Urban Empowerment Program - provides paid internships and skills training for youth between the ages of 18 and 24. This program is designed to help out of school and/or adjucated youth to obtain life skills, job training, and a GED. The Urban League's Youth Empowerment Program is a comprehensive program that helps participants to achieve self-sufficiency through continued education and employment.
Early Head Start – since 1979,
the Urban League Early Head Start Center has provided
quality infant and toddler childcare. Utilizing the “well-family” approach
to balanced family life, Early Head Start provides
parenting information and skills training to primary
caregivers. The Center is a safe learning environment
for all infants and toddlers. Here the assault on illiteracy
begins.
Women’s Business Resource
Center…designed
to support women in all phases of enterprise development,
the goal of the WBRC is to increase the visibility
of women owned businesses in the Greater New Orleans
area. The Center serves both men and women and provides
business education and administrative training. Assistance
with SBA and other loan applications, financial restructuring
and access to business and professional consultants
rounds out the Center’s services.
Case Management… identifies
and assists victims of the Katrina devastation to locate
needed services for re-establishing normal lives. Counseling
and referral to social, housing, employment and business
services are provided as well as assistance with navigating
the FEMA and other state and local systems.
Employment Services… these
services seek to prepare and refer clients for gainful
employment. Basic job search and interviewing techniques
are taught and clients are matched with available training
and employment opportunities in the geographic areas
of their choice. Summer employment opportunities are
also made available to high school students.
Housing Services… financial
and housing counseling is provided to eligible clients
as well as some financial assistance for those in need.
Clients are encouraged to seek residential housing
that does not require public assistance and referrals
to available housing units are made. Information on
home ownership and home buyer programs is provided.
After-School and Summer Camp Program…provides
educational and social enhancement activities for elementary
students at Eisenhower Charter School. A full day program
with field trips and literacy activities is provided
for the summer.
