Before you start
This guide walks someone in Savannah or anywhere in Chatham County through an anger management requirement from the day it is handed down to the day it is closed out. It is practical help, not legal guidance. If a term in your order confuses you, your attorney, the clerk of the court that handled your case or your supervising officer can explain it.
Step 1: Identify which court is behind the requirement
Look at the top of your paperwork. A misdemeanor, including many traffic-related cases, is typically heard in the State Court of Chatham County, whose mailing address is listed on West Oglethorpe Avenue. A felony or a divorce can only be heard in Superior Court, the trial court for the Eastern Judicial Circuit, which serves Chatham County alone. Knowing the court tells you whose clerk to call and where proof may need to be filed.
Step 2: Copy out the exact terms
Write the requirement in your own notebook, word for word: the number of hours or sessions, any named format, the deadline and any reporting dates. If the order only says "complete anger management," ask what length and format the court expects. Don't guess, because a short class that doesn't match can mean starting over.
Step 3: Contact your supervision officer early
If you are on probation, you are likely assigned to the Georgia Department of Community Supervision. Its Savannah field office is listed at 15 Mersey Way and serves Chatham County. Call or ask at your next report date how your officer wants you to choose a class and how they want proof. Only the court or your probation officer decides whether a program fits your order, so get their view before you pay anything.
Step 4: Build a short list of providers
Use the listings on this site to find two or three independent providers whose schedules fit yours. For each one, note the class length, the days and times offered, whether groups meet in person, online or both, and how completion is documented. Ask whether the provider has worked with people under Chatham County orders before, but treat that as background only.
Step 5: Send the short list for a decision
Email or hand your officer, or the clerk if you have no officer, the names and details of the providers you're considering. Ask which, if any, they will accept. Save the reply. If they say a format like live video is not allowed, cross those options off.
Step 6: Plan the trip for the full program
A Savannah class could be downtown or well out toward the edge of the county. Work out how you'll get to every session, including a backup if your car is in the shop or a ride falls through. If you work rotating shifts, ask the provider in writing how make-ups work.
Step 7: Enroll and keep your own records
Once you have the go-ahead, sign up and ask for a written schedule. Keep every receipt, attendance slip and email in one folder or one phone album. If a session is cancelled by the provider, get that in writing too, so the gap isn't counted against you.
Step 8: Collect proof and deliver it
When you finish, ask the provider for a completion letter that includes your full name, case number if they have it, dates attended and total hours. Find out whether the provider sends it directly or whether you deliver it. Either way, take a copy to your officer or file it with the correct clerk's office, and ask for confirmation that it was received.
Step 9: Confirm the requirement is closed
A few weeks after you file, check that the requirement shows as complete. Ask your officer or the clerk directly. If something is missing, your folder of records makes it quick to fix.
If you're still waiting near a hearing or report date, don't assume silence means the letter arrived. Bring a printed copy of the completion letter and your attendance slips with you, so you can hand them over on the spot if the file is incomplete.
A note on this directory
Civil Anger Solutions connects people with independent providers. We do not hold classes and we do not check credentials. Use the court and supervision pages cited below to confirm offices and addresses.