If you or someone you know is experiencing or is at risk of experiencing homelessness, call: 801-990-9999.
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Hygiene Resource Drive
This month, Salt Lake City will host a hygiene resource drive in partnership with the City’s Homeless Resource Center communities. You can purchase items for donation through our Amazon wish list.
The community is encouraged to donate items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, washcloths, deodorant, wipes, sunscreen, chapstick, floss, menstrual hygiene products, new socks, new underwear, and nonperishable food items.
On April 2nd Salt Lake City will be hosting a hygiene kit packing event from 5:30 to 7:30PM at the Sorensen Unity Center (1383 S 900 W) for community members to help assemble these items into individual kits for distribution. If you would like to volunteer with us, please RSVP here. Capacity at the venue is limited, so please make sure to RSVP soon!
Temporary Shelter Community
Salt Lake City, in partnership with the State Office of Homeless Services, is piloting a Temporary Shelter Community (TSC) in downtown Salt Lake City this winter.
The TSC, which is located on a parcel of land owned by the City’s Redevelopment Agency at 300 S and 600 W, is a small-scale, non-congregate shelter community. This phase of the TSC will run for six months, from approximately December through April 30, 2024.
This pilot will fold into Phase 2 – a more permanent non-congregate shelter program managed by the State Office of Homeless Services in 2024 at a yet to be announced location.
Winter Overflow
Leaders from across Salt Lake County came together to plan for winter needs in April 2023–earlier than ever before. A plan was submitted to the State in August 2023 and was approved.
Overflow beds began opening at the HRCs and St. Vincent de Paul on Oct. 16, 2023, and 170 beds opened at the new West Valley Winter Response Site. This totals 460 additional beds open by the beginning of November.
Intake and bed assignments occur at each location. Anyone in need of shelter should call 801-990-9999 to be directed to a specific location and necessary transportation. Three meals are given every day at all 24/7 winter response locations.
Adults and Couples can present at:
- Gail Miller (all genders), Geraldine E King (women)
- Pets welcome
- Pamela Atkinson (men) Resource Centers by 9 a.m.
- Service animals welcome
- West Valley (men and couples) beginning at 3 p.m.
- Pets welcome
- St. Vincent’s (all adults) beginning at 7 p.m.
- Service animals welcome
Youth, ages 15-22:
- Present at the Youth Resource Center by 7:30 p.m.
- Service animals welcome
Families with Children:
- Call or walk-in at the Midvale Family Resource Center anytime.
- Service animals welcome
Code Blue
No Salt Laker should die from the cold. The County is coordinating efforts as part of the new statewide Code Blue system–which provides up to 200 extra beds in Salt Lake County on nights facing extreme weather events when temperatures dip below 15 degrees.
The State Department of Health and Human Services will issue Code Blue Alerts when temperatures are in the 24- to 48-hour forecast.
Street outreach and staffing overnight sites will be conducted with partners and volunteers to expedite intake for these life-saving measures.
We anticipate the County sharing more details soon.
Housing for Medically Vulnerable People
Shelter the Homeless, The Road Home, and 4th St. Clinic have now opened the Medically Vulnerable People (MVP) Facility in Sandy. This is a non-congregate bridge housing program for people with high medical needs that can’t be appropriately served in a homeless resource center or traditional congregate shelter. In order to enter the program, a referral from an existing homeless service provider or street outreach worker, along with a medical assessment, will be necessary. The MVP program will provide up to 165 beds, year round, to some of the most vulnerable people in our community.