United Way of Salt Lake
United Way of Salt Lake traces its roots to 1904 and runs the Salt Lake City team of the 211 Utah information line.
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The organization says it began in 1904 as the Salt Lake Charity Association, a community chest that addressed poverty. Operation of 211 Utah moved from the Utah Food Bank to United Way of Salt Lake in 2011, and in 2013 it and partners in government, education, health and social services started Promise Partnership Utah, a collaborative education initiative that later became an independent, community-led collective. [1]
Its basic-needs work centers on housing, food, transportation and health care. United Way of Salt Lake staffs the Salt Lake City team of service navigators for 211, a free, confidential line that connects callers to social service programs. 211 points people to services run by other organizations. It does not provide every benefit itself. [2]