MAPS - MCRC

COVID-19 UPDATE:  In compliance with Governor Inslee’s Stay Home order, the legal clinic will be held online or via telephone until further notice. 

MAPS-MCRC offers a Free Legal Clinic bi-monthly. Until such time we let you know all MAPS-MCRC Legal Clinics have been moved online. All are welcome!

At the clinic, you will have an opportunity to receive a 30-minute consultation with a legal expert.

Please note you need to have a valid e-mail address as we send confirmation of the appointment to that e-mail address. Please bring any relevant documents with you to your appointment.

As we have moved to online consultation, please make sure to select the services you would like to get help on and dates when you want to schedule it.  You need to be connected to Internet and have either Laptop or a Smart Mobile device or Tablet in order to join the meeting. If you are on Mobile/Tablet you have to download Microsoft Teams Client to join the meeting. On laptop (Windows or Mac) you can use the Microsoft Edge Chromium or Chrome browser to join the call. On joining the meeting you will be put in the lobby till such time you are allowed into the meeting.

Schedule Online

In response to COVID-19 and in conformance to Public Health guidelines, the MAPS-MCRC community clinic has moved online.

The MAPS-MCRC Clinic will be providing telehealth services (free of charge) for those in need of healthcare during this time. This includes wellness exams and prescription refills. We will be providing primary care services for adults and children as well as out-patient neurology services. Please note that we will not be providing lab or radiology services at this time.

Scheduling an appointment is easy: please register here and you will receive a confirmation email from us.

For COVID-19 related inquiries, please call your Primary Care Physician or the King County Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 call center between 8 AM to 7 PM at 206-477-3977

MAPS-MCRC offers a free medical clinic on the 3rd Sunday of each month. The clinic is held from 10am-1pm at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound (MAPS)  which is located at 17550 NE 67th. Ct., Redmond WA 98052

The clinic operates on a sliding scale. Care is provided free of cost to anyone in need. If you have insurance, the clinic accepts all insurance providers.

The free medical clinic is catered to meet the needs of those who are unable to afford the cost of the healthcare premiums and copays and those individuals who are still without access to affordable healthcare.

The MAPS MCRC Clinic is a mosque-based free clinic initiated in 2016. It is completely volunteer. The clinic is registered as an independent clinic with WA State Health Access Alliance and is listed under the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics

For more information, contact mapsmcrc@mapsredmond.org

MAPS-MCRC partners with like minded faith based organizations (Muslim & non-Muslim), city & local services, assistance providers to address issues of hunger and homelessness in our community.

MAPS-MCRC serves over 300 hot meals each month at various shelters and tent city locations. Additionally we organize food drives and collect non-perishable food items to local food banks.

Volunteers making and distributing brown bag lunches for the homeless (350 sandwiches per month). We distribute holiday meals for homeless singles and families (including, in 2019, 500 Thanksgiving meals and 700 Christmas holiday meals)

During Ramadan each year we preparing care boxes containing food staples (rice, flour, sugar, oil, lentils, etc.) for one month for a family of five, and delivering to refugee families as well as families in low-income housing. In 2020 we provided over 3000 families with these food care boxes.

We also provide weekend meals for 80-100 students of Sherwood Forest Middle School, as part of the Bellevue Backpack meals program

As COVID-19 spreads in our communities, our hearts go out to everyone who is impacted by this situation. The Muslim Association of Puget Sound (MAPS) through its humanitarian and social services program MAPS-MCRC (Muslim Community Resource Center) is mobilizing additional resources to support those facing hardships in these unprecedented times. 

We especially can reach vulnerable populations given our established decade-long service in the wider community, cultural sensitivity and language support, access to many populations not otherwise reached through other organizations, and partnerships with many organizations. 

Families needing food assistance continue to be served through MAPS-MCRC. We are providing emergency staple foods, grocery cards and also giving them cards to buy halal or meet other dietary restrictions if need. We are also providing food to families through our partnership with the Bishops Warehouse Food Pantry operated by our partner Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

As school districts close, many kids who used to be dependent on subsidized meals are facing a lack of food. We have been contacted by many school districts asking us to provide basic food and hygiene items for the kids in their school. We helped over 600 kids in the Bellevue School District with kits provided by our partner Kits for Peace.

We are also coordinating volunteers who can purchase and drop off food at the homes of families with elderly, sick and those who are quarantined or in self-isolation.

We are continuing our hot meal programs to local shelters and tent city encampments during this time of crisis. We are catering from local restaurants to support them financially. Our team of volunteers pick up and drop off meals at local shelters and tent city encampments

We are assisting those impacted by the COVID-19 virus with any emergency medical supplies they need, including prescribed medications or over-the-counter medication.  

We are part of the Eastside Interfaith Council for Homelessness and work in a coordinated manner with other organizations to seek solutions and provide care for people struggling to find a place to live or food to eat.

Here are a few of the partners that we work with :

• Bellevue Backpack program

Food supplies and help with packing and delivery of food backpack to needy children in Bellevue Schools each week

• Hopelink

Non-perishable food to Hopelink food banks on an ongoing basis.

Established a separate “Halal meat section at the Bellevue location and keep it stocked on a monthly basis.

• Seattle North Helpline

Sandwiches to the needy on the last Saturday of each month; Each Masajid in the Eastside participates in this on a rotating basis

• Eastside Tent City encampments- Camp Unity and TC 4

Provide hot meals and conversations to Eastside Tent City residents on an ongoing basis

• The Sophia Way

Monthly Hot meals to this women’s shelter

• Union Gospel Mission

Homeless feeding programs including serving Thanksgiving day meals

• Muslim Housing Services

Financial help. Providing clothing and food for families in MHS provided housing

• Food banks established at the following Eastside mosques
  
  • Muslim Association of Puget Sound – MAPS
  • Sammamish Mosque

Transitional Housing for Single Women is one of the key service programs of MAPS-MCRC.

