Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority
6 East Bay Street
Gamble Building ~ Lower Level
P.O. Box 10212
Savannah, GA 31401
Phone: 912.651.6810
Fax: 912.651.6814
Edward Chisolm, Executive Director
G-CAPP Resources for Teens
The Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (GCAPP) has the following resources available for teens: What Teens Don't Know; Talking With Parents About Sex; and view Teen Websites for links to additional information.
Summer Reading Program
Make a Splash!...READ. From June 1st to August 15th. For all ages up to 18. Visit any Live Oak Public Libraries branch and pick up your reading log to get started! Keep track of your reading & receive rewards. You'll also be eligible for prize drawings. View Flyers. Also, get your own library card!
Savannah Promise Neighborhood
The Promise Neighborhood planning grant has been submitted. Announcements will be made in September for funded sites. We THANK YOU ALL for the tremendous work that has taken place to move us closer to the realization of the Savannah Promise Neighborhood!
The Savannah Promise Neighborhood (SPN) will be an early childhood development and education initiative. View the Rotary-Kiwanis Clubs white paper on Early Childhood Education that will have elements incorporated into the SPN white paper for the proposed target area. For additional information, from the top menu go to What We Do, then Data and Information, then Research Evaluation & Other Information.
- Savannah Promise Neighborhood Oversight Committee will meet on Friday, July 30, at 8:30 a.m. at the Chatham County Health Department (Eisenhower Drive) in the Training Room.
YFA Receives School Health Clinic Grant
YFA was notified by the Emory University Department of Pediatrics that it was a recipient of a Comprehensive School-Based Health Clinic grant. This planning grant will help in the implementation of a school-based health clinic that will probably be placed in an elementary school in the Savannah Promise Neighborhood area.
August 10, 2010
- YFA Collaborative Meeting, 3:00 p.m., Candler Hospital (Lewis Cancer Research Pavilion)
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. We hope that these status reports will not only educate you, but increase your awareness of the local conditions and encourage you to join the efforts to become advocates for our children, youth, and families.
The Kids Matter! 2008 Report
Click here to access the 2008 Kids Matter! Report
Download Full Report
Download Sections:
Healthy Children (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec. Summary, Healthy Children Tab page, Pages 5-11, and Data Sources/Acknowledgments)
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)
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)
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.