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We're hiring:  Full time Thrift Store Aide

3/14/2023

 
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THRIFT STORE AIDE
 
Crossroads Urban Center, a private, nonprofit agency, employs Thrift Store Aides to work with other staff and volunteers in our free/low cost Thrift Store (1385 W. Indiana Ave., SLC). The Thrift Store distributes items free of charge to low income households and individuals, sells items at very low cost, and sells other items at prices that enable us to meet operating expenses. This position is directly responsible to the Thrift Store Manager.
 
JOB DESCRIPTION
 
- Manage store as needed, including front counter, cash register, client intake and supervision of volunteers and community service workers.
- Sort donations to the Thrift Store.
- Stock and rotate merchandise on shelves and racks.
- Keep sales area clean and straightened up.
- Routine maintenance/clean-up of building as needed.
- General labor.
- Miscellaneous duties as assigned by the Thrift Store Manager.
 
QUALIFICATIONS
 
- General knowledge of clothing and other retail merchandise.
- Ability to do heavy lifting (50 pound boxes at a minimum).
- Ability to take direction and follow through on assigned tasks.
- Experience serving low-income people.
- Basic computer literacy.
- Experience in retail sales a plus.
- Proven ability to work independently and follow direction without close daily supervision.
- Available to work early evenings and Saturdays.
- Experience working with volunteers.
- Reliable and flexible.
- Fluency in Spanish preferred.
 
WAGE & BENEFITS:  Full time, salaried position. Vacation & health benefits. This is a permanent position.
 
TO APPLY:  Resume by Friday, March 24th at 5 PM to Glenn Bailey at glenn@crossroadsurbancenter.org 
​or 347 S. 400 East, SLC, UT 84111.
 
 
Crossroads Urban Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Read our new report on child homelessness in Utah

2/22/2023

 
Introduction and Summary
 
This report on child homelessness is being produced in a year when lower income households are being left behind.  The area median income for Salt Lake County increased by $10,500 in 2022[i], from $91,700 to $102,200.  In Utah County the area median income increased by $12,300, from $83,700 to $96,000.  This meant that many families in Utah received increased income last year which helped them deal with inflation induced increases to the cost of living. Unfortunately, not everyone received these wage increases.  A single parent with disabilities would have received $10,092 in total SSI benefits last year.  Essentially, low-income families are competing to rent apartments with people who received a raise last year that is bigger than their entire annual income.
 
Given this widening gap between families at the bottom of the income scale and everyone else, it is not surprising that homelessness for families with children in Utah increased by 30 percent in 2022.  65 percent of these families had never experienced homelessness before. Unfortunately, last year’s surge in family homelessness led to some families with children being turned away from shelter because there was not room everyone that needed help.
 
This report contains facts about Utah’s growing crisis of family homelessness and findings from research about the impact of homelessness on the development and wellbeing of children.  Specific recommendations we encourage state and local leaders to pursue include:
  • Increasing funding to produce deeply affordable housing for families with children and to provide rental assistance to help families avoid homelessness.
  • Ensuring access to childcare for families coming out of homelessness with young children.
  • Setting the goal of moving all families with children out of the shelter system within six months and to produce 200 units of supportive housing for the families that currently have been in shelter for six months or more.
  • Increasing funding for programs that help domestic violence survivors move into safe, stable, and accessible housing.
  • Strengthen and integrate efforts to reduce family homeless provided by schools and homeless service providers.
 
Crossroads Urban Center produced this report with the hopes of generating a larger conversation.  We encourage all concerned Utahns to be part of that conversation.

