Tribune editorial: Experience counts for new homeless providers

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Crystal Yllnas is helped by volunteer LeAnne Heagren as she decides on what services to access during Salt Lake City's Project Homeless Connect at the Salt Palace Convention Center on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. The event brought together community volunteers to provide services for individuals and families in need or experiencing homelessness. More than 800 community volunteers and 90 service providers connect those in need with more than 200 services. Volunteers of America Utah, Catholic Community Services and The Road Home all have extensive experience as compassionate providers to Utah’s homeless population. Now each will operate a separate facility in the new divide-and-conquer model. The new centers are scheduled to open next summer, at which time the much larger Road Home shelter in the Rio Grande area is expected to close after 20 years.

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