Bill Tibbitts
@bill-tibbitts.bsky.social
Let's end hunger and homelessness in Utah.
Formerly homeless Utahns could lose housing under federal funding changes www.fox13now.com/news/fox-13-...
Formerly homeless Utahns could lose housing under federal funding changes
Around 1,000 formerly unhoused Utahns could lose their housing if federal funding changes are implemented, the state’s homeless service providers are warning.
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December 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Formerly homeless Utahns could lose housing under federal funding changes www.fox13now.com/news/fox-13-...
Court blocks Trump homelessness plan, creates uncertainty for Utah 'central campus' funding
www.ksl.com/article/5142...
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Court blocks Trump homelessness plan, creates uncertainty for Utah 'central campus' funding
President Donald Trump's overhaul of federal homeless services faced a setback on Friday that could jeopardize Utah Gov. Spencer Cox's top priority for 2026: funding Utah's massive central homelessnes...
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December 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Court blocks Trump homelessness plan, creates uncertainty for Utah 'central campus' funding
www.ksl.com/article/5142...
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Crossroads Urban Center’s Christmas Food Giveaway is underway thanks to our amazing volunteers.
December 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Crossroads Urban Center’s Christmas Food Giveaway is underway thanks to our amazing volunteers.
Given President Trump's past support for Medicare For All, and the current polling in favor of it, what are the odds he would cut a deal with a Democratic Congress to pass it in 2027? www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Pramila Jayapal pushes Medicare for All polling
The Washington Democrat plans to brief her House Democratic colleagues on the findings in early 2026.
www.politico.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Given President Trump's past support for Medicare For All, and the current polling in favor of it, what are the odds he would cut a deal with a Democratic Congress to pass it in 2027? www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
It was fun to talk about Crossroads Urban Center's Christmas Food Giveaway, and other things we are up to, on KRCL's RadioActive program yesterday evening.
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From Hunger in SLC, to Immigrant Stories ... in Latvia
Tuesday, Dec. 16: Roundtable Tuesday digs into hunger as a policy with folks from Crossroads Urban Center and Utahns Against Hunger. They'll share plans for the next legislative session and ways you can help. RadioACTive Dispatches Corre...
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December 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It was fun to talk about Crossroads Urban Center's Christmas Food Giveaway, and other things we are up to, on KRCL's RadioActive program yesterday evening.
krcl.org/blog/from-hu...
krcl.org/blog/from-hu...
How many women in Utah are experiencing homelessness? utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/12/16/h...
How many women in Utah are experiencing homelessness? • Utah News Dispatch
A new report shows that more women are becoming homelessness in Utah, although men continue to access the majority of homeless services.
utahnewsdispatch.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
How many women in Utah are experiencing homelessness? utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/12/16/h...
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Every state has a federally funded agency that defends the rights of disabled people to live outside of institutions, but the Trump administration wants to slash their support. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/disability-lawyers-doj-civil-rights-division-protection-advocacy-organizations-iowa/
Disability Rights Lawyers Threatened With Budget Cuts, Reassignments - KFF Health News
The Trump administration wants deep funding cuts for state-based legal services for disabled people, as rights advocates say the Justice Department pushed out many of its lawyers who worked on such is...
kffhealthnews.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Every state has a federally funded agency that defends the rights of disabled people to live outside of institutions, but the Trump administration wants to slash their support. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/disability-lawyers-doj-civil-rights-division-protection-advocacy-organizations-iowa/
1,000 Utahns could lose housing under Trump’s homelessness priorities www.kuer.org/politics-gov...
1,000 Utahns could lose housing under Trump’s homelessness priorities
A shift away from permanent supportive housing vouchers would force disabled Utahns out of their homes. One advocate calls it a lose-lose for residents and landlords.
www.kuer.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
1,000 Utahns could lose housing under Trump’s homelessness priorities www.kuer.org/politics-gov...
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Starting in October 2026, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will shift billions in SNAP costs from the federal government onto states, some of whom could be forced to deeply cut or even shutter their SNAP programs altogether.
Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, the...
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December 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Starting in October 2026, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will shift billions in SNAP costs from the federal government onto states, some of whom could be forced to deeply cut or even shutter their SNAP programs altogether.
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The Trump Admin’s plan to bar families from rental assistance if even one member lacks eligible immigration status could strip from nearly 80k people, including many children, and force families to choose between losing their homes or separating. www.cbpp.org/research/hou...
Administration Plan Targeting Immigrants Would Take Away Rental Assistance, Create New Barriers
Everyone in this country should have a stable, affordable place to call home. That includes people who immigrated here, who are part of our communities and families.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The Trump Admin’s plan to bar families from rental assistance if even one member lacks eligible immigration status could strip from nearly 80k people, including many children, and force families to choose between losing their homes or separating. www.cbpp.org/research/hou...
Why We Must Fight for Housing First: shelterforce.org/2025/11/26/w...
Why We Must Fight for Housing First
Housing with preconditions means more people will cycle through shelters, jails, and the streets, fueling efforts to criminalize homelessness instead of solving it.
shelterforce.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Why We Must Fight for Housing First: shelterforce.org/2025/11/26/w...
