A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Armstrong State College
Chatham County Government
Chatham County Health Department
Savannah City Government
Commission on Children and Youth
Georgia Department of Family and Children's Services
Economic Opportunity Authority
Family Resource Center Advisory Council
Georgia Department of Education
Georgia Department of Labor
Housing Authority of Savannah
Memorial Medical Center
Private Industry Council
Project Success Churches
Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce
Savannah-Chatham Public Schools
Savannah State College
Tidelands Mental Health/Substance Abuse Center
Union Mission Homeless Shelter
United Way of the Coastal Empire
United Way Member Agencies

What is the goal of the project?

To create a community collaboration to bring about change in the policies, procedures, and funding patterns of community institutions needed to enable the youth to become productive, economically self-sustaining adults.

Who participates in the project?

All families in the focus area of the Family Resource Center; middle school students at high risk for substance abuse; middle school students two or more grades behind or with a high suspension rate; high school students with high course failure rates; and in-school teen mothers.

What services are provided?

• Case management
  
• After school programs
  
• Pre-school programs
  
• School-to-work transition support
  
• Adolescent health services
  
• Adolescent mental health services
  
• Mid-year promotions via CCP Labs
  
• Family support and development through the Family Resource Center
  
• Neighborhood outreach

How are collaborators evaluating their success?

• Tracked cohort data on eight identified school variables
  
• Conducted qualitative and quantitative evaluations on specific programs

What are the collaborators learning?

Mixed results:
• Dropout and retention rates decreased, but suspension and course failure rates increased.
  
• Highest risk middle school students achieved the norm, but long term positive outcomes are not evident.
  
• Immediate crisis intervention is stabilizing for short-term but not successful in keeping students in school in the long-term.

Positive results:
• Greater community and county awareness of the condition of children.
  
• Greater success in grant writing activity through collaboration among agencies.

Contact Person

Gaye Smith
Deputy Director
Youth Futures Authority
128 Habersham Street
Savannah, Georgia 31412
(912) 651-6810 (Phone)
(912) 651-6814 (Fax)

[The Children and Adolescents Network of DuPage: DuPage County, Illinois]

[School-Based Youth Services Program: Trenton, New Jersey ]