Moses Hammett

“A lot of other folks say, ‘We’ll build it and they will come.’ We say, ‘We’ll build it and we will go get you.’ Part of the uniqueness of what we have done is our street outreach. From day one when we started this program, we did not leave it to people to come in our door: we went out and we knocked on their doors.

For a lot of the folks that we work with, if it was not for the consistency of going back into our communities, they would not contemplate coming. We almost become surrogate parents to these individuals who have been a part of the underground economy for so long that to go to a job and work from nine to five is really difficult. We help men and women reconnect to the legitimate economy, so that they can become role models and providers.”

“A lot of other folks say, ‘We’ll build it and they will come.’ We say, ‘We’ll build it and we will go get you... ”

Born in Baltimore, Moses Hammett grew up as the youngest of eight children. His father was a longshoreman, working at the docks unloading ships. Heading out to work each day at 5:30 a.m., he instilled in Moses a strong work ethic that remains with him today. As a child, Moses wanted to be a pediatrician because his mother had lost two infants and he thought perhaps he could have made a difference. He recognized early on that he liked helping people. He now serves as the Director of Workforce Development at CFUF.