MAPS Community Services
Ready to Take the Next Step? Whether you need emergency assistance,
health services, legal help, or business support — we’re here.
“Love for humanity what you love for yourself” – Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
About Us
$750K+
Direct Relief Distributed
175,000+
Individuals Impacted
2009
Year MCRC Founded
King Co.
Area Served
>$500k
provided for Emergency Rental Assistance
7,500+
families provided Emergency Non-Perishable Food, and 6,000+ individual hot meals served
450+
medical examinations and 350+ mental health counseling appointments provide by the Community Health Clinic
100+
clients provided with Legal Consultation
20
beds provided for Women’s Transitional Housing
Page Update Notice
The MAPS-MCRC (mapsredmond.org/mcrc) and MAPS-SBRN (mapsredmond.org/sbrn) pages have merged into this unified Community Services hub. All services and resources from both programs remain available below.
What We Do
– Primary Care for Families
– Telehealth
– Family Counseling
– Emotional Wellness
– Medical Referrals
– Women’s Transitional Housing
– Emergency Rental Assistance (Eviction Prevention)
– Short Term Emergency Hotel Stays
– Intake and Case Management
– Hot Meals
– Food/Gas Cards
– Non-perishable Food
– Hot Holiday Meal Program
– Ramadan Food Delivery Program
– Furniture Warehouse
– Adopt a Family Program
– Senior Socialization and Wellness Program
– Peer Support
– Skills Building
– Legal Referrals
– Immigration Law
– Employment Law
– Family Law
– Business Contracts
– Local Natural Disaster Response
What We Do
Emergency Rental Eviction Assistance & Utility Support
A resource of last resort for families facing eviction or utility shutoff when all other avenues are exhausted. Pre-Eviction intervention with the aim of keeping families housed.
Safe housing for single women with counseling, food access, and culturally relevant resource navigation.
Food & Gas Cards – provide clients with immediate access to essential groceries of their choice, as well as fuel support to ensure they can travel to work, appointments, and other critical services without delay
Seasonal Food Boxes – Ramadan Food Box Distribution
Seasonal Protein Package- Eid Al Adha).
Reserved for Highly intensive medical cases and situations
Outcome: Clients avoid crisis and regain short term stability
Emergency Rental Eviction Assistance & Utility Support
A resource of last resort for families facing eviction or utility shutoff when all other avenues are exhausted. Pre-Eviction intervention with the aim of keeping families housed.
Safe housing for single women with counseling, food access, and culturally relevant resource navigation.
Food & Gas Cards – provide clients with immediate access to essential groceries of their choice, as well as fuel support to ensure they can travel to work, appointments, and other critical services without delay
Seasonal Food Boxes – Ramadan Food Box Distribution
Seasonal Protein Package- Eid Al Adha).
Reserved for Highly intensive medical cases and situations
Outcome: Clients avoid crisis and regain short term stability
Emergency Rental Eviction Assistance & Utility Support
A resource of last resort for families facing eviction or utility shutoff when all other avenues are exhausted. Pre-Eviction intervention with the aim of keeping families housed.
Safe housing for single women with counseling, food access, and culturally relevant resource navigation.
Food & Gas Cards – provide clients with immediate access to essential groceries of their choice, as well as fuel support to ensure they can travel to work, appointments, and other critical services without delay
Seasonal Food Boxes – Ramadan Food Box Distribution
Seasonal Protein Package- Eid Al Adha).
Reserved for Highly intensive medical cases and situations
Outcome: Clients avoid crisis and regain short term stability
Get Help
All MCRC services are available, without discrimination, for all in need. MCRC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.
The MCRC Clinic will be providing telehealth services (free of charge) for those in need of healthcare services. We will be providing primary care for adults and children, outpatient neurology, endocrinology, and emotional wellness services.
Scheduling an appointment is easy: please register here and you will receive a confirmation email from us with a telehealth link embedded.
The free medical clinic is catered to meet the needs of those who are unable to afford the cost of healthcare premiums and copays and those individuals who are still without access to affordable healthcare.
The MCRC Clinic is a mosque-based free clinic initiated in 2016 under the Washington Healthcare Access Alliance. It is completely volunteer-operated.
While we are fully operating via telehealth for the duration of 2022, we plan to reopen in person in early 2023. If you need in-person services, please consult a list of free clinics here.
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. Staff is available on weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed on holidays). If you are facing a medical emergency, please call 911.
For more information on the MAPS-MCRC Community Clinic or contact information, please visit here.
