Saturday, March 21, 2015

Utah’s Plan To Eradicate Homelessness Is Actually Working

As more Americans continue to see prices rise faster than their paychecks, an increasing number continue to rely on food banks and other assistance in order to help them get by. After a recent $5 billion budget cut in food stamps, millions of Americans saw their necessary food benefits decline.
Every year the state conducts a survey of the homeless population, the state currently has more than 15,000 that are homeless according to 2010 information. In 2004 the state ventured on the journey to eradicate homelessness within a decade, and so far they’ve been mostly successful: chronic homelessness in Utah has been in a downward trend since 2005. So far, Utah has reduced its rate of chronic homelessness by 78 percent over the past 8 years.

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