Ujamaa Place is a non-profit organization that was launched in 2009 to fill a gap in social welfare programming and services for African-American men between the ages of 17 and 28 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Ujamaa Place took over the services offered by a previous form of the program, Awali Place, when Awali lost its funding due to 2009 budget cuts. Ujamaa Place received its non-profit status in 2010.