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)
Collaborative Board
The Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority was created in 1987 through the Georgia General Assembly. It was legislated to serve as the collaborative body (Authority) for Chatham County to implement the plan of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s New Futures Initiative (NFI). This initiative focused on ways to address the at-risk youth population in the local public school system, and to reduce the incidents of school failure, teen pregnancy, and youth unemployment and inactivity in the community. Transitioning after the NFI, the Authority broadened its scope to involve families and the community in its efforts.
The Authority consists of representation from the City of Savannah, Chatham County, Savannah Chatham County Public School System, State Superintendent of Education, Georgia Commissioner of Department of Human Resources, Georgia Commissioner of Labor, Chatham County Legislative Delegation, the Youth Futures Authority, local businesses, the faith community, and from over 50 health and human service organizations with a focus on children, youth, and families.