Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority
601 East 66th Street
Suite 101
Savannah, GA 31405
P.O. Box 14317, Savannah, GA 31416
Phone: 912.352.7054 ~ Fax: 912.352.7451
Edward Chisolm, Executive Director
YFA Collaborative Meeting
AUTHORITY MEMBERS --
The next collaborative meeting will be held on June 11 at 4:00 p.m. at the Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion.
Teen Maze Event-2013
A mini-Teen Maze event was held on April 30 at the Live Oak Southwest Chatham Library. 9th grade students from New Hampstead and Windsor Forest High Schools participated in a drunk driving simulation, as well as toured vehicles from various Chatham County operations such as CEMA, a helicopter for mosquito control, a marine patrol vessel, and mounted patrol horses.
The usual full-scale Teen Maze event is being scheduled for later this year.
Savannah Ready, Set, READ!
The Savannah Ready, Set, READ! is a component of the community level of the local Grade Level Reading campaign. In partnership with Live Oak Public Libraries, a Literacy Drive was conducted from late June to early July in which there was a goal of collecting 2,000 children books for community youth.
Thanks to the temendous support of our partners and the community, we were able to collect approx 1,800 books.
We express a sincere Thank You to all who helped support this effort.
Coastal Drug Free Communities Coalition
With support from the United Way of the Coastal Empire, the mission of the Coastal Drug Free Communities Coalition is to bring partners together to prevent and reduce substance abuse in our community. The coalition has produced an information rack card, and is gearing up for more community awareness projects in the near future.
Child Abuse and Neglect Coalition
With support from the United Way of the Coastal Empire, the purpose of the Child Abuse and Neglect Coalition is to both educate our community on and address the issues related to this problem. View the rack card that further explains the coalition’s purpose and data on child abuse and neglect. This group is preparing for a major community awareness event in April 2013.
YFA Celebrates 25 Years!
YFA celebrated 25 years of impacting the lives of children, youth, and families at a Silver Anniversary Gala event held on March 9.
A sincere Thank You to ALL who helped us celebrate this moment!
View event highlights.
Georgia Family Connection Partnership congratulates YFA on 25 Years of collaboration and service to children, youth, and families.
View acknowledgement.
Annual Reporting to the Community
The Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority (YFA) has been legislated to use its collaborative framework to improve the quality of life for the children, youth, and families that reside in Chatham County, Georgia. This has been achieved through advocacy, studying policy, and reporting. The YFA has diligently provided these to our community for over twenty years. Collaboration and partner agency commitments have sustained the Authority since its inception in 1988, and continue to serve as critical components in the Authority’s structure, thereby laying the foundation for policy and system change that can foster more positive outcomes for our community.
Annual reporting to the Chatham County community on the condition of children, youth, and families is accomplished through several methods. The annual status report serves as one of these methods. These status reports are not only a testament to true collaboration, but also allow the entire community to closely examine key indicators that affect the preparedness of our children, youth, and families to thrive and succeed in life.
The Authority is proud to continue publishing these reports to the Chatham-Savannah community. We have embarked on a new direction to ensure that more measurable outcomes and accountability are monitored in the work of community agencies and institutions that directly impacts children and families. During 2011, this new direction will entail performing an assessment of the youth service delivery system in Chatham County. This assessment will enable the Authority to begin to better "connect the dots" with regards to the reported indicators, needs, and the capacity to serve the targeted populations.
The Kids Matter! 2010-2011 Report
Click here to access the 2010-2011 Kids Matter! Report
Download 2010-2011 Full Report
Download Sections:
2010-2011 Healthy Children (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec. Summary, Savannah Promise Neighborhood, Healthy Children Tab page, Pages 7-22, and Data Sources/Acknowledgments)
2010-2011 Children Ready for and Succeeding in School (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec. Summary, Savannah Promise Neighborhood, Children Ready Tab page, Pages 23-36, and Data Sources/Acknowledgments)
2010-2011 Strong Families and Neighborhoods (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec. Summary, Savannah Promise Neighborhood, Strong Families Tab page, Pages 37-48, and Data Sources/Acknowledgments)
2010-2011 Self-Sufficient Families (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec. Summary, Savannah Promise Neighborhood, Self-Sufficient Families Tab page, Pages 49-50, and Data Sources/Acknowledgments)
The Kids Matter! 2009 Report
Click here to access the 2009 Kids Matter! Report
Download 2009 Full Report
Download Sections:
2009 Healthy Children (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec. Summary, Healthy Children Tab page, Pages 7-16, and Data Sources/Acknowledgments)
2009 Children Ready for and Succeeding in School (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec Summary, Children Ready for and Succeeding in School Tab page, Pages 17-28, and Data Sources/Acknowledgements)
2009 Strong Families and Neighborhoods (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec Summary, Strong Families and Neighborhoods Tab page, Pages 29-38, and Data Sources/Acknowledgments)
2009 Self-Sufficient Families (includes: Table of Contents, Introduction, Overview, Exec Summary, Self-Sufficient Families Tab page, pages 39, and Data Sources/Acknowledgments)