Empowered Youth is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of inner-city, at-risk young men. Most of the 12 to 19 year-old's are referred to the program through the Department of Juvenile Justice. Colleen Adams, founder of the organization, says the mission is to "empower at-risk youth to create positive lives, and lasting transformation to better themselves and their communities". Empowered Youth accomplishes this by providing on-going support, life skills programming, social entrepreneurship training and job opportunities.