was pleased to partner with the SCCPSS on this. This is great news for our early learners and complements our Savannah Promise Neighborhood work. THANK YOU City of Savannah and IBM!
Annual Reporting to the Community
The Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority (YFA) has been legislated to use its collaborative framework to improve the quality of life for the children, youth, and families that reside in Chatham County, Georgia. This has been achieved through advocacy, studying policy, and reporting. The YFA has diligently provided these to our community for over twenty years. Collaboration and partner agency commitments have sustained the Authority since its inception in 1988, and continue to serve as critical components in the Authority’s structure, thereby laying the foundation for policy and system change that can foster more positive outcomes for our community.
Annual reporting to the Chatham County community on the condition of children, youth, and families is accomplished through several methods. The annual status report serves as one of these methods. These status reports are not only a testament to true collaboration, but also allow the entire community to closely examine key indicators that affect the preparedness of our children, youth, and families to thrive and succeed in life.
The Authority is proud to continue publishing these reports to the Chatham-Savannah community. We have embarked on a new direction to ensure that more measurable outcomes and accountability are monitored in the work of community agencies and institutions that directly impacts children and families. During 2011, this new direction will entail performing an assessment of the youth service delivery system in Chatham County. This assessment will enable the Authority to begin to better "connect the dots" with regards to the reported indicators, needs, and the capacity to serve the targeted populations.
The new 2009 Kids Matter! report will be posted on this page by the end of January 2011.
The Kids Matter! 2009 Report
Click here to access the 2009 Kids Matter! Report
Download 2009 Full Report
Download Sections:
2009 Healthy Children (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec. Summary, Healthy Children Tab page, Pages 5-11, and Data Sources/Acknowledgments)
2009 Children Ready for and Succeeding in School (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec Summary, Children Ready for and Succeeding in School Tab page, Pages 12-21, and Data Sources/Acknowledgements)
2009 Strong Families and Neighborhoods (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec Summary, Strong Families and Neighborhoods Tab page, Pages 22-30, and Data Sources/Acknowledgments)
2009 Self-Sufficient Families (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec Summary, Self-Sufficient Families Tab page, pages 31-33, and Data Sources/Acknowledgments)
The Kids Matter! 2008 Report
Click here to access the 2008 Kids Matter! Report
Download 2008 Full Report
Download Sections:
2008 Healthy Children (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec. Summary, Healthy Children Tab page, Pages 5-11, and Data Sources/Acknowledgments)
2008 Children Ready for and Succeeding in School (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec Summary, Children Ready for and Succeeding in School Tab page, Pages 12-21, and Data Sources/Acknowledgements)
2008 Strong Families and Neighborhoods (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec Summary, Strong Families and Neighborhoods Tab page, Pages 22-30, and Data Sources/Acknowledgments)
2008 Self-Sufficient Families (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec Summary, Self-Sufficient Families Tab page, pages 31-33, and Data Sources/Acknowledgments)
Children Ready for and Succeeding in School
The Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) continues to work diligently towards improving the quality of education and the educational experience for public school students. Since the release of the 2008 Kids Matter! report, the SCCPSS has provided a “We are Rising” and a “School Improvements” document that shows the progress that has been made across the school system in key areas.