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.