Family relations are an essential building block of society, and Islamic teachings emphasize the importance of healthy, loving, nurturing and respectful relationships – especially within the family. Unfortunately, there are times when we fall short of these teachings. For those facing family conflicts or issues (whether with spouses, children, parents, siblings, etc.), or those suffering individual religious problems (crisis of faith, overcoming additions, etc.), MAPS offers confidential family and counseling services.
For more information, please visit here.
MCRC has a needs-based assessment process that determines the distribution of funds and services. It does not use an impersonal formula-based assistance qualification process.
- Eviction Prevention: Preventing homelessness costs at least five times less than helping a family regain stable housing after it is lost. If a family has an eviction notice, MCRC can help provide a portion of the funds needed to prevent eviction.
- Emergency Utility Assistance: Limited funds are available based on funding provided by specific cities to assist with utility assistance to clients residing in those cities.
- Refugee Rental Assistance Program: Limited funds are available to provide newly arriving refugees with short-term rental assistance.
- Emergency Motel Stay: Up to 3 nights can be provided at local motels in case of emergencies while long term housing options can be arranged. Eligibility to this program is determined on a case-by-case basis by our case manager.
All requests for assistance go through common intake and go through rigorous validation and screening by our case management team. Only upon completion of the screening and validation is a recommendation made as to the whether the assistance request is to be fulfilled and the extent to which it is fulfilled.
Our intake process provides us information on the client’s family income, # of individuals in household, specific family/situation circumstances, demographic information and other essential information needed to qualify and determine the level of assistance that is needed.
In addition, we also ask if the client requesting assistance has already received assistance from any other agency(ies). This data is used to assess the level of need, the type of assistance and the amount of assistance that MCRC can provide to the client. We empower our case manager to make decisions on the amount of assistance disbursed up to $500. Anything over that is reviewed and needs to be approved by the MCRC Executive Director.
For financial payments made for emergency utility service payment or homelessness prevention, we try to limit the number of times we assist the client. There is no pre-determined number. Our decisions are driven case by case based on the specific circumstances of the client. We feel that that having a pre-determined restriction on the number of times we assist a client or the $ value of the assistance we provide will not allow us to provide the level of assistance a client may need to get back on their feet.
Documentation Needed
MCRC only requires minimal documentation to validate and process financial assistance requests. Documentation needed to apply for financial assistance include the following:
- Proof of Identity
- Eviction notice
- Lease agreement
- Validation of income
- Any other applicable documentation
The King County HMIS system is also used to verify sources of previous assistance that the individual/family may have already received from other agencies.
Approvals & Payments
All approved financial assistance requests are processed for payment and checks are cut each Friday. In an extremely urgent situation when eviction is imminent, checks can be cut during the week on an exception basis.
As a policy, MCRC does not make payments to individuals. All approved financial assistance payments are made directly to the rental agency or landlord.
MCRC deals with several requests for financial assistance each week and the demand is constantly increasing. While we do our best, we cannot fulfill every single request for financial assistance or fulfill the request completely.
If the client has a need that cannot be fulfilled by MCRC or can only be fulfilled partially, our case manager refers the client to other agencies who may be able to help the client. Our case managers don’t just provide the name and contact information of the agencies that we refer a client to but they also take the time to call the agency and introduce the client to them and help the client with any related paperwork.
Each of the mosques in our community have a Zakat/Sadaqqa fund set aside to help in such cases.
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 dire circumstances – when families are facing eviction or utility shut off – when all other resources are unable to help, that MCRC as a resource of last resort – steps in to help pay the rent and utilities for families needing assistance.
Transitional Housing for Single Women is one of the key service programs of 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 (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 6 transitional housing units in the Greater Seattle area: 4 in Bellevue, 1 in Renton and 1 in Seattle.
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.
MCRC partners with community-based organizations (Muslim & non-Muslim), city & local services, assistance providers to address issues of hunger and homelessness in our community.
MCRC serves hundreds of 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. We distribute holiday meals for homeless singles and families (including, in 2021, 1,200+ Thanksgiving meals and 850+ 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 2022 we provided over 2,500+ food boxes.
We also provide weekend meals for students in local school districts. We 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.
Housing
Partnership established with refugee resettlement agencies as the go-to source for housing 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
• Periodic clothing drives
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.
MCRC offers a Free Legal Clinic bi-monthly (online only). 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.
During local emergencies we mobilize our team of volunteers to help those impacted by the calamity.
