Tribune Editorial: Donors shouldnât have to fill affordable housing gap. Weâre glad they did, and now the state should step up.
A package of $730 million in gifts Gail Miller, Clark Ivory and others helps make up for paltry state allocations.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Former Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller joins House Speaker Brad R. Wilson, R-Kaysville, and Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, along with other members of the philanthropic community gathered outside the Capitol on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, to discuss legislation and announce a public-private partnership to help address homelessness and affordable housing.
By The Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board
Gov. Spencer Cox asks Utahns to donate to homeless fund
The governor led by example as he made a personal donation Tuesday to the Pamela Atkinson Homeless Trust Fund.
(Isaac Hale | Special to The Tribune) Donated items await to be sorted as Gov. Spencer Cox talks with philanthropist Pamela Atkinson before a press conference held at The Road Home Midvale Family Center on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
  | March 2, 2021, 8:48 p.m.
Midvale ⢠Gov. Spencer Cox made a personal donation of $10 to the Pamela Atkinson Homeless Trust Fund on his tax form Tuesday and encouraged all Utahns to consider giving what they can to help the homeless.
Gov. Spencer Cox is encouraging Utahns to give to the Pamela Atkinson Homeless Trust Fund on their 2020 Utah state tax forms.
Cox’s encouragement came following a visit on Tuesday with advocate Pamela Atkinson to the Road Home Midvale Family Resource Center where the two delivered donations of children’s clothing.
Cox said while the numbers of homeless families are dropping in the state, giving a few dollars on a tax form can go a long way to helping the 250-300 families who are unhoused each night in the state. Donations to the fund are used for many things including emergency services, like temporary housing, services that help people transition into housing and rental assistance.
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‘Our homeless friends have really suffered through this,’ advocate Pamela Atkinson says
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Pamela Atkinson, a longtime advocate for the homeless, left, and Gov. Spencer Cox carry donations for children into the Road Home Midvale Family Resource Center in Midvale on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The two held a press conference to encourage Utahns to donate to the Pamela Atkinson Homeless Trust Fund on their tax forms.
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
MIDVALE Gov. Spencer Cox is urging Utahns working on their taxes to donate even a small amount for homeless services now helping many who are especially vulnerable during the pandemic.