Local Homeless Facts

Agency Information

  • The FACC offers an important outlet to the community wherein the public can participate in charitable service activities and become better educated on the root causes and solutions to poverty.
  • The FACC has distanced itself from entitlement based programs. Our philosophy encourages clients to move from a sense of entitlement to ownership and personal accountability in the services they receive.
  • Our charity dental clinic sponsored by the FACC and Share A Smile Foundation embody's this philosophical shift by requiring able bodied clients to "bank" service hours in return fordental services donated on their behalf. We believe that such programs will bless both the giver and receiver.
  • Decorative banners, flower baskets, sidewalk cleaning, and garbage removal are just some of the services performed by FACC clients enrolled in the agency's work training program entitled CREW (Community Reinvestment Employee Workforce).
  • The FACC initiated a Utah County study on homelessness in 2002. Since the completion of the study (Brereton & Woods), over 20 site visits have been made to other facilities throughout the country to investigate, learn, and capture best practice ideas of how to successfully mitigate homeless needs. Combining these findings with our own initiatives willresult in the construction of a new facility beginning in 2008. (for more information on the new building project, click here).
  • Because of its popularity, community volunteers often have to book service at The Coalition months in advance.

Client Information

  • More than 90% of clients served by the FACC are residents of Utah County.
  • 11 homeless person died on Utah County streets in 2006 and nearly 50 state wide.
  • The FACC has served over 100,000 meals for 5 consecutive years.
  • There are nearly 3,000 homeless persons in Utah on any given day.
  • Clients who have received dental care through our charity clinic report a higher success rate in obtaining gainful employment.
  • The average annual household income for FACC clients is below $io,ooo.
  • Currently, homeless persons requiring shelter are housed in local motels with vouchers from various agencies, including the FACC.
  • Unsheltered persons resort to sleeping in abandoned vehicles, storage units, under trees or finding remote areas by local rivers and canyons to evade detection.