The MCRC Clinic will be providing telehealth services (free of charge) for those in need of healthcare services. We will be providing primary care for adults and children, outpatient neurology, endocrinology, and emotional wellness services.
Scheduling an appointment is easy: please register here and you will receive a confirmation email from us with a telehealth link embedded.
The free medical clinic is catered to meet the needs of those who are unable to afford the cost of healthcare premiums and copays and those individuals who are still without access to affordable healthcare.
The MCRC Clinic is a mosque-based free clinic initiated in 2016 under the Washington Healthcare Access Alliance. It is completely volunteer-operated.
While we are fully operating via telehealth for the duration of 2022, we plan to reopen in person in early 2023. If you need in-person services, please consult a list of free clinics here.
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. Staff is available on weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed on holidays). If you are facing a medical emergency, please call 911.
For more information on the MAPS-MCRC Community Clinic or contact information, please visit here.
Family relations are an essential building block of society, and Islamic teachings emphasize the importance of healthy, loving, nurturing and respectful relationships – especially within the family. Unfortunately, there are times when we fall short of these teachings. For those facing family conflicts or issues (whether with spouses, children, parents, siblings, etc.), or those suffering individual religious problems (crisis of faith, overcoming additions, etc.), MAPS offers confidential family and counseling services.
For more information, please visit here.
MCRC has a needs-based assessment process that determines the distribution of funds and services. It does not use an impersonal formula-based assistance qualification process.
- Eviction Prevention: Preventing homelessness costs at least five times less than helping a family regain stable housing after it is lost. If a family has an eviction notice, MCRC can help provide a portion of the funds needed to prevent eviction.
- Emergency Utility Assistance: Limited funds are available based on funding provided by specific cities to assist with utility assistance to clients residing in those cities.
- Refugee Rental Assistance Program: Limited funds are available to provide newly arriving refugees with short-term rental assistance.
- Emergency Motel Stay: Up to 3 nights can be provided at local motels in case of emergencies while long term housing options can be arranged. Eligibility to this program is determined on a case-by-case basis by our case manager.
All requests for assistance go through common intake and go through rigorous validation and screening by our case management team. Only upon completion of the screening and validation is a recommendation made as to the whether the assistance request is to be fulfilled and the extent to which it is fulfilled.
Our intake process provides us information on the client’s family income, # of individuals in household, specific family/situation circumstances, demographic information and other essential information needed to qualify and determine the level of assistance that is needed.
In addition, we also ask if the client requesting assistance has already received assistance from any other agency(ies). This data is used to assess the level of need, the type of assistance and the amount of assistance that MCRC can provide to the client. We empower our case manager to make decisions on the amount of assistance disbursed up to $500. Anything over that is reviewed and needs to be approved by the MCRC Executive Director.
For financial payments made for emergency utility service payment or homelessness prevention, we try to limit the number of times we assist the client. There is no pre-determined number. Our decisions are driven case by case based on the specific circumstances of the client. We feel that that having a pre-determined restriction on the number of times we assist a client or the $ value of the assistance we provide will not allow us to provide the level of assistance a client may need to get back on their feet.
Documentation Needed
MCRC only requires minimal documentation to validate and process financial assistance requests. Documentation needed to apply for financial assistance include the following:
- Proof of Identity
- Eviction notice
- Lease agreement
- Validation of income
- Any other applicable documentation
The King County HMIS system is also used to verify sources of previous assistance that the individual/family may have already received from other agencies.
Approvals & Payments
All approved financial assistance requests are processed for payment and checks are cut each Friday. In an extremely urgent situation when eviction is imminent, checks can be cut during the week on an exception basis.
As a policy, MCRC does not make payments to individuals. All approved financial assistance payments are made directly to the rental agency or landlord.
MCRC deals with several requests for financial assistance each week and the demand is constantly increasing. While we do our best, we cannot fulfill every single request for financial assistance or fulfill the request completely.
If the client has a need that cannot be fulfilled by MCRC or can only be fulfilled partially, our case manager refers the client to other agencies who may be able to help the client. Our case managers don’t just provide the name and contact information of the agencies that we refer a client to but they also take the time to call the agency and introduce the client to them and help the client with any related paperwork.
Each of the mosques in our community have a Zakat/Sadaqqa fund set aside to help in such cases.
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 dire circumstances – when families are facing eviction or utility shut off – when all other resources are unable to help, that MCRC as a resource of last resort – steps in to help pay the rent and utilities for families needing assistance.
