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National Urban League & Jobs

The National Urban League has a strong focus on

job creation, with a network of 100 affiliates in 36
states that serve as workforce intermediaries. Jobs
with living wages and good benefits is our primary
goal for 2010 and ahead. Here are some quick facts
about recent initiatives:

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 Our six-point plan for job creation seeks a federal investment
of $168 billion over two years for direct job creation, job
training for the chronically employed, greater access to credit for
small businesses and counseling for people mired in the
foreclosure process.
 We called for the creation of a $10 billion small business lending fund and
a $30 billion lending fund was recently passed by Congress.

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 Our Mature Worker Program (MWP) is funded by the
Department of Labor (DOL) to serve persons age 55 and older
that are unemployed and have low-incomes. The program goals
include placing participants in part-time community service
training positions that enhance their skills, enabling them to
transition into unsubsidized jobs.
 MWP currently serves a total of 1,800 participants annually.

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 Our Urban Youth Empowerment Program (UYEP) is an
initiative funded through DOL and sponsored by the National
Urban League to provide career preparation to "High-Risk" out
of school and/or adjudicated youth ages 18-21.
 More than 4,000 youth have participated in the program, with a retention
rate of 92%. At least 65% of participants either received job placement or
attained a high school diploma or GED.
 Workforce Development: in 2008, 211,000 clients received job
placement services and were placed in jobs at an average wage
of $17,980; 10,163 clients participated in welfare-to-work job
training programs.

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 Our Urban League Employment Network is a partnership providing urban
professionals opportunity to apply for hundreds of local, national, and international
positions at top companies. Sign up at (
http://www.nul.org/content/employment-network)

 Economic Empowerment Tours: each year, the Urban League Affiliates host tours
in cities across the country to help people find jobs, provide information and create a
forum to voice questions and concerns. The tours are complemented with an annual
Career and Resource Fair with access to opportunities for employment and
counseling services.

 Our Entrepreneurship Centers provided management consulting and training services

to 4,900 business owners in 2009. In 2009, 450 clients started a business with
annual sales ranging from $5,000- $150,000.

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 The National Urban League is undertaking many more initiatives to respond
to the current jobs crisis, individually or in partnership with private and
public grants and donations, including :
 Gulf Coast Economic Employment Initiative,
 Financial education and counseling workshops,
 digital literacy training,
 the Goldman Sachs 10,000 small business initiative,
 Community Development Financial Institutions initiatives, and
 A White House Minority Business Development Agency initiative, among
others.

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Challenges for the Next Century of the
Urban League Movement

Blacks remain twice as likely as whites to be unemployed, three times more likely to live in poverty and more than six
times as likely to be imprisoned.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Hispanics and Blacks continue to be unemployed at rates far higher than the
nation overall, with Latino unemployment at 12.7% and Black unemployment rising to 15.4%.

Only 40% of Blacks graduate from four year institutions.

By race/ethnicity and sex the obesity prevalence was highest for non-Hispanic black women (39.0%) followed by
non-Hispanic black men (32.1%.)
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