The Urban Scholastic Center (USC) is a Kansas City, Kansas based nonprofit youth ministry with the mission to build leaders through Jesus and education. The Urban Scholastic Center (USC) is a Kansas City, Kansas based nonprofit youth ministry with the mission to build leaders through Jesus and education. The Urban Scholastic Center (USC) is a Kansas City, Kansas based nonprofit youth ministry and education program. The USC was founded to help close opportunity gaps for students in Wyandotte County through extended education opportunities laced with a strong faith foundation. A key part of our mission is to “build leaders from here, for here, through Jesus and education.” Abiding by that mission, our student-focused and faith-centered programs have been positively impacting the physical and spiritual lives of hundreds of elementary through high-school-aged students since 2004.