Governor highlights need for donations to the Pamela Atkinson Homeless Trust Fund
Feb. 5, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary R. Herbert today highlighted the opportunity for Utahns to directly help individuals and families experiencing homelessness by donating to the Pamela Atkinson Homeless Trust Fund. While touring the Volunteers of America Adult Detoxification Center, the governor met with several formerly homeless individuals and a family who received critical care and support that was funded, in part, by the homeless trust fund.
“We have individuals and families who are homeless in all of our counties. It’s hard to be a functioning member of our community, to find a job when you don’t have a home,” said Gov. Herbert. “When you check the box and give money to the fund, you can rest assured that it is going to someone who needs help. We’re number one in the nation for charitable giving, so I encourage everyone to give to this trust fund generously.”
By donating to the Pamela Atkinson Homeless Trust Fund on their 2014 tax form this tax season, Utahns can directly support statewide efforts focused on delivering critical services for our vulnerable homeless population. All donations to the fund go directly to service organizations statewide that provide vital care and assistance to individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
The homeless trust fund is leveraged with other state funding to provide the maximum impact for the following services statewide:
Emergency services – temporary shelters, soup kitchens, day centers and outreach services
Supportive services – varying levels of case management used to help more people into and stabilize in housing
Housing services – rapid re-housing, transitional housing, rental assistance, onsite case management and security
The following agencies, through a competitive grant application process, have received funding through the State Community Services Office:
Bear River Association of Governments, Logan
Canyon Creek Women’s Crisis Center, Cedar City
Catholic Community Services, Salt Lake City
Center for Women and Children in Crisis, Juab, Utah and Wasatch Counties
Citizens Against Physical and Sexual Abuse, Logan
Community Action Services, Provo
D.O.V.E. Center, Cedar City
Family Connection Center, Davis County
Family Promise Salt Lake, Salt Lake City
Five County Association of Governments, St. George
Friends of the Coalition, Provo
Golden Spike Outreach, Provo
Homeless Veterans Fellowship, Ogden
Housing Assistance Management Enterprise, Salt Lake City
Housing Authority of the County of Salt Lake, Salt Lake County
Iron County Care and Share, Cedar City
Mountainlands Community Housing Trust, Park City
New Horizons Crisis Center, Richfield
Community Resources and Development Division, Salt Lake County
South Valley Sanctuary, West Jordan
St. Anne’s Center, Ogden
Switchpoint, St. George
The Road Home, Salt Lake City
Tooele County
Uintah Basin Association of Governments, Vernal
Uintah County
Utah Legal Services, statewide
Valley Mental Health, statewide
Volunteers of America, statewide
Fourth Street Clinic Wasatch Homeless Health Care, Salt Lake City
Wasatch Mental Health Services, Provo
Weber Housing Authority, Ogden
Your Community Connection, Davis County
YWCA of SLC, Salt Lake City
