In Moses Lake, a peer team with lived experience offers a place to start
NCW Peer Connection helps people with housing, school, jobs, and recovery, and keeps meals and showers available for whoever walks in.
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NCW Peer Connection in Moses Lake is a small team of people with lived experience. They help with housing, school, jobs, and recovery. On an ordinary day they also have meals and a shower for someone who walks in.
The practical help and the longer plans sit in the same rooms. A person can eat and wash up there, and also start on a job, a class, or a place to live.
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