Welcome to the Youth Opportunity Center (YOC)!

Never before has one pathway been created in Middle Tennessee with the Potential to connect so many yount people with so many opportunities that will help them trasition into a health and productive adulthood.  Everthing about this center, from its highly accessible location to the energy efficient "green" building systems to the shared back-office supports that will help reduce operating expenses, has been designed with one goal in mind - create a space where we can work with each other and through each other like never before to close the opportunity gap that exists for far too many young people in our community.

The  Youth Opportunity Center houses 10 different youth organizations—all under one roof— that  offer programs collectively reaching youth in 82 different schools, as well as the hundreds of youth living on the streets of Nashville.


Notable features include:

• Tennessee's first drop-in center serving runaway and homeless youth.
• Nashville's only long-term Transitional Living center for homeless youth between the ages of 17 and 21 including ten dorm-style rooms with bath facilities and a shared kitchen and living area.
• Nashville's only dedicated Youth Clinic, operated by United Neighborhood Health Services.
• Nashville's only therapeutic counseling center focusing exclusively on adolescents.
• A Youth Job Center operated by the Nashville Career Advancement Center.
• MNPS classroom serving homeless youth residing at Oasis Emergency Shelter.
• College Access center offering full support to youth interested in post-secondary education.
• Computers with internet access
• A 2,000-square-foot conference center and a resource library.
• Covered MTA stop located directly in front of building.
• “Green building,” including geothermal HVAC
• Shared support services for building tenants, including technology coordinator and receptionist, as well as a shared staff lunchroom.