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Greenbriar Children's Center, Inc.
3709 Hopkins Street
Savannah, GA 31405
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Applications/Resumes are accepted on a continuous basis for positions related to:
Case Manager, MSW:
Case management, staff management and program development experience required.
Child Enrichment Assistant:
HS Diploma or GED required. 1-2 yrs post secondary studies preferred. Experience in a residential environment with at risk youth and children from infancy to 17yrs. Ability to provide basic care needs, clothing and a safe nurturing shelter environment and ability to redirect conflicting behaviors.
Teacher:
CDA, 2-year diploma or Associate degree in Early Childhood Education.
Applications can be filled out at the administrative office located at:
3709 Hopkins Street, Savannah, GA 31405
Greenbriar is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
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2011 Board of Directors
Ray Truitt- President
Richard Underwood
Dr. Clemontine Washington
Bernard Conyers
Dr. Philip Cooper, Jr.
Virginia Edwards-Maynor
Camille Pope
Deborah Wright
Vicki Minor
Juanita Adams
Bess Walthour
Administrative Staff Gena P. Taylor - Executive Director
Laurita Taylor - Associate Director
Lillian Taylor - Residential Programs Director
Kendall Trimble Johnson - Family Preservation Director
Sonya Overton - W.W. Law Learning Center Director
Regina Brewton - Windy's Preschool Director
Stephanie Majors - Executive Assistant
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Greenbriar Children's Center is a private non-profit agency whose mission is to provide services, which promote the healthy development of children and the strengthening of families.
We are accredited by the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services and operate seven programs. Our services include th emergency shelter, residential care, runaway/homeless programs, independent living, family preservation, early childhood development programs and Project Safe Place. We are devoted to the care of children and youth who have reached difficult times in their family life and strive to provide them a normal, healthy lifestyle. However, the primary goal of Greenbriar is to reunite families with their children as quickly as possible.
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- Young black boys who were orphaned in Savannah that had no place to go were sent to “Brown Farm”, a penal farm for convicts; the girls were sent to the Chatham County Protective home. The kids were not being punished, but it was the only safe place for them.
- Adaline Graham, a well-known Savannah woman, died and left property and funds to whomever might start a movement to establish an orphanage for Negro children.
- In 1943, as a community service project, five young black women of the Gamma Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha decided to utilize the funds and established a children center for black Children.
- In 1944, the group purchased a tract of land on W. 50th Street on which they could build the institution.
- On June 8, 1944, using an additional $4,500 donated by the Graham estate, Greenbriar Children’s Center was founded.
- Greenbriar Children's Center opened on July 15, 1949; with a cottage-style building that accommodated 20 children and a private apartment for a resident housemother.
- In May of 1954, the 15-acre tract on which Greenbriar now stands at 3709 Hopkins St. was purchased for $17,000.
- The center began accepting children of all races in 1964.
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