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Salt Lake City Public Library System

Resource Name:Salt Lake City Public Library System

address

Salt Lake City Main Library 210 E 400 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Hours

Monday: 10:00:00.000Z - 17:00:00.000Z Tuesday: 10:00:00.000Z - 17:00:00.000Z Wednesday: 10:00:00.000Z - 17:00:00.000Z Thursday: 10:00:00.000Z - 17:00:00.000Z Friday: 10:00:00.000Z - 17:00:00.000Z

Languages

Spanish

Application process

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

Fees

No cost

Service area

Salt Lake County, UT
The library homeless drop in center is located only at the downtown main library. Library social workers provides light case management services to people experiencing homelessness and distributes snacks, clothing vouchers, in state ID/birth certificate vouchers, hygiene products and certification form assistance. Case management includes coordinating homeless services with community partners, enrolling people in benefits and housing programs, coordinating medical/dental care, justice court search assistance and employment assistance services. 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.