Help ask Governor Cox to disavow the Cicero Institute in light of their Founder & Board Chair's recent advocacy for the return of the practice of public executions. Homeless policy in Utah needs to be by compassion, not controversial ideas about masculinity. conta.cc/4rLrGtL
Ask Governor Cox to disavow the Cicero Institute
Email from Crossroads Urban Center FACE Hunger and Homelessness Weekly Update JOIN US IN ASKING GOVERNOR COX TO DISAVOW THE CICERO INSTITUTE The lead organization advocating for the creation of a dete
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December 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Help ask Governor Cox to disavow the Cicero Institute in light of their Founder & Board Chair's recent advocacy for the return of the practice of public executions. Homeless policy in Utah needs to be by compassion, not controversial ideas about masculinity. conta.cc/4rLrGtL
Joe Lonsdale, the founder and funder of the organization spearheading the drive to create a detention center for homeless people in Utah (the Cicero Institute) is also advocating for a return to the practice of public hangings. thehill.com/opinion/robb...
thehill.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Joe Lonsdale, the founder and funder of the organization spearheading the drive to create a detention center for homeless people in Utah (the Cicero Institute) is also advocating for a return to the practice of public hangings. thehill.com/opinion/robb...
Please plan to come to the Rally for Housing and Services to End Homelessness at the Utah Capitol building on January 15 at 11 AM.
December 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Please plan to come to the Rally for Housing and Services to End Homelessness at the Utah Capitol building on January 15 at 11 AM.
Mosquitoes and pesticides will make Utah’s homeless campus hell on earth utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/12/04/m...
Mosquitoes and pesticides will make Utah's homeless campus hell on earth • Utah News Dispatch
Commentary: The site of Utah's new homeless campus is full of mosquitoes, which will inevitably launch the “solution” of insecticide warfare.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Mosquitoes and pesticides will make Utah’s homeless campus hell on earth utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/12/04/m...
It looks like funding for a "comprehensive homeless campus" is no longer the Governor's top budget priority. Could he have cooled on the idea after one if the campus's top proponents said it should be an "involuntary detention" center?
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It looks like funding for a "comprehensive homeless campus" is no longer the Governor's top budget priority. Could he have cooled on the idea after one if the campus's top proponents said it should be an "involuntary detention" center?
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HAPPENING NOW: Gov. Cox presenting his $30.7 billion budget proposal. He begins by noting it's a tight budget year. There will be NO income tax cut, having already been enacted via the Big, Beautiful Bill. That also means about $500 million less coming into state coffers. #utpol #Utah
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It looks like Cox is backing away from the idea of a comprehensive homeless campus a bit. $25 million may not be enough money to pave over the wetlands & make the site fit to start construction. It is not close to enough to build a mental hospital & jail. www.ksl.com/article/5141...
Cox proposes $30.7B budget with funding for homeless campus, child tax credits
Utah's governor unveiled his proposed $30.7 billion state budget Wednesday, which include funds for a homeless campus and expanded child tax credits for families with young kids.
www.ksl.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It looks like Cox is backing away from the idea of a comprehensive homeless campus a bit. $25 million may not be enough money to pave over the wetlands & make the site fit to start construction. It is not close to enough to build a mental hospital & jail. www.ksl.com/article/5141...
Unsurprisingly, a new poll shows that most Americans are troubled by HUD's new policies that defund housing programs for chronically homeless people. endhomelessness.org/media/news-r...
New National Poll Shows Strong Doubts Over Trump Administration’s Sudden Actions to Upend Federal Homelessness Programs
The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Unsurprisingly, a new poll shows that most Americans are troubled by HUD's new policies that defund housing programs for chronically homeless people. endhomelessness.org/media/news-r...
New HUD rules could lead to 1,004 people in Utah being returned to homelessness. endhomelessness.org/resources/re...
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
New HUD rules could lead to 1,004 people in Utah being returned to homelessness. endhomelessness.org/resources/re...
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Influential voices in Utah are advocating for the creation of a detention center for homeless people. Please join FACE Hunger and Homelessness in asking Governor Cox to oppose this bad idea.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Influential voices in Utah are advocating for the creation of a detention center for homeless people. Please join FACE Hunger and Homelessness in asking Governor Cox to oppose this bad idea.
A dangerous new approach to homelessness utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/11/20/u...
A dangerous new approach to homelessness • Utah News Dispatch
Commentary: Utah's large “accountability center” was put forward by political appointees and business leaders, not homelessness experts.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A dangerous new approach to homelessness utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/11/20/u...
Katherine Fife from the Salt Lake County Mayor's Office just told the Utah Homeless Services Board that plans for the homeless campus should be paused until next year.
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Katherine Fife from the Salt Lake County Mayor's Office just told the Utah Homeless Services Board that plans for the homeless campus should be paused until next year.
Should everyone who enters the proposed new homeless campus be involuntarily detained there for the first 30 days? This is one policy suggestion that will be presented at the meeting of the Utah Homeless Services Board that is beginning on Zoom right now. utah-gov.zoom.us/j/84896656092
November 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Should everyone who enters the proposed new homeless campus be involuntarily detained there for the first 30 days? This is one policy suggestion that will be presented at the meeting of the Utah Homeless Services Board that is beginning on Zoom right now. utah-gov.zoom.us/j/84896656092