Small Community Center the Victims of Fraud
Donations Needed! Help Us Recover From a Theft and Furnish Our New Community Center *Look Below for a list of items you can donate or sent a check to 5 Parks Directly! The Children and the underserved adults of the Salt Lake CAP Five Parks Community Need Your Help! 30% of households in the Five … Continue reading
Have you Ever Found Yourself Saying “There Ought to Be a Law”?
If you have ever though ‘there ought to be a law,’ perhaps you could get that law passed. It’s the legislative session again and the Capitol if bustling with activity. Stop by and check things out.
Utahns living in Poverty become Citizen Advocates at Democracy Day 2012
Active, responsible citizens and residents of Salt Lake City attended a half-day legislative training January 30th. About two hundred residents were in attendance. Attendees were taken through the Capitol by veteran advocates and shown the ropes. Following the tour Utah residents were invited for lunch in the Capitol rotunda. Legislators broke bread with residents from … Continue reading
Advocates Call Rising Poverty Rates a National Emergency
Salt Lake CAP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9-17-2010 New Census Numbers Indicate a National Emergency Census numbers released yesterday indicate a National Emergency according to anti-poverty advocates. Many are calling for a swift reaction on behalf of the nations poor in light of evidence that poverty has grown at a staggering pace. Advocates in Utah are … Continue reading
Limited Access to Dentists Costs Utah Lives
There is a list of some free, or low cost dental care providers in the state of Utah.
Your ARRA funds at Work: the Weatherization Program in Utah Saves Lives, Helps those in Need and Boosts Local Economies
The Weatherization program in Utah has experienced a boost thanks to ARRA funding. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed by Congress has weatherized 1073 homes statewide as of February 2010. That is 23.54% of the required completions. Salt Lake CAP accounts for nearly half of the work completed in the program. Salt Lake CAP has … Continue reading
Can Our Resource Specialists Help You or Someone You Know?
4-3-2009 Salt Lake CAP would like to make the public aware of a new but underutilized resource available to families in crisis. The Salt Lake Community Action Program has a Resource Specialist in each of their five food pantries. The program has been available for six months but few people realize it is available. This … Continue reading
Salt Lake CAP Poverty News 