Urban Upbound
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Mission Statement
Urban Upbound provides public housing residents and other low-income New Yorkers with the tools and resources needed to achieve economic mobility and self-sufficiency, and to break cycles of poverty.
About This Cause
Urban Upbound provides public housing residents and other low-income New Yorkers with the tools and resources needed to achieve economic mobility and self-sufficiency, and to break cycles of poverty. Urban Upbound achieves these objectives through its integrated model of five programs which serve as many as 6,000 individuals per year: (i.) youth development/college access programming to make a college degree an expectation and reality for low income students and youth from public housing; (ii.) employment services, so public housing residents and others can find good jobs and remain employed; (iii.) financial counseling, including comprehensive one-on-one counseling to help individuals escape financial distress and achieve their long-term economic goals; (iv.) community revitalization programming to support the delivery of goods and services through the Urban Upbound Merchants Association to public housing communities in Western Queens and; (v.) The Urban Upbound Federal Credit Union (opened in 2010 as the first low-income designated credit union in Queens), to provide banking services to the unbanked in our communities. Urban Upbound aims to meet the economic needs of the more than 30,000 individuals living in five public housing neighborhoods: Queensbridge (the largest public housing community in the nation), Astoria, Woodside, Ravenswood and Far Rockaway. The vast majority of households in the communities we serve – greater than 7 in 10 – are headed by single minority women. Approximately half of households in these communities lack a worker and the average household income is only $21,000 per year; the median household income is approximately $15,000 per year, well below the federal poverty level. In addition, residents of public housing in Queens face severe educational barriers. Less than 15% of residents over the age of 25 have a bachelor’s degree and fewer than 7 in 10 minority boys graduate high school within four years.