Urban League of Greater Chattanooga

News Room

More than 400 individuals gained unsubsidized, full-time jobs through employment training and workforce development programs last year
As a result of workforce development programs, more than $6.5 million in wages were invested in Chattanooga’s economy in 2005
During April, more than 2200 individuals filed income taxes at Urban League sponsored tax assistant sites generating more than $2.5 million in tax refunds returned to Chattanooga’s economy
150 people learned financial literacy and wealth building through an investment seminar in February
$16,000 was raised in December to help rebuild the Urban League of Greater New Orleans following the Hurricane Katrina devastation

418 students received 200 additional hours of academic instruction from the Urban League’s supplemental education programs The Street Academy and 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Hundreds of phone calls were made to parents throughout the school year to keep them abreast of their child’s academic and social progress
Enrichment programs engaged youth in a variety of visual and fine arts, athletics, and social development
3000 Scholastic books were distributed to families with children in Hamilton County Schools to encourage parents and children to read aloud at home

Established in 1910
The nation’s oldest and largest community-based movement devoted to empowering African Americans and other underserved individuals to enter the economic and social mainstream
Non-profit, non-partisan, community-based movement
More than 100 affiliates in 34 states and the District of Columbia
Provides $10 billion positive impact on the US economy