Overtown Children & Youth Coalition

In 2012, Overtown Children and Youth Coalition (OCYC) was formed by the anchoring community based nonprofit organizations in the Overtown Community: URGENT, Inc., Overtown Youth Center, Touching Miami with Love, Lotus House, and Suited for Success/Dress for Success Miami with the support of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency and City of Miami District 5 City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones. Within months, additional stakeholders joined and worked together under the umbrella of Overtown Children and Youth Coalition. The groundbreaking step towards addressing the needs of Overtown’s children and families with a collective impact and systems level approach instead of a service-based structure with needs addressed in siloes was well-received by the community.
 
OCYC continues to serve as the backbone organization to support anchoring community-based organizations to empower Overtown as a community where all children and youth reach their full potential.