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empowering our youth

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through meaningful employment that combines life skills, soft job skills & creative expression

empowering our youth

empowering our youthempowering our youthempowering our youth

through meaningful employment that combines life skills, soft job skills & creative expression

Kansas City Youth Ambassadors

Established in 2010, Youth Ambassadors (YA) is a strengths-based educational, non-profit employment program designed to empower underserved Greater Kansas City youth ages 14 -18 to use their talents to contribute to the safety and vitality of our neighborhoods and communities.  


Youth Ambassadors is a trauma-informed, youth-centered place for teens to learn and grow.  Our youth  receive specialized training in Health & Wellness, Youth Entrepreneurship, Community Development, Life & Job Skills, and Creative Expression.  Ambassadors who have mastered the social emotional learning curriculum offered at YA, are promoted to participate in additional paid work on community impact projects and internships such as maintaining community gardens, public art murals, neighborhood clean-ups, leadership on public health initiatives and collaborative educational projects.


Youth Ambassadors is designed to be a “first job experience” where youth gain valuable skills related to professionalism, time management, fiscal responsibility, personal development, team work, and accountability.

COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PROJECTS

COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PROJECTS

COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PROJECTS

OUR WORK

COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PROJECTS

COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PROJECTS

OUR IMPACT

Mental Health Support

Mental Health Support

Mental Health Support

Mental Health Support

Mental Health Support

Youth Ambassadors goes beyond being a job. It’s making a difference, meeting people, & building relationships. It’s sometimes being reintroduced to yourself in many different ways. Youth Ambassadors means being part of something amazing. We are truly at the center of our creativity and inspiration.

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Kansas City groups support designating gun violence as public health crisis

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Youth Ambassadors, Inc.

3130 Troost Ave, Kansas City, MO 64109 | P.O. Box 22867, Kansas City, MO 64113

816-793-3833 / apply@youthambassadorskc.org

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