Urban League Pilots Program to Provide Residents with Transportation to Jobs

It can be hard just to land a job.

But getting to work creates even more challenges if you don’t have transportation.

The Milwaukee Urban League (Milwaukee, WI) has launched a pilot program to help residents overcome this hurdle.

The Leading Access to Success Transportation program, better known as the L*A*S*T* Mile Program, provides Milwaukee Urban League clients with temporary transportation to their job sites. The program launched Jan. 25.

“Two of our major focus areas are education and employment,” Eve Hall, President and CEO of the Milwaukee Urban League, said. “And what we’ve learned through employment is that while there are opportunities, transportation has been an issue, especially for those who had job opportunities on the outskirts of Milwaukee, where public transportation is rather limited.”

It is open to any Milwaukee Urban League client who successfully completes program participation requirements before job placement and has an identified transportation need. The L*A*S*T* Mile provides transportation to employers not accessible by public or other transportation services.

The program was made possible thanks to a $50,000 grant the Urban League received from its partner Stella & Chewy’s, a pet food supplier based in Oak Creek. The Milwaukee Urban League is working with the transit company American Transit Team to provide transportation.

Hines said the pilot program is projected to last about seven months.

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