PROGRAMS:

Economic Empowerment

 

 

The Urban League empowers African Americans and others to achieve economic self-sufficiency and wealth accrual by prioritizing “ladders out of poverty” programming.

 

Employment Services  — The Urban League provides resume writing, interviewing, job prospecting classes and job placement to clients.   

 

Business Training Center – The Urban League helps clients to develop or refresh existing computer skills and to become knowledgeable about new technologies needed to compete in today’s job market. 

 

Bridging the Digital Divide – The Urban League helps to eliminate the lack of access to computers and technology skills for low-income clients by providing a state-of the art computer lab and instructional courses.

 

Youth Services  — The Urban League provides career counseling and employment opportunities to St. Louis youth through the Workforce Investment Act and Jobs for Missouri Graduates. 

 

Housing Counseling – The Urban League educates and empowers African Americans and others to achieve economic self-sufficiency by promoting homeownership and by providing housing counseling and homeownership assistance training to clients through its HUD Housing Counseling Program.

 

Money Smart Financial Literacy Training — Through money management education and increased banking/loan opportunities, the Urban League assists low-income clientele to more effectively manage their finances. 

 

Weatherization — The Urban League provides weatherization services to reduce ongoing utility costs; paying licensed contractors to install wall and ceiling insulation, caulking, weather stripping, glazed and repaired windows and doors, minor duct repair and complete furnace repair or tune-ups.