GENEROUS GIFT FROM WELLS FARGO STRENGTHENS PARTNERSHIP

Sacramento, CA – January 14, 2011 – Thanks to the generous support of the Wells Fargo Foundation, The Greater Sacramento Urban League (GSUL), will continue to provide support and services to at-risk individuals and families through the GSUL Workforce Development Department and its Housing Counseling Center. The Wells Fargo Foundation ended 2010 with a generous, unexpected $50k grant award to the GSUL.
The GSUL has allocated the monies to address two very critical needs within our service area first by providing access to jobs, job training, placement programs and services, and second by providing an array of housing counseling services to assist homeowners to keep their homes or avoid foreclosure.

“Addressing core needs of housing and job readiness is key to getting urban communities engaged in the recovery.” states GSUL President and CEO David DeLuz. “When you are without the basic safety and security of a place to call home, you cannot focus on training, or a job or anything else. Working with our partners like the Wells Fargo Foundation enables the Urban League to meet this challenge head-on.”
The GSUL will provide workforce development services to families and individuals which are considered to be low to moderate income (earning less than 80% of area median income), and provide housing counseling services to families and individuals at risk of foreclosure – with at least 75% of them considered low-to moderate-income.
The GSUL Workforce Development Department is responsible for all workforce-related activities at the affiliate. These include basic education (GED), workforce training and development, including a Workforce Investment Act (WIA)-funded One Stop Career Center sponsored in partnership with the Sacramento County Employment and Training Agency (SETA). The center is open daily to the general public and provides access to a full range of services related to employment, training and education, employer assistance and guidance for obtaining other assistance.