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WIC is a social special supplemental food and nutrition education program for Women, Infants and Children who are at nutritional risk. For more information about WIC Nutrition Education Centers.

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Effective July 1, 2025, the Las Vegas Urban League (LVUL) will no longer administer the
Child Care Subsidy and Child Care Resource & Referral services for southern Nevada.

We are deeply grateful for the trust and support you have shown us over the years.

As we transition these services, we encourage clients needing assistance with child care
costs to contact the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services at ccdp@dwss.nv.gov,
or apply directly for services through the Access Nevada website at https://accessnevada.nv.gov.


Thank you for allowing the Las Vegas Urban League’s Early Childhood Connection
Program to serve you for the past 15 years.

The Las Vegas Urban League remains open for business and will continue to serve our community.

EC/EMPLOYMENT

The Las Vegas Entrepreneurship Center provides technical assistance, strategic planning, mentorship and links to resources to help small businesses and entrepreneurs reach their financial goals.

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Empowering Communities - Changing Lives"

Las Vegas Urban League Entrepreneurship Center Receives $17,500 Grant

From JP Morgan Chase Bank For Minority Small Business Training

Las Vegas - JP Morgan Bank recently presented the Las Vegas Urban League Entrepreneurship Center with a $17,500 grant to assist the organization with its Southern Nevada small business education and training resources.
JP Morgan Chase has committed to invest $30 billion by the end of 2025 to advance the economic growth and opportunity for Black, Hispanic and Latino communities. The banking organization is mobilizing its resources and capital to help provide underserved entrepreneurs and communities with the tools they need to start, grow and scale their businesses.
“JP Morgan has been a great corporate sponsor for our organization,” Executive Director Dino Browne of the LVUL Innovation Center for Entrepreneurship, said. “In addition to this generous $17,000 grant, JP Morgan has committed to mentoring and supporting our small business entrepreneurs with coaching and technical assistance, all geared towards growing and supporting small business owners.”
Minority small businesses interested in receiving financial support from this grant should contact Dino Browne, Executive Director of the Las Vegas Urban League Entrepreneurship Center, by emailing dino.browne@lvul.org.
The Las Vegas Entrepreneurship Center provides technical assistance, strategic planning, mentorship and links to resources to help small businesses and entrepreneurs reach their financial goals. The Center provides participants with comprehensive financial training to help build and maintain their economic success to earn more, keep more of what they earn, begin to build savings, assets and move up the economic ladder.


The Las Vegas Urban League is a 501c (3) program funded by the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health


The Las Vegas Urban League Administrative Office is located at 2480 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 150, Las Vegas, NV 89108. Phone (702) 473-9400. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Their website is www.lvccul.org.
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Urban League of Las Vegas, NV - Small Business Pitch Contest Winners

Las Vegas Urban League Entrepreneurship Center Announces

Second Small Business Pitch Competition Winners

Las Vegas - The Las Vegas Urban League Entrepreneurship Center and its partners at Wells Fargo Bank are doing their part to help address the childcare crisis in Southern Nevada by offering childcare businesses opportunities to receive grant funds to help families needing quality childcare services.
The Entrepreneurship Center recently hosted its Second Small Business Pitch Competition where local childcare businesses delivered a 3- to 5-minute business pitch in front of a panel of judges in the hope of winning grants. The winners were: First Place, LaToya Hicks, Bibi’s Busy Beez Playhouse, $15,000; Second Place, Staci Frazier, Milestone Family Solutions, $10,000; and Third Place, Lauriann Bradford, Nana’s Nature Nest, $5,000.
Judges for the competition were: Kathleen Taylor, Program Coordinator and Manager for the Nevada Women’s Business Center; Marcel Schaerer, Deputy Director for the Nevada Department of Business and Industry and Stephanie DeVane, Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Business Development, National Urban League.

“The quality of childcare businesses that participated in our second pitch competition was outstanding,” Executive Director Dino Browne of the LVUL Innovation Center for Entrepreneurship, said. “We want to thank our partners at Wells Fargo for both their financial and administrative support in making our pitch competitions possible. And we want to thank all the childcare businesses that participated in the competition and hope they will continue to support future small business events designed to empower the Nevada small business community.”
For more information on upcoming small business events, please contact Dino Browne, Executive Director of the Las Vegas Urban League Entrepreneurship Center, by emailing dino.browne@lvul.org.
The Las Vegas Urban League Entrepreneurship Center provides technical assistance, strategic planning, mentorship and links to resources to help small businesses and entrepreneurs reach their financial goals. The center provides participants with comprehensive financial training to help build and maintain their economic success to earn more, keep more of what they earn, begin to build savings, assets and move up the economic ladder.
The Las Vegas Urban League is a 501c (3) program funded by the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health.
The Las Vegas Urban League Administrative Office is located at 2480 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 150, Las Vegas, NV 89108. Phone (702) 473-9400. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Their website is www.lvccul.org.
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