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)
Research Evaluation & Other Information
Early Childhood Development & Education
Recognizing the critical importance of children (ages 0-5) receiving early childhood development opportunities, the Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority (YFA) made this a fourth priority area for our community. Research has shown that children who receive quality early childhood development are better equipped for school and acquire the necessary social and cognitive developmental skills to increase their success when they begin school. YFA held an Early Childhood Development symposium in April 2009 that featured the founder of the very successful Harlem Children’s Zone, Geoffrey Canada, as the keynote speaker. This symposium represented the first of its kind held in the Chatham-Savannah community.
Having determined that our community needs this type of initiative, the YFA convened a planning oversight committee immediately following the symposium to craft an Early Childhood Development initiative for Savannah, Georgia. We are now referring to this initiative as the Savannah Promise Neighorhood. This planning oversight committee is comprised of individuals representing key agencies and institutions, human and social service providers, city government, and civic groups that are vested in seeing this initiative become a reality. A target area for the initiative has been determined, as well as the development of a vision and mission statement. The target area will consist of census tracts 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, and 23. Work continues on developing the goals, objectives, and strategies that will become part of the full white paper on this initiative. Asset mapping work has also started to determine the existing resources within the target area.
One of the representatives on the planning oversight committee is the Rotary Club, who also recognized the significance of early childhood education in our community. They had previously created a white paper outlining their research and proposed plan of action to address this need locally. Rotary-Kiwanis Clubs have expressed their full support of YFA assuming the lead and embarking on this initiative. The Rotary-Kiwanis Clubs' Early Childhood Education white paper contains information that will assist the YFA as they continue to craft its white paper to outline a proposal for the entire initiative that will cover ages 0-24. The entire initiative's white paper will be available at a later date.
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