The crisis has overhelmed most urban area in Southeast Asian Region including Indonesia. Since mid 1997, Indonesia has experienced a significant turmoil in economy due to the crisis. Most major urban areas were badly influence. The development of economic sector was mostly collapsed. As a consequence, the employment problems occur. Because of the limitation access to economic development the government took a consideration to boost a rescue program i,e, Social Safety Net (SSN) program.Coastal urban community was the most vulnerable group that was affected by the impact of crisis. When the economic condition has reduced they hardly found the job. Most of them were job-looser and laid-off. They could not find any better alternative way to get access to employment but the coastal resource. Some attempted to find any resources along the coast that can be utilized for income earnings. Because of their limitations of knowledge in utilizing the coastal resources, the activities might damage the coastal environment. Meanwhile the SSN Program was launched to public but the coastal urban community could not get easily access to the program. In this context, there would be some room for environmental scholars and scientists to contribute their capacity to assist the urban coastal community to get access to employment.