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Salt Lake City Public Library System

Resource Name:Salt Lake City Public Library System

address

Main Branch (Downtown) 210 E 400 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Eligibility

Open to any homeless person in Salt Lake County.

Hours

Monday: 09:00:00.000Z - 17:00:00.000Z Tuesday: 09:00:00.000Z - 17:00:00.000Z Wednesday: 09:00:00.000Z - 17:00:00.000Z Thursday: 09:00:00.000Z - 17:00:00.000Z Friday: 09:00:00.000Z - 17:00:00.000Z By appointment only Call to schedule an appointment outside of normal hours.

Application process

Walk in during normal hours or call to schedule an appointment. The homeless outreach team has a desk on the library's first floor.

Fees

No cost

Service area

Salt Lake County, UT
This service is available at the Main Branch ONLY. The library social worker provides case management services to people experiencing homelessness and distributes food, clothing, and hygiene products. Case management includes coordinating homeless services with community partners, enrolling homeless people in benefits and housing programs, coordinating medical care and employment assistance services, and providing transportation to hospitals, Volunteers of America's Detoxification Center, and domestic violence shelters in Salt Lake County.

Providing organization

Salt Lake City Public Library System
A public library system in Salt Lake City with 8 branches provides resources that promote open access to information, materials, and services to Salt Lake City and County residents. The programs include tutoring services, computer literacy training, opioid antidote distribution, public internet access, wi-fi, children's library services, an extreme heat cooling program, and a homeless drop-in center for people experiencing homelessness (this service is offered at the Main Branch ONLY) and public meeting spaces that may be reserved ahead of time (all locations). The branch locations are Main (downtown), Anderson-Foothill, Chapman, Sweet, Day-Riverside, Glendale, Marmalade, and Sprague, Branch addresses and phone numbers are available on the website.