Transitional Housing for Single Women is one of the key service programs of 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 (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 6 transitional housing units in the Greater Seattle area: 4 in Bellevue, 1 in Renton and 1 in Seattle.
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.
MCRC partners with community-based organizations (Muslim & non-Muslim), city & local services, assistance providers to address issues of hunger and homelessness in our community.
MCRC serves hundreds of 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. We distribute holiday meals for homeless singles and families (including, in 2021, 1,200+ Thanksgiving meals and 850+ 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 2022 we provided over 2,500+ food boxes.
We also provide weekend meals for students in local school districts. We 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.
Housing
Partnership established with refugee resettlement agencies as the go-to source for housing 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
• Periodic clothing drives
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.
MCRC offers a Free Legal Clinic bi-monthly (online only). 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.
During local emergencies we mobilize our team of volunteers to help those impacted by the calamity.
Who We Are
MAPS Community Services
About MAPS-MCRC
Founded in 2009, MCRC is MAPS’ social and humanitarian services arm — providing direct assistance to those in need across King County regardless of race, religion, gender, age, national origin, or disability.
MAPS Community Services moving into 2026 and beyond is excited to merge and bring together two existing MAPS programs — MAPS-MCRC and MAPS-SBRN — under one roof.
From emergency assistance and eviction prevention to transitional housing and small business support, we serve our community with dignity—regardless of faith, race, gender, ethnicity, or background.
Our Mission: MAPS provides culturally relevant support to economically disadvantaged families across the Puget Sound, creating pathways to economic stability and well-being.
MAPS will provide culturally relevant support to economically disadvantaged families across the Puget Sound, creating pathways to economic stability and well-being. These pathways will be intentional, with a strong emphasis on supporting small businesses and expanding access to sustainable career opportunities.
Our Vision: To be a leading force in building economically empowered communities—where Muslim values uplift communities, drive prosperity, and equitable opportunities across the Pacific Northwest.
Our Values: Grounded in ihsan, we create pathways to stability and self-sufficiency as a trusted ambassador where communities feel supported, connected, and empowered to thrive.
Theory of Change
Our theory of change will be grounded in the belief that economic stability is not achieved through one-time assistance, but through a continuum of support.
We will begin by stabilizing families through emergency services like rental assistance, utilities, food, and zakat. Once immediate crises are addressed, we will provide culturally responsive case management and financial education classes and workshops to help clients navigate systems and build confidence.
From there, we will connect individuals to income pathways through small business support and workforce opportunities.
By integrating these services in a trusted community environment, we will move families from crisis to stability to long-term economic mobility—ultimately reducing dependency and increasing self-sufficiency.
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PROBLEM | Families unable to meet basic living expenses. Refugees, immigrants, and low-income families face systemic barriers: housing insecurity, limited income pathways, financial literacy gaps, lack of culturally responsive support. |
NORTH STAR | Communities achieve long-term economic stability, self-sufficiency and dignity, with reduced reliance on emergency assistance. |
DEMOGRAPH SERVED | Refugees, Immigrants, Seniors in King, Snohomish & Pierce County. |
OUTCOME | MAPS delivers Culturally responsive case management and individualized navigation support that removes systemic barriers and connects underserved families to critical resources. This targeted intervention drives measurable outcomes — preventing eviction, increasing workforce participation, supporting small business growth, and ultimately raising household income and long term economic stability |
History of MAPS MCRC
Here’s MCRC’s timeline, tracing the organization’s journey from Nickhath Sheriff’s founding vision in 2009 through the pivotal 2016 partnership with MAPS. The timeline highlights the three core motivations, the growth to 200+ volunteers, and the enduring values — responsiveness, compassion, and individual connection — that have defined MAPS-MCRC throughout.
History of MAPS MCRC
About MAPS-MCRC
Founded in 2009, MCRC is MAPS’ social and humanitarian services arm — providing direct assistance to those in need across King County regardless of race, religion, gender, age, national origin, or disability.
MAPS Community Services moving into 2026 and beyond is excited to merge and bring together two existing MAPS programs — MAPS-MCRC and MAPS-SBRN — under one roof.
From emergency assistance and eviction prevention to transitional housing and small business support, we serve our community with dignity—regardless of faith, race, gender, ethnicity, or background.
Our Mission: MAPS provides culturally relevant support to economically disadvantaged families across the Puget Sound, creating pathways to economic stability and well-being.
