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
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

Community Summit

The Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority (YFA) hosts a Community Summit that educates the community on social issues that relate to children, youth, and families.  During the Summit, members of the community and key stakeholders are invited to participate in learning opportunities to address the issues of concern surrounding the areas of child health, education, youth development, and early childhood development.

The first Community Summit was held in 2000, and it was the first attempt to assemble key community stakeholders in a collaborative effort to identify community concerns that relate to children, youth, and families and to begin the process of strategizing an approach to addressing these concerns.  The Summits also provide an opportunity for the community to be updated on strategies and initiatives that have either been undertaken or are being considered.   Feedback from the Summit participants is used to guide the work of the collaborative and is incorporated into its strategic plan.

The ninth Community Summit was held in September 2009 and provided updates on the YFA strategies and initiatives.  It facilitated a forum for exchange and dialogue among community residents, elected officials (local and state), business leaders, and human service providers.  It also recognized effective practices and exemplary service to children and families in the Chatham-Savannah community.  The theme of Summit 2009 was, “Kids Matter! Securing the Futures of our Youth and Families.”  The event captured the attendance of over 300 participants and included learning sessions on collaboration, teen pregnancy prevention, juvenile delinquency prevention, and educational success.  Other major components of Summit 2009 were: a family engagement night featuring a Youth Advisory Council panel discussion and Antwan “Big Boi” Patton of Outkast and the Big Kidz Foundation; an Opening Luncheon; presentation of the Vision Awards; and a Community Breakfast.

Community Summit

For pictures from our previous Summits, please view the links below:

2008: Community Summit VIII – Building Community Results through Collaboration
2009: Community Summit IX – Kids Matter! Securing the Future of Our Youth & Families