Credit: Youth football is widely popular at Beacon House Community Ministry, a nonprofit in D.C.'s Edgwood neighborhood. "We're using sports as a way to hook the kids but also let them know that you have to use sports as a way to further your education, put you in places that you might not get into," said Rodney Cephas, a coach and the director of athletics. (Courtesy Beacon House Community Ministry)
The ‘Beacon House effect’: D.C. nonprofit uses sports to put youths on path to empowerment
