As news reports suggest, the new homeless resource centers for women are full on a regular basis. The strong response of women seeking access to the resource centers is a testament to the great success of the centers in providing women with a safe place to breathe, get their feet back under them and access the services they need to move, permanently, out of homelessness.
What is not accurate are reports that providers turn women away when the resource centers are full. The Salt Lake Valley Coalition to End Homelessness assures anyone who is experiencing homelessness and the broader community that any individual who comes to a resource center is offered shelter for the night, though perhaps not in the preferred resource center.