Utah legislation would address the âconfusingâ system to help the homeless
The bill would create a new Office of Homeless Services and put a single person in charge of overseeing policy affecting the stateâs unsheltered populations.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) People experiencing homelessness seek shelter under the freeway on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. A Utah House committee voted 7-1 Thursday in support of a bill that seeks to address problems in the stateâs homeless services system.
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The bill, HB347, would create a new Office of Homeless Services within the Department of Workforce Services and would put a single person in charge of overseeing policy affecting the stateâs unsheltered populations, in accordance with the recommendations of a report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute last fall.