Read the full report.
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We can eliminate the sales tax on food, move everyone over 65 out of Utah's homeless shelters and ensure no child is forced to sleep outside for a generation in Utah during this legislative session

1/24/2023

 
On January 19, 2023, the Coalition of Religious Communities and others came together at the Utah Capitol Building for Faith, Hunger and Homelessness Day. We want to thank Representatives Rosemary Lesser and Judy Weeks Rohner explaining why they are working to eliminate the sales tax on food, Gina Cornia from Utahns Against Hunger for explaining why Utah needs to provide additional funding for food pantries this year, Service Leadership Students from the Salt Lake Center for Education Excellence for educating everyone in the room about child and youth homelessness. Dr. Alex Jenson from BYU and students from his Applied Statistics Course for providing the findings from a survey on health and homelessness, Poet Jacqueline Osherow from Congregation Kol Ami for chanting a passage from Isaiah and our amazing Keynote Speaker, Rev. Vinnetta Golphin Wilkerson from Granger Community Christian Church.

If we continue to follow up o the issues discussed at this event this can be the year in which the Utah Legislature eliminates the sales tax on food and funds the construction of housing needed to move everyone over 65 out of Utah's homeless shelters and ensure there is enough space for families with children in the shelter system for the next twenty years.

Help bring issues of hunger and homelessness to Utah's Capitol Building

1/9/2023

 
During its 45 day formal session the Utah Legislature will review hundreds of bills and pass a $28 billion budget. On the morning of the third day of this year's legislative session, Thursday, January 19, 2023, the Coalition of Religious Communities will be hosting an event called Faith, Hunger & Homelessness Day at the Utah Capitol to draw attention to proposals to reduce hunger and homelessness in Utah.  

​Below are the Agenda for this gathering and a list of policies that will be discussed.
Faith, Hunger & Homelessness Day at the Utah Capitol
January 19, 2023
Utah Capitol Building, Board Room
Agenda


I. Welcome and Introductions, by Bill Tibbitts                                                                            10:00 AM

II. Keynote Speech by Rev. Vinnetta Golphin Wilkerson of Granger                             10:05 AM
Community Christian Church

III. Key facts about child homelessness presented Service Leadership                        10:15 AM
students from Salt Lake Center for Science Education

IV. Discussion about proposals to produce housing to reduce                                            10:25 AM
to reduce homelessness

V. Presentation about results from survey about health and homelessness              10:35 AM
by Applied Statistics students from BYU and their mentor, Dr. Alex Jensen
Read more survey results here

VI. Discussion about proposal to use Medicaid funding to improve case                      10:45 AM
management and access to healthcare services for people who
have experienced homelessness

VII. Reading of Isaiah Chapter 58 by Jacqueline Osherow 10:50 AM
of Congregation Kol Ami

VIII. Presentation on proposal to increase funding to support community                10:55 AM
food pantries by Gina Cornia from Utahns Against Hunger

IX. Presentation on bills to eliminate the state portion of the sales tax                        11:05 AM
on food presented by Representative Rosemary Lesser and
Representative Judy Weeks Rohner

X. Thanks to all participants and instructions on how to share policy                             11:15 AM
ideas with legislators
Participating Congregations
  • Cathedral Church of St. Mark
  • Christ United Methodist Church
  • Congregation Kol Ami
  • ​First Baptist Church of Salt Lake City
  • First Congregational Church of Salt Lake City
  • First United Methodist Church of Ogden
  • First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City
  • Granger Community Christian Church
  • Hilltop United Methodist Church
  • Holladay United Church of Christ
  • Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church
  • Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
  • South Valley Unitarian Universalist Church
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Faith, Hunger & Homelessness Day 
Policy Priorities
 
Hunger

  • Support for Food Pantries:  As nutrition assistance programs created during the pandemic expire, the number of people seeking help from community food pantries has increased dramatically in the past year.  The state can help food pantries respond to this surge in need by supporting Governor Cox’s proposal to provide an additional $800,000 in assistance to community food pantries.
  • Eliminating the Sales Tax on Food:  Representative Rosemary Lesser (HB 172) and Representative Judy Weeks Rohner (HB 101) both are sponsoring bills that would eliminate the state portion of the sales tax on food.  The sales tax on food disproportionately impacts low-income families, particularly during times of surging inflation for food.  These bills, if passed, would help families avoid being taxed into poverty and homelessness. 