The Muslim Community Resource Center (MCRC) was constituted in 2009 as a humanitarian platform to bring the Muslim community in the Greater Seattle together to serve individuals in need. Three primary motivational drivers inspired our founder, Nickhath Sheriff, to start MCRC:
- Increasing Muslim visibility in the Greater Seattle area by working together to give back to the extended community. In her involvement with other non-profit organizations, such as the American Red Cross, Nickhath saw how an organized and coordinated effort brought both sustainable and successful outcomes.
- To counter the incorrect and negative perceptions of American Muslims in the media by highlighting their charitable good work and generosity. Nickhath deliberately chose to include “Muslim” in the organization’s name to stress that it was followers of Islam that were providing the service.
- To increase the scope and reach of aid to more communities by building bridges of collaboration and partnerships with other humanitarian service organizations. While many local agencies provided humanitarian services, many in the Muslim community did not know how to reach out and seek help. Rather than reinventing and duplicating services, MCRC intended to leverage existing resources and partner with service providers to amplify the community’s impact.
After conducting a survey, a small team began curating local resources that met the community’s needs. Nickhath, her family and a core group of volunteers, carefully established MCRC, an independent 501c(3) organization. The organization became a unifying platform for doing good, bringing people from various mosques across the Puget Sound to serve those in need— regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity.
MCRC began as a virtual resource center, leveraging space in local mosques, community centers, and coffee shops to meet with clients and provide services. Where there were service gaps, MCRC stepped in to offer service coordination and fulfillment of any unmet needs. The organization was funded exclusively through individual donations from the Muslim community. And in the years that followed, MCRC quickly became the go-to Muslim humanitarian organization in the Puget Sound area with over 200+ volunteers from across the Puget Sound area.
In 2016, MCRC became the social and humanitarian arm of the Muslim Association of Puget Sound (MAPS), the largest mosque in WA State, and started functioning as MAPS-MCRC. Joining MAPS allowed MCRC to continue to focus on its mission to serve people in need while leveraging MAPS’ infrastructure to meet the increasing administrative and financial accounting aspects of providing its services.
MCRC was founded on the principles of responsiveness, compassion, and individual connections with the people that it serves. From the beginning, our goal has been to embody our prophetic traditions of providing service and support to our communities.
The passion and dedication of its volunteers are what make MCRC unique. They will continue to be a guiding force of MAPS-MCRC through the years to come.
Who We Are
The MAPS Muslim Community Resource Center is a social and humanitarian service organization of MAPS that is dedicated to helping the less fortunate in the Pacific Northwest community. We partner with other nonprofits (Muslim & non-Muslim), city and local services, assistance providers to serve those in need.
MCRC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.
What We Do
Emergency Rental Eviction Assistance & Utility Support
A resource of last resort for families facing eviction or utility shutoff when all other avenues are exhausted. Pre-Eviction intervention with the aim of keeping families housed.
Safe housing for single women with counseling, food access, and culturally relevant resource navigation.
Food & Gas Cards – Provide clients with immediate access to essential groceries of their choice, as well as fuel support to ensure they can travel to work, appointments, and other critical services without delay
Seasonal Food Boxes – Ramadan Food Box Distribution
Seasonal Protein Package – Eid Al Adha
Reserved for Highly intensive medical cases and situations.
Outcome: Clients avoid crisis and regain short term stability
One of the most unique areas of support for those who come to MAPS is to provide culturally appropriate navigation in accessing services in a way that respects, understands and aligns with their cultural background, language, values and lived experiences.
Support in native languages (culturally nuanced communication) – not just giving information – walking alongside clients until access is secured.
- Social programming and events for seniors — combating isolation and building peer community.
- Financial Empowerment Classes
Helps clients secure critical public benefits, including food, healthcare, and financial assistance, ensuring increased stability and long-term economic well-being.
Outcome: Clients understand systems, reduce vulnerability, and build financial confidence
Eligibility Guidelines
While our services are available to all WA residents; however, program eligibility varies based on available funding and county location. We encourage you to apply—our team will review your application and provide a response within 48 hours.
Population Served: Refugees, Immigrants, Seniors, Small Business Owners
Client Stories
MAPS SBRN - Small Business Resiliency Network
About MAPS-SBRN
Selected by the WA State Department of Commerce as one of 30 trusted community partners statewide, MAPS-SBRN provides culturally and linguistically relevant assistance to small business owners, independent contractors, and nonprofits.
Eligibility: Open to all small businesses within WA State.
We prioritize micro businesses led by refugees, immigrants, and women—primarily owner-operated ventures (1–5 individuals), often run independently or as family enterprises.
