Over the past few years, declining mortgage rates have made it easier than ever to afford to buy a house. In 2018, the average annual rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage was 4.54 percent, according to Freddie Mac. In 2019, it dropped to 3.94, then to 3.11 in 2020 (the...

Every year, 72 billion pounds of food—worth $218 billion—is thrown out or plowed under instead of being consumed, according to Feeding America. That number includes food from grocery stores, manufacturers, restaurants, and farms; it doesn’t include food people waste...

It’s easy to focus on the bad of 2020 because, let’s face it—so many things went wrong in 2020, from a global pandemic to the worldwide economic crisis. Successes happened, too, though, thanks to grants and people who care about their community. With the help of...

The pandemic has cast such a heavy cloud over 2020, with sickness, death, economic issues, isolation—the list goes on and on. So it can be hard to remember the good that happened this year. For us, the bright spot was seeing how the community came together to help...

It’s hard to feel the holiday spirit when the Centers for Disease Control say there’s no safe way to hold a holiday gathering and when the governor tells you not to socialize with anyone outside of your household. So you can’t have a party or a big holiday meal, you...

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...

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 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 of our...

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...

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...