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)
Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority Collaborative Board Members
Appointed Members
Savannah Chatham County Board of Education
Julie Gerbsch – District 7, Savannah Chatham County Public School System
Kim Harrison – Savannah Chatham County Public School System
Dr. Thomas Lockamy – Superintendent, Savannah Chatham County Public School System
Dr. Quentina Miller-Fields – Savannah Chatham County Public School System
Chatham County
John Finney – Economic Opportunity Authority
Don Stubbs – St. Joseph’s/Candler Hospital
Dr. Diane Z. Weems (Vice Chair) – Coastal Health District – Chatham County Health Department
Linda Zoller – Child Advocate
City of Savannah
Michael Brown – City Manager
Rev. John Foster – Pastor, St. Philip AME Church
Julian Pafford – Georgia Power
Bernard Polite – Consultant
State Superintendent of Education
Dr. Connie Cooper (Chair) – Retired, Consultant
Georgia Commissioner of Department of Human Resources
Yvonnia Brown – Chatham County Department of Family and Children Services
Georgia Commissioner of Labor
Larry Yaughn – Savannah Career Center, Georgia Department of Labor
Appointed Members
Legislative Delegation
Ethel Johnson – Child Advocate
Dr. Thomas Z. Jones – Retired President, Armstrong Atlantic State University
Pat Locklear – Former Mayor, Tybee Island, GA
Gregg Schroeder – United Way of the Coastal Empire
Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority
Edward Chisolm – (Non-voting) Executive Director, Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority
Dr. Joseph V. Morrison, Jr. – Pediatric Associates
Eula Parker (Secretary-Treasurer) – The Savannah Bank
Jennifer Wright – Memorial Health University Medical Center
David Young – Retired - Corporate CEO and Consultant
Ex-Officio Members
Rosemary Banks – Neighborhood Development Council
Deanne Bergen – Southeast Regional MHDDAD
Leon Burton – Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care, Inc.
Earline Davis – Housing Authority of Savannah
Daniel Dodd – Step Up Savannah
Jackie Ford – Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia
Gwendolyn Fortson-Waring - Metropolitan Community Organization, Inc.
Vicki Hathaway – Gateway Behavioral Health Services
Dr. Otis S. Johnson – Mayor, City of Savannah
Cynthia Kennedy – Eastside Concerned Citizens, Inc.
Patricia Merritt – GA Department of Juvenile Justice
Jackie Ogden – GA Cooperative Extension Service
Donald Speaks – Emory Health University
Gena Taylor – Greenbriar Children’s Center
Young Voices – Youth Advisory Council