UPDATE!  Savannah was not selected as a Promise Neighborhood grantee for 2012; however, we will launch the Savannah Promise Neighborhood in January using the local partners and their commitments toward this initiative.  You will be hearing from us!

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
The next meeting of the SPN Oversight Planning Committee will be announced at a later date.

The requirements for this planning grant have been met.  A business plan was completed and is in the stages of being reviewed before it becomes officially authorized.  Check this site later for additional information.

We are proud to announce that a CDA graduation ceremony was held on November 19 at the First Assembly Church in Garden City.  Program participants are now in Phase 2 of the program which should conclude this spring.  

AUTHORITY MEMBERS --  
The next collaborative meeting will be FEBRUARY 14 at 4:00 p.m. at the Lewis Cancer Research Pavilion in the 2nd Floor Training Room.  Topic Area: TBD

The Teen Maze event for this year will be held March 26-29 at the National Guard Armory.  Target population will be first time 8th graders.  There will be four event tracks.  The goal of the event is to eliminate barriers to students not graduating fom higih school, nd to expose them to career information.

Requests for Proposals were solicited for use of the St. Pius facility.  The RFP Committee has reviewed the RFPs and will make a recommendation to the Authority Board.

The City of Savannah recently received an IBM KidsSmart grant that awarded YFA 30 Young Explorer Little Tikes units to be placed in SCCPSS Pre-K and lower grades classrooms and across selected community centers and child care facilities. YFA was pleased to partner with the SCCPSS on this. This is great news for our early learners and complements our Savannah Promise Neighborhood work. THANK YOU City of Savannah and IBM!