Cafe Momentum

Café Momentum's mission is to transform young lives by equipping our community’s justice-involved youth with life skills, education and employment opportunities to help them achieve their full potential. We create opportunities for our youth through an ever-expanding network of award-winning restaurants and training programs. Young people, ages 15–19, gain industry skills and a strong support system. Restaurants alone can’t transform the juvenile justice system, but they can reshape communities and futures—one meal, one person at a time. Our cuisine is crafted by award-winning chefs, and our Founder CEO, Chad Houser, was awarded the James Beard Humanitarian of the Year Award for 2025.