About Us

Established as a non-profit social service organization in 1996, Ministries United Silver Spring Takoma Park (MUSST) exists to assist low-income families and individuals meet their most basic needs: health, food, and shelter.

MUSST carries out it's mission by:

(1) Providing one-time emergency monetary grants to help clients avoid eviction from their homes; obtain a new residence if they are homeless; maintain or restore heat, water, and electric utilities that are shutoff or threatened by shutoff; and to purchase needed medical prescriptions they could not otherwise afford.
(2) Assisting clients to receive other types of assistance such as emergency dental and eye care, food assistance, clothing, furniture, etc. from other cooperating agencies by performing the screening and referral procedures that enable clients to receive those agencies’ assistance.
(3) Providing limited follow-on assistance to help clients toward a long-term solution of their financial emergency. This can include helping clients to whom MUSST provided monetary assistance to take financial management courses or to enroll in programs that provide more extended help or support beyond MUSST’s emergency financial grants.