Our main office now provides telecom and/or virtual options for appointments and access to most programs and services. 

Monday – Friday from 10AM to 4PM | Walk-Ins welcome | Appointments preferred. 

If you are sick or unable to make it to our office, we will gladly work with you via phone. Simply call (206) 461-3792 and press 0 to speak to our receptionist.

Since April 2020, ULMS has partnered with local sponsors and community leaders to provide three different emergency food assistance programs in an effort to supply food for families with limited access to (or resources for) food. 

1. Family Emergency Kits via Drive Thru Pick Up: In collaboration with Together Washington, World Vision, and City of Seattle Parks & Recreation, ULMS offered Family Emergency Kits to 50 families with children each Monday via drive thru pick-up between the months of April – June 2020. These kits include basic groceries, hand sanitizer, disinfectant, dish soap, paper towels, toilet paper, school supplies, and children’s in-home activities. Pick ups were made from 12PM – 2PM and locations rotated between 1 of 4 local community centers to ease transportation limitations for families.
2. Grocery Delivery: With the help of Byrd Barr Place, ULMS now be offered a staff driven emergency food package delivery service to 50 families in need each week from May – July 2020. These packages included basic food essentials such as meat, fruit, fresh produce, and boxed goods. This service was extended to individual families, families without children, and local seniors.
3. Hot Meal Distributions: Since November 2020, ULMS — in collaboration with C. Davis BBQ and a host of local partners — has provided monthly opportunities for community residents in need to receive free hot BBQ meals and access to a variety of resources including (but not limited to) COVID-19 testing, vaccine pop-up clinics, health screenings, employment assistance, PPE, hygiene care kits, and more.  

In April 2021, ULMS launched our ‘Black Health Matters’ campaign to help promote vaccine education and outreach opportunities for us by us. As a part of this effort, we have created and distributed custom physical and digital vaccine education materials, provided vaccination appointment opportunities and aftercare supplies, and connected with local community partners to provide healthcare services and resources. 

To learn more about the Black Health Matters campaign, please click here. 

In April 2020, restaurants in King County who have been severely impacted by COVID-19 were given the opportunity to partner with ULMS for civic engagement outreach in exchange for grant funding. 

Restaurant owners were given ULMS Census outreach materials to include in their take-out or to-go orders and in turn, received $2,500 grants.

Participating restaurants included: 

• June Baby
• Salare 
• Jerk Shack
• That Brown Girl Cooks
• Where Ya At, Matt
• Emerald City Fish & Chips
• Urban Connoisseurs 
• City Teriyaki 

In June 2020, we partnered with our friends at The Plate Fund to provide expedited access codes worth $500 each to 25 local restaurant industry workers whose pay or employment status were severely impacted by COVID-19. 

ULMS has collaborated with a local church partner to establish a new Young Adult Shelter in the Central District. The shelter will operate on a 24 hour schedule throughout the remainder of the pandemic. Participants must be aged 18-24 and referred by a case manager for admission and intake. Referral assistance available.

To learn more about the shelter, please click here.

Small Black-owned businesses were among those hit hardest during the pandemic. In an effort to promote Black businesses local to King County, ULMS launched our custom Black Business directory in June 2020. The directory is promoted monthly to our ULMS email subscribers and on our official social media channels. 

As of September 2021, more than 70 businesses from a variety of industries have been added to the directory — at no cost! To view our Black Business directory, click here. 

In an effort to reduce potential exposure to COVID-19, the WA State Department of Corrections is currently in the process of releasing hundreds of low-level offenders back into the community — many of whom will be in need of basic necessities and employment opportunities. 

To assist with this effort, ULMS has donated gently used clothing from our workforce clothing storage to the DOC. This clothing will be sorted and provided to more than 1,100 men and women scheduled to be released from the DOC in the coming weeks.

Clothing items included:

• shirts
• jackets
• ties
• dresses
• pants
• socks
• shoes

The Urban League’s signature Career Bridge job readiness program has now gone virtual! Participants may now continue to work toward professional development outcomes in our virtual classroom. 

In lieu of the traditional Monday – Friday schedule, classes will now be held virtually Tuesdays & Thursdays from 1PM – 3PM.

These classes will cover topics such as:

• Job Readiness
• Life Skills
• Cover Letter Assistance
• Resume Assistance

Students also have the option of earning the following certifications: 

• OSHA 10
• Industrial First Aid
• CPR
• Flaggers

To learn more about the Career Bridge program, please click here. 

In August 2020, ULMS launched a special community social project entitled the Black Voices Project. The Black Voices Project is a virtual Black book club and community dedicated to uplifting Black literary/creative voices through a range of mediums including books, essays, podcasts, and more! Our goal is to facilitate meaningful conversations about systemic racism and Black history while addressing current political, racial, and social issues impacting Black culture.

Each month ULMS staff choose a literary work to read with the group. Once the selected work for the month is finished, project facilitators host a virtual meet up for participants to discuss the work, how it applies to the current state of society, and lessons that can be applied to conversations and experiences involving racism and Black culture.

Participants receive monthly updates via email subscription and have the option of joining our private slack group to continue discussions and share information and resources. In addition, 10 book club members are selected at the beginning of each month to receive a copy of the current month’s book via first come first served basis.

As of September 2021, 120 people from both locally and across the country have joined the book club! To learn more about the Black Voices Project, click here.