Houston Urban League Adds to their COVID-19 Outreach Initiative

 

 

HOUSTON, TX – The Houston Area Urban League (Houston, TX) will be adding to their numbers to combat COVID-19.

Thanks to funding from the National Urban League, HAUL (Houston Area Urban League) will be able to hire 20 new Community Health Navigators. These Navigators will be conducting outreach within the Houston community, along with engagement activities that will best convince Houston residents to get the COVID vaccine. These Navigators will be trained and supported by HAUL.

The National Urban League received $11.25 million from the Us. Health Resources & Services Administration to fund an initiative that will seeks to increase COVID vaccination rates among the hardest hit communities. Along with HAUL, other NUL affiliates that have received funding are the Knoxville Area Urban League (Knoxville, TN), the Mississippi Urban League (Jackson, MS), the Urban League of Greater Kansas City (Kansas City, MO), the Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City (Oklahoma City, OK), and the Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis (St. Louis, MO). The Houston affiliate received over $1.3 million in funding.

“It’s truly about job creation and investing back in our local community,” said HAUL Area Vice President Eric Goodie. “We desire to help the community overcome this pandemic that’s ravaged disadvantaged communities and at the same time create jobs with livable wages for those that are in need.”

HAUL President and CEO Judson Robinson, III said, “The addition of Community Health Navigators will allow us to continue caring for our citizens so that we can make significant progress to end this pandemic.”

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