APEX Youth Center is a drop-in center for teens and young adults in Central City, New Orleans. Their mission is to rise up leaders from within their community to lead the community to a bright future. APEX Community Advancement and The APEX Youth Center were founded with the goal and purpose of "Improving Lives Through Education, Technology and The Arts". APEX Community Advancement, Inc. was formed for the expressed purpose of supporting, innovating and creating programs and services focusing on the needs of young people from age 5 through 25, and their families, in our communities. Our ultimate objective is to create cycles of creativity and accountability, therefore reducing cycles of poverty, crime, illiteracy and neglect.