by Community Action | Oct 23, 2020 | Community News
The Circles initiative in Utah Valley empowers people with the resources and community support they need to get out of poverty. In 2019 alone, 39 percent of its participants got off public assistance, 50 percent decreased their debt, and 65 percent increased their...
by Community Action | Sep 16, 2020 | Community News
The pandemic is having an immense impact on the food insecurity rate among adults and children in our community. What does that mean? It means that more than 16 percent of Utahns don’t have enough food to lead a healthy life, compared to 11 percent in 2018. It means...
by Community Action | Aug 20, 2020 | Community News
By now, most kids in Utah have gone back to school, either in-person or online. They’re wearing their masks and pulling out their textbooks or logging into their virtual classrooms on Chromebooks. This school year will be different than any other before in most...
by Community Action | Aug 10, 2020 | Community News
While school was dismissed during spring 2020, many families struggled to keep their children fed. School breakfast and lunch programs had been giving their children reliable meals five days a week, but with school canceled, providing regular meals became more...
by Community Action | Jul 23, 2020 | Community News
Since 1967, Community Action Services and Food Bank has assisted residents of Utah, Summit and Wasatch counties. It’s helped countless people put food on the table and learn the skills and gain resources and connections to pull themselves out of poverty. It also...
