Julie and her husband had a stable income and decided that it was time to start looking into purchasing a house. But they had no idea where to start. Just the thought of saving for a downpayment made her head spin—the median purchase price for a home in Utah County is...
When kindergarteners walk into her classroom every morning, teacher Sonya Romero-Smith doesn’t ask them how their weekend was, or if they’d finished their homework. Instead, she asks “Did you eat? Are you clean?” Many of her students...
Four years ago, Julie was a single mother with three kids—and homeless. An electrical fire destroyed the house they’d been renting, and it took weeks for her to find another rental that they could afford. After getting her family moved into a new home, she...
In 2017, Community Action Services and Food Bank helped thousands of people in Utah, Wasatch and Summit counties who didn’t have enough food, were pulling themselves out of poverty, needed financial help, were buying their first home or needed emergency...
Rachel and her family lived in a mid-sized city in a middle-class neighborhood. She lived in a bubble of comfort and stability but knew that not far from her people were struggling to pay bills or have enough food for their families. She wanted to help, but she felt...
If you’re like 40 percent of Americans, you’ve probably set a New Year’s resolution. And if you’re like most of them, you’re pretty close to failing to keep it. But don’t give up! Just because people are already failing—or...
