Overtown Youth Center 450 Northwest 14th Street, Miami, FL 33136

"As a black man I am concern about the mural on the building that excludes black boys! Black boys have the worst health and social outcomes. How does it make them feel to walk pass a new building in their community that is suppose help them but only girls are good enough to be reflected on it? The message is clear, black girls are more important than them. OYC has to do better. The fact no one thought about black boys speaks volumes. Especially people who say the have their best interest at heart. This oversight needs to be corrected immediately!!"

"I am happy to have to opportunity to have my children attend OYC. I love the village and patience created for our children . These’s lots of things offered at OYC for our children such as transportation, homework assistance, STEM activities, indoor and outdoor play, field trips , sporting and community events etc…. They even offer family nights , zoom meetings to help parents get back on track with finances, credit repair , home buying, jobs and job training . I’m glad my family and I are apart of this village . Kept up the great work"

"My name is Maria Swartz. I am the mother of a teenager. OYC is an excellent program. Each of the members of this organization deserves great recognition because they are all professional people and love the work they do to help each of our children and their parents as much as possible. One of the programs that have helped me the most as a mother is the Latinos in Finance Program through the Overtown Youth Center because, at the end of the course, it opened the doors for me to apply and get a better job. OYC is a fantastic program. Jehovah God bless you all."

"OYC is the best! This program has not only help me but also my family members gain employment and also offer great opportunity and resources. They have the best community builders, resources specialist and training program. I highly suggest you all to engage in the program you’ll be surprised at all the amazing opportunity they have to offer."

"I enrolled my son for summer program back in 2017 & was told at the time when I was enrolling that they had space so I filled out what was required & then played the waiting game. After the program had started I realized I had not been contacted to bring then rest of the required documents needed, so I called to follow, only to be given the runaround by each person i talked to. First, i was told i needed to speak with the person that was in charge of running the program, then when I spoke with her, she didn't know anything about me enrolling my child. Then told me I had to remain on the waiting list until a slot became available-well here it is a year later & still NOTHING. Called today to follow up once again, only to be told the same thing all over again. What's the sense of having a waiting list if it will never be any openings???? Just a waste of time. If there are no openings & you know there won't be a chance of any openings why waste time telling people to get on a waiting list that will never be utilized......."