On the morning of September 6 Crossroads Urban Center will be holding its annual Poverty Summit at at Hilltop United Methodist Church in Sandy. Highlights for the summit will include:
- A keynote address about how Medicaid cuts may impact Salt Lake County by Salt Lake County Council Member Suzanne Harrison.
- A panel discussion about how Utah can reduce SNAP benefit theft featuring Gina Cornia, from Utahns Against Hunger, Representative Tyler Clancy, from the Utah House of Representatives, Shantelle Roberts, from the Utah Department of Workforce Services, Tiffany Blair, from the Otherside Village, and Lieutenant Chad Jenson from the Utah State Bureau of Investigation.
- A panel discussion on why housing and other gaps in Utah's homeless services system featuring Tara Rollins from the Utah Housing Coalition, Representative Representative Carol Spackman Moss, and Senator Nate Blouin, and,
- Presentation of the annual Hellraiser Award to one of Utah's fiercest champions for people who depend on Medicaid to access basic healthcare, Stephanie Burdick.