SBRN Services ( All Services are Subject to Current Grant Funding)
FINANCIAL Loan & Grant Navigation Guidance on federal/state loan programs, forgivable loans, and grants — especially for those who may have missed out due to information barriers. | TECHNICAL Technical Assistance One-on-one support with business planning, financial modeling, bookkeeping, and government programs. Multilingual support available. |
TRAINING Business Training & Education Workshops, webinars, and training on marketing, operations, digital tools, and industry-specific skills to help businesses grow.
| NETWORK Business Network & Referrals Small Business & Entrepreneurship Support
Connect with a directory of community businesses offering subsidized services — marketing, legal, printing, accounting, translation.
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SUPPORT Human Needs Referrals Business owners facing personal hardship are connected to MAPS-MCRC for food, rental/utility help, and other social services. | COMMUNITY Featured Business Listings MAPS-member businesses can be featured in the SBRN directory, gaining visibility with customers across Greater Seattle. |
Staff Members
Contact Us
Our team is here to help. Reach out stop by during office hours. All inquiries are welcomed and handled with care.
Call Us
425-947-7146
VISIT US
Redmond Location:
16255 NE 87th St., Redmond, WA 98052, Suite 140
Monday - Friday, 10:00am - 5:00pm
Partners and Funders
Even in its short existence, the work of MAPS-MCRC has received recognition for its frontline services work and leadership. Here are a few.
Alliance of Eastside Agencies selected MAPS-MCRC for 2019 Faith Organization of the Year.
City of Redmond awarded MAPS-MCRC to provide rental assistance as part of the city's COVID-19 response.
City of Bellevue awarded MAPS-MCRC CARES Grant to help those affected by COVID-19.
Seattle Foundation selected MAPS-MCRC for COVID-19 Phase-1 and Phase-2 grantee to accelerate the support of needy people in this time of COVID-19.
Seattle Foundation selected MAPS-MCRC for Supplemental Food Security Fund to continue to provide Meals services to the needy
City of Kirkland awarded MAPS-MCRC to aid city residents in need during COVID-19.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints provided in-kind grant to MAPS-MCRC during 2020 Ramadan for distribution to the needy.
King County awards MAPS-MCRC the King County COVID-19 Community Response Fund.
Alliance of Eastside Agencies
Alliance of Eastside Agencies selected MAPS-MCRC for 2019 Faith Organization of the Year
Seattle Foundation
Seattle Foundation selected MAPS-MCRC for COVID-19 Phase-1 and Phase-2 grantee to accelerate the support of needy people in this time of COVID-19
Seattle Foundation
Seattle Foundation selected MAPS-MCRC for Supplemental Food Security Fund to continue to provide Meals services to the needy
City of Redmond
City of Redmond awarded MAPS-MCRC to provide rental assistance as part of the City’s COVID-19 response
City of Kirkland
City of Kirkland awarded MAPS-MCRC to aid city residents in need during COVID-19
City of Bellevue
City of Bellevue awarded MAPS-MCRC CARES Grant to help those affected by COVID-19
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints provided in-kind grant to MAPS-MCRC during 2020 Ramadan for distribution to the needy
King County
King County awards MAPS-MCRC the King County COVID-19 COMMUNITY RESPONSE FUND
Our Partners
MCRC believes in the power of collaborative partnerships and leveraging strengths and capabilities of our partner ecosystem in serving those in our communities that need help to get back on their feet. To that extent, MCRC has built a network of partners that it works with on an ongoing basis. This list continues to expand each day.
Below is the list of partners that we currently work with.
Partner Services
- Child Care Resources Homeless Program
- Consumer Credit Counseling Service – Apprisen Financial Advocates
- Al Islam Center of Seattle
- Homeless resources sheet for $1 Donation
- Ramadan NW Harvest Drive
- Funeral Arrangements Brochure
- Funeral Homes offering Muslim Services
- Funeral Information – What to do when a Muslim dies
- Washing and wrapping of the deceased – Important resources & Contacts
- A Big Thank You to our partners for help with Tent City 4 Motel Effort
- Human stories of people that we have touched in these unprecdented time
- MAPS-MCRC donates masks for healthcare workers and emergency workers across Puget Sound during COVID-19
- MAPS-MCRC response to COVID-19
- Notification from WA State Emergency Management
- Thank you Al Sadaqa for your support for the Bellevue Backpack meals Program
- Thank you ICOR for your support for the Bellevue Backpack meals Program
- Thank you Medina Academy for your support for the Bellevue Backpack meals Program
