UPLIFT NORTHWEST
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Mission Statement
Uplift Northwest is on a mission to provide dignified jobs and job-readiness services to people experiencing poverty and homelessness in the Puget Sound Region. Our time-tested temporary staffing operation provides motivated workers to hundreds of employers across a wide variety of industries. Uplift Northwest has operated continuously in Seattle since 1921. We connect people with life-changing job opportunities, and our temporary staffing operation provides employers with dependable, flexible, and affordable staffing solutions.
About This Cause
Uplift Northwest provides all support services to our workers free of charge. They receive job training, work uniforms, transportation passes, work certifications, showers, laundry, career coaching, access to housing, eye care, and more. Our community partners provide meals, medical, dental, and cell phone services to our workers, as well. We rely on donations, grants, and support from our community partners to keep empowering individuals out of poverty and homelessness into stability. By hiring a worker or donating, you are helping a person move in the direction of the life they envision. Jobs: We provide both daily work assignments to connect workers to short-term job opportunities and a comprehensive jobs program to provide our workers with a pathway to long-term temporary and permanent employment. Housing: We operate a 47 room single room occupancy building in Seattle that provides access to transitional housing to workers in our program. Workers pay approximately $500 per month in rent and can stay in the building for up to two years. We also coordinate with community organizations to help participants gain access to temporary and permanent housing through other programs. Meals: We serve two hot, nutritious meals to our participants every weekday. Showers/Laundry: We offer a place for workers in our jobs program to do laundry and take a hot shower, providing dignity to men and women who are experiencing homelessness. Eye and health care: Together with the Lions Club and VOSH Foundation, we offer one of the area’s only eye care clinics with free glasses and cataract screening. More than 400 people receive eye care from us every year, helping prepare them for the workforce. We also offer free preventive health services through our community partnerships.