Program areas at Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
Housing: the program provides foreclosure prevention with outcome of hecm loans for people aged 62 years or more, mortgage modification mediation, expungement of criminal records, and/or assisting foreclosed families with members with criminal records to move into safe and sanitary rental housing. The program also provides transitional housing to homeless youth ages 18-24 and financial assistance for households facing eviction.
Education: developing remedial learning program targeting at-risk high school students of color who are underserved in the community for success in college and beyond, providing academic enrichment and skill-building through stem program, and scholarship program.
Advocacy and community engagement: the advocacy and community engagement department has four main buckets of work: policy advocacy, civic engagement, public health, and community outreach. The team works within those buckets with local and state governments, agencies, and organizations to make systematic change that benefit black people, families, and youth. The team also creates educational and outreach opportunities to empower the community to create a positive connection within systems and institutions that affect us all.
Employment (career bridge): the program develops pathways to economic opportunity for african american men in king county ages 18-50 at-risk of criminal involvement and unemployed/underemployed, while strengthening community and families. The project utilizes a cohort model and participants progress as a group. Participants enroll in a 50-hour training; receive social support, employment placement, or training/education; and attend weekly support groups. The program also includes individual remedial learning programs, educational scholarships, software skills, development and training for children 5-18 years of age who are under-served in the community.
The Urban League apartments at colman school is a 36-unit residential real property owned by the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle to provide affordable housing to low-income households. It is in the central district in Seattle, Washington. The units are rented to low-income tenants earning 50% and 60% ami and some units are reserved for the homeless population.
Other programs: the ulms entrepreneurship center, young professionals (sulyp), and other programs