Music & Youth Development Alliance

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With support from The ELMA Music Foundation, the Music and Youth Development Alliance (MYDA) was launched in 2013 as a nation-wide coalition of community-based organizations across the United States that use music as a youth development tool. Each MYDA organization provides robust, youth-centered music programming that links to and leverages comprehensive services to support healthy youth development. These services range from mental & physical health care, school & work readiness, and legal aid. Music is often the hook that inspires young people to join these organizations and is an accessible gateway to additional resources. MYDA is shining a spotlight on programs that use music to change the trajectory of young lives, to positively affect cognitive development, emotional management skills, self-image, relationship building & perseverance & ensure that more young people have the support they need as they transition into adulthood.