Despite ongoing concerns about space constraints within the three new homeless resource centers, officials say there are a handful of beds each night available at the 300-bed men’s shelter in South Salt Lake to take people off the streets and out of the cold.
The problem is persuading people who need a place to sleep to use them, says Patrice Dickson, chief operating officer of social services for Utah Community Action, which is responsible for intake at the new resource centers.
“There are some that don’t want to access the system or are not able to, don’t know about it,” she said.