Helping the Homeless and Others in Need
Each person struggling with life on the street is a human being with a story to tell. (To read some of their stories, please visit our webpage Faces of Homelessness in Moab.)
Through our street-level outreach to the homeless and needy, Moab Solutions provides referrals to social service agencies and non-profits. When direct aid is required, we use our Emergency Needs Fund to help people with emergency needs.
Through our street-level outreach to the homeless and needy, Moab Solutions provides referrals to social service agencies and non-profits. When direct aid is required, we use our Emergency Needs Fund to help people with emergency needs.
Camp cleanups that
improve living conditions, and foster relationships leading to social services:
Moab Solutions staff and supporters meet as needed to help local homeless people clean up their camps and drinking spots along the Mill Creek Parkway and other area lands. These meetings are opportunities to not only control trash and litter, and to collect recyclables, but to create a positive environment that enables them to seek social assistance that Moab Solutions can help them obtain, including temporary shelter, drug or alcohol rehab, medical care, and job training.
improve living conditions, and foster relationships leading to social services:
Moab Solutions staff and supporters meet as needed to help local homeless people clean up their camps and drinking spots along the Mill Creek Parkway and other area lands. These meetings are opportunities to not only control trash and litter, and to collect recyclables, but to create a positive environment that enables them to seek social assistance that Moab Solutions can help them obtain, including temporary shelter, drug or alcohol rehab, medical care, and job training.
Training in recycling sorting and maintenance--to promote pride and job skills:
We train the homeless to collect and sort recyclables, to use public recycling bins, and to unload material at the recycling center. They tidy the collection area, and move mis-sorted items into the correct bins. These actions make them feel like they have an important contribution to make, and they prepare them for possible employment in the recycling or other industries.
Social services & direct assistance: referrals for shelter, medical care, rehab, and job training:
Our mission includes helping those in need, and helping people to help themselves. In that capacity, Moab Solutions regularly fields calls for help with rent, temporary shelter, emergency shelter, food, medicine, medical care, clothing vouchers, utility payments, car parts, plumbing and heater repairs. Recently-released jail inmates also rely on Moab Solutions for help getting into rehab, or for other types of assistance that will enable them to successfully re-integrate into the community and to avoid re-incarceration.
We train the homeless to collect and sort recyclables, to use public recycling bins, and to unload material at the recycling center. They tidy the collection area, and move mis-sorted items into the correct bins. These actions make them feel like they have an important contribution to make, and they prepare them for possible employment in the recycling or other industries.
Social services & direct assistance: referrals for shelter, medical care, rehab, and job training:
Our mission includes helping those in need, and helping people to help themselves. In that capacity, Moab Solutions regularly fields calls for help with rent, temporary shelter, emergency shelter, food, medicine, medical care, clothing vouchers, utility payments, car parts, plumbing and heater repairs. Recently-released jail inmates also rely on Moab Solutions for help getting into rehab, or for other types of assistance that will enable them to successfully re-integrate into the community and to avoid re-incarceration.
History of Moab Solutions' Work with the Homeless
We started working with the homeless, alcoholics, substance abusers, and others in need when we literally stumbled over homeless camps along the in-town parkway system while doing recycle/cleanups for Friends of the Parkway. We decided to start combining recycling and litter cleanup with homeless assistance. Click here to read more about the history of our efforts.
Media Coverage of Our Work with the Homeless
Click here to read a Moab Times newspaper article about the homeless in our community, including what Moab Solutions is doing to help.
We started working with the homeless, alcoholics, substance abusers, and others in need when we literally stumbled over homeless camps along the in-town parkway system while doing recycle/cleanups for Friends of the Parkway. We decided to start combining recycling and litter cleanup with homeless assistance. Click here to read more about the history of our efforts.
Media Coverage of Our Work with the Homeless
Click here to read a Moab Times newspaper article about the homeless in our community, including what Moab Solutions is doing to help.
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Larry, "The Hobbit", saying hello to us.