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

Our Staff

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

Administrative Office

Edward Chisolm
Executive Director
echisolm@youthfutures.com

Karen Barnes
Accountability Manager
kbarnes@youthfutures.com

Curley N. Green
Manager, Programs and Evaluations
cgreen@youthfutures.com

Tony Holmes
Director, Information and Reporting
tholmes@youthfutures.com

Keith Lord
Data Analyst
klord@youthfutures.com

St. Pius X Family Resource Center

705 East Anderson Street
Savannah, GA 31401
Phone: 912.651.6815
Fax: 912.651.4263

Anthony Avery, Sr.
FRC Manager
aavery@youthfutures.com

Edward Gresham
Information & Referral/Case Manager
egresham@youthfutures.com

Michael Griffin
Services Support Specialist
mgriffin@youthfutures.com

Timeka Grubbs-Perry
Caring Communities System of Care Administrator
tgperry@youthfutures.com

Laquetia Hodges
Caring Communities System of Care Family Advocate
lhodges@youthfutures.com

Robert Thorpe
Caring Communities System of Care Family Advocate
rthorpe@youthfutures.com

For employment opportunities, contact Karen Barnes or call the administrative office.

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