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Metro

Warming centers in Utah County open for the season

Dylan Eubank
By Dylan Eubank
October 15, 2024 03:04 PM
From Oct. 15 to April 30, three warming centers in Provo will open every night from 9 p.m.-8 a.m.
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Local

Provo city creates motel voucher program to protect unsheltered residents from winter weather

By Anna Hair
February 08, 2023 12:00 AM
The Community Action Services and Food Bank in conjunction with the Provo City Police Department created an emergency motel voucher program for unsheltered individuals in Provo.
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Local

Tiny homes aren't just for millennials anymore: Utah looking for homeless housing alternatives

By Cassidy Wixom
January 07, 2022 12:00 AM
'At the heart of homelessness is a catastrophic loss of family.'
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Featured

Good News Thursday: Rescue dog helps recycle, tiny homes built to help homeless people

By Megan Brugger
September 09, 2021 12:00 AM
Twin panda cubs born in Madrid
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COVID-19

Good news Thursday: Opera singer volunteers at hospital, tiny homes help homeless people

By Ally O'Rullian
March 18, 2021 12:00 AM
Soprano steps in to help COVID-19 patients
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Readers' Forum

Readers' Forum: 10/15/19

October 11, 2019 12:00 AM
We should not pay our college athletes — they are getting help
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Local

Resource center focuses on growth, progress for Provo’s homeless population

By Lauren Lethbridge
January 24, 2019 12:00 AM
The Food and Care Coalition offers both day and residential services to people in need. (McCall Castro)
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Metro

The Homeless Community in Salt Lake

By Universe Contributor
October 17, 2018 12:00 AM
Salt Lake City is home to approximately 194,000 people, and just like any other urban area, it faces a crisis of a community in need - the homeless community.
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Good in the Universe

Salt Lake City Mission feeds thousands Easter Sunday

By Sahalie Donaldson
April 02, 2018 12:00 AM
Jessica Mass (middle) and other Operation Underground Railroad volunteers displaying some of the care packages they handed out all day long. Jessica Mass is Operation Underground Railroad's director of after care.
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Local

Lack of affordable housing displaces thousands of Utah families

By Savannah Ius
January 23, 2018 12:00 AM
Editor's note: this story pairs with 'First housing shortage in decades taking a toll on Utah buyers, renters'
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Local

First housing shortage in decades taking a toll on Utah buyers, renters

By Savannah Ius
January 23, 2018 12:00 AM
Editor's note: this story pairs with 'Lack of affordable housing displaces thousands of Utah families'
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State

New legislation addresses homelessness in Salt Lake

By Alyssa Ledoux
April 07, 2017 12:00 AM
People gather near a shelter in Salt Lake City Feb. 24, 2017. Utah officials are considering five locations for a new homeless center, including three in West Valley City and two in South Salt Lake. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Local

Homeless man lives on bike earned from Provo Bicycle Collective

By Carley Porter
January 17, 2017 12:00 AM
Mike Archer, right, works on a bike at the Provo Bicycle Collective. Archer has put in more than 300 hours of service at the collective, earning bikes for himself and three others. (Trevor Christensen)
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Local

Holiday volunteers give hope to the homeless

By Carley Porter
November 28, 2016 12:00 AM
A Food and Care Coalition volunteer serves a tray of food to one of the patrons occupying the coalition's full dinner tables. (Ryan Turner)
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Video

Provo couple remembers sister through service to homeless

By Ashley Lee
November 21, 2016 12:00 AM
Provo native Cassie Gruwell died suddenly just days before her 21st birthday and weeks before her wedding. Now her brother, Ammon Gruwell, and his wife, Jamie, pass out kits full of supplies for homeless people in Provo several times each week in Cassie's memory.
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Healthy Living

Formerly homeless man adjusts to apartment living in Ogden

By Tatiana Hernandez
April 11, 2016 12:00 AM
Doug Harding is conducting a tour of his tiny apartment.
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Local

Bipartisan leaders support Medicaid expansion bill

By Mariana Chrisney
March 03, 2016 12:00 AM
Although the Utah Legislature has not adopted the full Medicaid expansion, a Utah lawmaker wants to extend full health care coverage to Utah's poorest.
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Healthy Living

'Housing First' program fights chronic homelessness in Utah

By Austin Tenny
November 17, 2015 12:00 AM
Many homeless persons are victims of circumstance, illness and trauma from violence or abuse. Utah leads the nation with its success in programs helping reduce the state's homeless population. (Department of Workforce Services)
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