Poverty is an age-old problem in our nation's urban communities. In order to solve this problem, the educational achievement gap must be bridged. UF uses a "community cluster model" in order to serve youth in poverty in St. Louis. UF defines a community cluster according to the public school system's geographical zoning. Each "community cluster" revolves around a hub middle school and the elementary schools that feed it. It is an intentional approach to providing a continuum of care to every 4th through 8th grade student in a given community. Once a cluster is defined, UF targets the elementary schools to enroll 4th graders in programming with volunteer mentors and tutors. Our ambition is to move with students to the middle school and stay with them for the whole five year continuum so that the student receives maximum benefits of participating in the program for its entirety. Currently, UF functions in the Tower Grove community and operates out of Fanning Middle and Mann eMINTS Academy. By using the "community cluster model," UF addresses generational poverty at individual, institutional and community-wide levels.