Applaud The Youth (ATY) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing literacy development in order to promote higher education among youth between the ages of 8 through 18 years of age. ATY believes that there are no boundaries to the heights of our children’s achievement. We intend to bolster that achievement by providing education in career development, journalism, internships, writing efforts, multi-media and computer training. ATY will teach leadership and career development to all youth who qualify as low-income residents in our community who have limited educational assistance resources available to them.