Lack of affordable housing has exacerbated the issue of homelessness in the Greater Seattle area. The problem of homelessness is more acute among vulnerable demographics such as single women who are unable to find affordable and safe transitional housing while they get back on their feet. The Muslim Community Resource Center (MAPS-MCRC) has been providing transitional housing options that are socially and culturally appropriate for single women in the Greater Seattle area for several years now.

We lease and operate 4 transitional housing units in the Greater Seattle area – 2 in Bellevue, WA, 1 in Renton WA and 1 in Seattle, WA. We partner with the The Sophia Way  on our transitional housing programs leveraging their expertise in case management. We have also leased and made available one of our housing units to The Sophia Way to house their clients. We have partnered with them to raise funds for their permanent women’s shelter that is coming up in Kirkland, WA

The demand for transitional housing is far greater than the 12 available beds that we can provide for our clients. at these housing units. We are seeking to raise funds to allow us to lease additional housing units and increase our capacity to provide case management to the clients that are in our transitional housing program.

Each $2,500 that we raise will allow us to provide transitional housing and case management for another 4 homeless women for a full month

A $10,000 contribution can help us support 4 homeless women for  6 months

A $25,000 contribution can help us house them for a full year

Donations can be made at DONATE ONLINE ~ MOHID ©

The comprehensiveness of our services and the network of our partner relationships ensures that our clients in our transitional housing programs do not simply get a place to stay but also get access to adjacent services such as counseling, legal services, medical and dental clinics, food pantry, vocational training and mentoring to get them to be self-sufficient as quickly as possible

Housing

Partnership established with refugee resettlement agencies as the go-to source for housing for incoming refugees

• Working with Muslim Housing Services to provision 10 rental units for incoming refugees

• Ongoing financial support (rent, utilities, food ) etc. for several refugee families

Household Assistance

• Leased storage space actively being used by Muslim and non-Muslim organizations to store & distribute household items to refugee families in need

• Weekly collection and distribution of household items to several local families

• Clothing drives Syria

Vocational Services

Partnering with local community colleges to identify courses that will provide vocational and English classes for new refugees

• Design of a a career counseling process in progress

Adopt a Family Program

The MAPS-MCRC Adopt a Family program, started in 2013, is focused on matching refugee families with local host families.

The bonds on social and interpersonal connection between the host family and the adopted refugee family enables faster assimilation and allows for the fulfillment of the needs of refugee families with dignity and privacy.  Local host families serve as a bridge and conduit for understanding of the adopted family’s unique needs and situation. The host family has access to MCRC’s network of partners and service providers to provide assistance as needed to their adopted family.

The Role of the Host Family

The host family serves to support their adopted refugee family as they try to assimilate into their new environment. We encourage host families to connect socially with their guest families. Sharing meals, taking them to community events or outings, being there for them to talk and sometimes just listening is encouraged. As the families get more comfortable with each other, they can identify  more activities they can do together. Guarding the privacy of the adopted refugee family and being empathetic to their situation is probably the biggest request of the host families

The Matching Process

MAPS-MCRC matches refugee families to host families using a few simple criteria:

• Family size
• Number and ages of children
• Address of residence
• Country of origin
• Unique circumstances if any

Currently 10 families in program. For more information contact mapsmcrc@mapsredmond.org

We provide services to bring elders in our community together in social settings so that they can have conversations and enjoy leisure activities together with others in their peer group.

Our elder care services are geared to alleviate the loneliness and the lack of companionship that our respected elder feel in this society.

Through conversations, coordinated group activities and social get togethers we try to bring joy into the lives of our elders and get them to connect/make friends with other elders in the community

As COVID-19 spreads in our communities, our hearts go out to everyone who is impacted by this situation. The Muslim Association of Puget Sound (MAPS) through its humanitarian and social services program MAPS-MCRC (Muslim Community Resource Center) is mobilizing additional resources to support those facing hardships in these unprecedented times. 

We especially can reach vulnerable populations given our established decade-long service in the wider community, cultural sensitivity and language support, access to many populations not otherwise reached through other organizations, and partnerships with many organizations. 

We are already seeing increased call volumes from individuals and families – especially those working in hourly jobs – who have been impacted by the shutdown caused by the virus. These individuals and families are looking for emergency rental and utility assistance that will allow them to remain in their homes and pay for utilities.

Many of the requests for assistance that we have received in the last two weeks come from immigrants and refugees, including recent arrivals.  Some of them have lost their income from the gig economy (like Uber/Lyft drivers) and are unable to support their children or families.  The immigrants/refugees who reach out to us often do not have the proper information about what is happening with COVID-19 in a language they can understand, and do not know where to go for assistance from other sources.  Our services support all, regardless of language ability, national origin or documentation status.

MAPS-MCRC usually does not provide direct financial assistance. Instead, it connects those needing emergency financial assistance with organizations in our community that are set up to provide such assistance.

Each of the mosques in our community have a Zakat/Sadaqqa fund set aside to help in such cases. In addition there are sister organizations such as MAPS-Al Sadaqa who can provide such assistance.

MAPS-MCRC can facilitate connections with these organizations and help those seeking such assistance to comply with paperwork or documentation requirements of such organizations.

It is only only dire circumstances – when families are facing eviction or utility shut off – when all other resources are unable to help, that MAPS-MCRC as a resource of last resort – steps in to help pay the rent and utilities for families needing assistance