Urban Youth Impact Mission
Urban Youth Impact exists to love, equip and empower inner-city youth and their parents to fulfill their God-given purpose.
Founded in 1997, Urban Youth Impact serves the Tamarind Avenue corridor and surrounding area in West Palm Beach. The area has notoriously high crime rates – almost three times the national average for all crime types. 32% of youth living in the community are not expected to graduate from high school, over 50% live below the poverty level, and it is more likely that youth from our community will go to jail than graduate high school.
Through its programs, UYI seeks to reverse troubling trends and fulfill its mission by offering programs designed to develop critical life-skills that result in less juvenile crime, fewer teen pregnancies, less substance abuse, less child abuse/domestic violence, and fewer school drop-outs.