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
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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

Youth Development

To ensure that youth have access to supports and services to help them stay on the right path, have school success, and develop into productive young adults, the Authority places an emphasis on positive youth development opportunities and experiences.

Teen Maze

A Teen Maze event was held at Jenkins High School in April to expose 9th grade students to various life altering events which should help them to recognize the consequences associated with decisions they make and activites they participate in.  Stations were set up to let them interact in such areas as: car crash scene, DUI, dating and decisions, responsibilities associated with a baby, etc.  This was the first Teen Maze event of thie type held, and judging from the positive feedback received from both students and adults, plans are underway to have a second event of ths type.



Just a few of the photos captured from the event . . .

Teen Maze theme:

Car crash scene:

Do you choose death?

Can you walk the line?

Babies require a lot of work!

How does it feel to be arrested?