Youth Matter Inc

Our major operating programs are: 1) Youth Matter Band Program - an after-school music program for inner-city youth - program has been as large as 150 band members; 2) Circle of Love - a teen girls mentoring program; 3) Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Oratorical Competition with activities for children of all school levels; 4) One Family at a Time, a program where we provide relief efforts in assisting families and youth, started in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; 5) Scholarship Programs, Musiq 4 Life Scholarship Fund, H.R.Long Scholarship Fund, and Summer Camp Scholarship Fund. Our targeted audience in our programs is at-risk and low-income families. We also create projects that involve the parents in assisting them with jobs, fatherhood and parenting programs. The involvement of the business community is solicited in these efforts, and they have willingly been an important team player toward our success.