Homelessness
  • Funding to produce housing to reduce homelessness and housing instability:  Governor Cox has proposed that the budget for the coming fiscal year include: a) $100 million in one-time funds to produce 2,000 units of housing, and b) $19 million in ongoing funding for tax credits and housing trust fund funding, plus $5 million in one-time funds to the housing trust fund, to produce 1,000 new units of affordable housing over the next ten years. 
  • An additional $30 million in one-time fund for projects to eliminate unsheltered homelessness for families with children:  The total number of people needing emergency shelter services in Utah increased by 14 percent in 2022.  For families with children the increase was 33 percent.  This is why, for the first time in over twenty years, families with children were turned away from the family shelter in Midvale during the months of September, October and November of last year because there were not enough beds to meet the need.  $30 million would help purchase a motel to convert into a second family shelter and to purchase land that can be dedicated to produce mixed income housing developments that include permanent supportive housing for families with children headed by parents with disabling conditions that have been homeless for six or more months.
  • Expanding Utah’s federal waiver to provide case management services to people experiencing homelessness:  Utah recently launched an initiative to use Medicaid funds to expand housing related case management services to people who have experienced homelessness.  Unfortunately, the current program is so limited that only ten percent of the people living in permanent supportive housing are eligible to receive these services through Medicaid.  To address this problem the Legislature should add this sentence to an appropriate bill, "The Department of Health is authorized to request permission from the federal government to expand its Medicaid waiver for the inclusion of housing tenancy services to all persons with a history of chronic homelessness, all households that are eligible for participation in the Temporary Aid to Needy Families Program, and all persons who have stayed in a homeless shelter for more than 30 days in the past two years."

We're hiring:  EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY AIDE

12/9/2022

 
Crossroads Urban Center, a private non-profit agency, employs Pantry Aides part time to work with the staff and volunteers at our main facility near downtown Salt Lake City. The Pantry Aide is directly responsible to the Food Pantry Director and Assistant Director.
 
QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of general procedures in an emergency food pantry and experience working in this type of environment.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to do heavy lifting (50 pound boxes).
- Ability to take direction and follow through on assigned tasks.
- Ability and experience working with low income and homeless people.
- Basic computer literacy.
- Valid driver’s license and good driving record.
- Fluent Spanish speaker preferred.
 
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Work in the emergency food pantry stocking, bagging groceries, picking up food donations, and conducting intake interviews.
- Help maintain electronic client database.
- Unload trucks and assist donors contributing food and other donations.
- Greet visitors, manage waiting room traffic, and answer phone calls.
- Dispense basic information and referrals as appropriate.
- Photocopying and light clerical duties.
- Routine maintenance/clean-up of building as needed.
- Miscellaneous duties as assigned by the Food Pantry Director or Assistant Director.
 
TIME COMMITMENT: 20 hours per week. Full-time possible depending on availability.
 
WAGE & BENEFITS:  Part-time, hourly position. Pro-rated health benefits, vacation and sick leave. This is a permanent position.
 
TO APPLY:  Resume by Friday, December 16th at 5 PM to Glenn Bailey at glenn@crossroadsurbancenter.org or 347 S. 400 East, SLC, UT 84111.
 
Crossroads Urban Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY
347 South 400 East
Salt Lake City, UT  84111
801-364-7765
Monday – Friday 
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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CROSSROADS THRIFT STORE
1385 West Indiana Avenue
Salt Lake City, UT  84104
801-359-8837
Tuesday-Saturday
​10:00AM-6:00PM
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CROSSROADS WESTSIDE FOOD PANTRY
1358 West Indiana Avenue
Salt Lake City, UT  84104
801-935-4079
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00AM - 5:00PM
closed Wednesday)
Food only (no emergency services)
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