Important Message
- Teen Court is holding virtual court hearings and closed for visitors at all locations and resume to in-person Oct. 2021.
- Miami-Dade County officials continue to work with local, state and federal agencies in monitoring COVID-19, part of the coronavirus family. Follow all County updates.
Economic Advocacy Trust
Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust's mission is to ensure the equitable participation of Blacks in Miami-Dade County's economic growth through advocacy and monitoring of economic conditions and economic development initiatives in Miami-Dade County.
Business owners can get help with tools to foster economic growth in Targeted Urban Areas.
You can get help with the down payment and closing costs to purchase your first home.
Teen Court is a second chance youth development program and also provides legal career exposure, mental health services and other services.
News & Social Media
Committee members will address Economic, Homeownership and Youth Action committees in Miami-Dade County.
Miami-Dade County is committed to ensuring the safety of its community in response to COVID-19, and thus has cancelled all public meetings until further notice.
Teen Court volunteers can help make a difference in the lives of young people and serve in several courtroom positions.
About Us
Following the riots that erupeted in 1980 after white officers were acquitted for the death of Arthur McDuffe, the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County collaborated to create Metro-Miami Action Plan (MMAP) in 1983 as a solution to socioeconomic disparities in employment, economic development, education, housing, health and human services and criminal justice. In 1992, MMAP was further empowered by becoming a trust and in September 2009 it was reorganized into MDEAT by ordinance 09-70.
Since inception, MDEAT’s focus has been on addressing socioeconomic disparities within the Black community. MDEAT does so by focusing on the individual (i.e. youth and individual family member support), building neighborhoods through the expansion of homeownership, and supporting the foundation of strong Black businesses and economic development via job creation, entrepreneurship, business retention, and expansion. These three gears - family, neighborhood, and business - work together to connect the Black community to resources, funding, and programming that together create whole communities.
