Crossroads Urban Center

08/29/2026

Our Poverty Summit is beginning.

08/28/2026

We’ve taken a look back at the last 3 years of data and are pleased to announce our Homeless Data Report. Available for download on our website.

08/28/2026

900 Utah families will be losing childcare assistance soon.

08/28/2026

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Tomorrow, Saturday, August 29, Crossroads Urban Center will be holding its annual poverty summit at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark, beginning at 9:00 AM.

This morning I realized that I may not have done the best job explaining with the topics being discussed at the summit are so important.

Since work requirements were expanded for SNAP at the end of last year there have been thousands of people in Utah who have lost nutrition assistance benefits. Many of those people are still eligible for benefits but struggled to complete all of the new paperwork that came with these new rules. In January, similar rules will be added to Medicaid. That is why we are having a panel discussion about these rules and what we as a community can do to help eligible low income families continue to get help buying food and receiving basic healthcare.

Our other panel discussion is about major new initiatives that potentially will permanently alter how people with serious mental illness intersect with the courts and the homeless services system. To be honest, I really do not fully understand all of the changes that are underway and so I assume most people reading this email also will learn a lot from this presentation

We also will be presenting Hellraiser awards to Deeda Seed for the work she did to build a coalition to oppose the creation of a giant detention center for homeless people on wetlands near the Salt Lake City Airport and to two Jerry Schmidt for the many hours he devoted to mobile people to oppose the elimination of a property tax relief program for low income seniors.

If you have questions about these issues you can send me an email but I think you would be better off going to the summit and hearing about them from the people who are implementing them,

I hope to see you there,

Bill Tibbitts, Director
FACE Hunger and Homelessness

08/27/2026

This video about the Otherside Academy controversy form the Salt Lake Tribune is worth watching.

Mark Dalley came to The Other Side Academy in 2019 as he was facing...

08/27/2026

First Congregational Church, Salt Lake City is so amazing!

08/27/2026

‘Just go down the street and die’: What former participants say happened when they left The Other Side Academy
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/08/27/they-left-other-side-academy-they/

08/24/2026

Our poverty summit on Saturday morning will include a discussion about how Medicaid and SNAP work rules are impacting low income Utahns:
https://www.crossroadsurbancenter.org/news/poverty-summit-to-include-discussion-about-the-impact-of-snap-and-medicaid-work-requirements-on-low-income-utahns

08/19/2026

Out poverty summit on August 29 will feature a panel discussion about the changes to homeless services discussed in this article, and others impacting seniors and families with children:

Inspired by the “Miami model” in Florida — where Miami-Dade County has been diverting nonviolent people with mental illness away from jails and into mental health facilities — Utah state, city and county leaders are taking the next steps to put a plan into action.

08/17/2026

We're hiring-- Westside Pantry Aide