Step Up Savannah Inc. will be having our next Poverty Simulation Wednesday, July 30th. It will be held 1:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. at the Department of Family and Children Services (DFAC) located at 761 Wheaton St. To register, please contact the Step Up office at 912-644-6439. Please note that there is a limited amount of spots available during registration so sign up as quickly as possible. Thanks. 

The Step Up Healthcare Action Team meeting will be held 3:30pm, Tuesday, July 22 at the Georgia Infirmary. For more information, please contact Diane Weems at 356-2897.

The Step Up Communications Team Meeting is scheduled to meet 9a.m., July 17th at SEDA. For more information, please contact Brynn Grant at 912-447-8450.

The Step Up Resident Team Meeting will be held Wednesday, July 16th at 6pm. For more information, you may contact the Step Up Office at 912-644-6420.

The Step Up Workforce Meeting will be held Wednesday, July 16th, 2pm at The Housing Authority of Savannah. For more information, you may contact the Step Up office at 912-644-6420.

The Step Up Education Action Team Meeting is scheduled to meet 3 p.m.-5 p.m., July 15th at the Bull Street Public Library. For more information, please contact Gwedolyn Jordan at 912-656-9662.

LoVonya Williams and her sons found themselves homeless last month when her landlord repossessed her apartment.

Today she is scheduled to find emergency shelter for women and children in the reopened Union Mission Magdalene Project on

To read the full story, click here…

The Transportation Action Team Meeting will be held 10:30am-noon, Friday, July 11th. For more information, you may contact Lee Grimes at 912-447-9715.

“Going to Work with a Criminal Record” is a new resource guide for workforce development practitioners to help them connect formerly incarcerated individuals to the labor market and stay on the job. 

Issued by Public/Private Ventures, the guide is based on lessons learned from the Fathers at Work initiative, which was set up to help noncustodial fathers achieve increased employment and more consistent support of their children. 

To read or download the guide, click here. 

The Step Up Banking Taskforce Team Meeting will be held Thursday, July 10th at 9am-10:30am at the BB&T Bank. For more information, you may contact Edward Chisolm at (912) 447-5577.