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Utah's homeless enjoy holiday meals

Tom Standish didn't have family to spend Thanksgiving with; his siblings declared him "lost" to his manic depression months ago. Memories of good times had faded as days of fruitless job-searching and nights tossing and turning in a homeless shelter piled up. But, even though the 40-year-old's holiday spirits seemed dim Thursday, Standish managed a smile over a turkey dinner served up by the Salt Lake City Mission. Ref. Source 8

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'Realistic opportunity' - Utah trying to end chronic homelessness

"We'll never end homelessness completely, to where there's no homeless on the street," says Lloyd Pendleton, director of the Utah Homeless Task Force. "But we will get to where there is offered to every homeless person a realistic opportunity." Ref. Source 4

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As domestic violence forces women, children into homelessness

There is a direct link between domestic violence and homelessness for many people, experts and studies say. Ref. Source 6

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Can the poverty cycle be halted in Utah? Legislators work to study problem

Sen. Reid is hoping commission a study with data on poverty in Utah and to develop policy recommendations. Ref. Source 7

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Volunteers count homeless across Utah to help prioritize, focus aid efforts

Every year the State of Utah participates in a physical count of all homeless individuals across the state. Ref. Source 7

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Intervention needed to break cycle of intergenerational poverty in Utah

The report on intergenerational poverty in Utah cautions that the cycle will continue absent "Intervention." Ref. Source 4

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Candlelight vigil honors 77 homeless Utahns who died in 2013

The annual Homeless Persons' Memorial and Candlelight Vigil paid tribute to 77 people who died during 2013. Ref. Source 4

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S.L. County's Milestone program helps house formerly homeless youths

In Utah, 35 percent of foster children are homeless two years after aging out of the system. Ref. Source 3