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 Memorial Health in Conference Room C.
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.
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 Report 2012
View the 2012 Annual Report here OR by clicking on About Us from the top menu.
What We Do
There are several spokes to the revolving wheel of work performed by the Authority. Our work to identify and address key issues of concern impacting children, youth, and families, and to communicate it on both a local and state level, is accomplished through various events and mandates. The use of data and information helps us to focus on the critical issues. The community is engaged in events to solicit feedback that is used in the development of our strategic plan and to set priorities for the Authority. Key issues of concern are presented and advocated at the legislative level. And, as part of our community development focus, we have made the commitment, along with our partners and others interested, to devote the next several years towards the establishment of a Savannah Promise Neighborhood. This initiative seeks to improve the conditions for children, youth, and famlies in an identified inner-city area of Savannah by identifying, developing, and orchestrating best practice solutions with committed partners across a developmental pipeline that spans from birth through age 24.