Notice: Utah Community Action is committed to providing continued assistance to our community and will continue to provide emergency services include utility, housing and food assistance. For all UCA Services, please call 801-359-2444. If you do not reach a staff member, leave your name and contact information and staff will return your call as soon as possible.
Service Update: Starting Monday, June 1st, our Food & Resource Centers will be offering expanded hours. Both centers will be open Monday – Friday from 8:30-11 am and 1-3 pm.
Our curbside lunch program will also shift to a dinner program. These hot, fresh meals are made fresh daily and available Monday – Friday from 4-6 pm at 6 locations in the valley. Children 0-18 eat for FREE; adults $3.00. The pickup locations are listed on our Summer Dinners page.
Want to provide feedback on our Food & Resource Centers? Take a short 5-minute survey to help us continually improve services. Note: This survey is for our food pantries only.
For the safety of clients and staff, UCA is providing the following modified services:
Adult Education
At this time; all ESL, CDA, and Sauté classes have been canceled until further notice. GED and ACHIEVE! services are available online and accepting applications.
Case Management & Housing
We are still providing deposit and emergency rental assistance, landlord-tenant mediation, and case management. All walk-in or in-person appointments are suspended at this time.
Call 801-359-2444 for assistance.
UCA’s homeless services are fully operational with all homeless resource centers and Weigand Center remaining open at this time.
Call the Homeless Resource Line for more information: 801-990-9999.
Head Start Preschool
At this time, classes remain closed until further notice. In the meantime, we are still accepting applications. You call 801-972-2337 to apply, or visit our website to apply online. Please note that during this time when the class has been suspended; parents can still pick up a sack meal at various locations in the valley Monday through Friday from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm for all children ages 0-18. Starting June 1st, this program will switch to Summer Dinners.
HEAT Utility Assistance
The HEAT utility assistance program is still accepting phone calls, online appointments, and application drop-offs. Applications can be dropped off at our Creekside, Kearns, and Tooele locations.
Nutrition
Please note that all food services are still open and have changed to a curbside pickup model.
Our Redwood and Copperview Food and Resource Centers are open during normal business hours with emergency food boxes available for curbside pickup. These boxes provide 3-5 days of emergency food supplies. Please bring an ID for all household members.
FREE meals for all children 18 and under are available for pick-up at 10 Head Start locations. This service is now open to the community and not limited to only Head Start families.
Curbside Meals for aging adults are available for a suggested donation through partnership with Salt Lake County’s Millcreek, Midvale, and Draper Senior Center Cafes.
Weatherization
Weatherization has suspended new applications at this time due to the nature of the program and the need to enter the client’s home. We are still accepting crisis service calls for non-working furnaces and red-tagged appliances on a case-by-case basis. For those who are quarantined, we are able to provide space heaters for pick-up. For current clients waiting for services to be finished, please call and leave of message so our staff can coordinate those services.
Coronavirus Information
3.13 Update:
Utah Community Action is rapidly responding to the COVID-19 situation within our agency and community. Per Governor Herbert’s most recent announcement, please note no children will enter UCA Head Start, Early Head Start, and Child Care Partnership classrooms from Monday, March 16, to Friday, March 27. UCA has also made some operational adjustments to our services to be flexible to the needs of our clients:
- Meals for children impacted by Head Start closures will be available for curbside pickup starting Monday. Check our website for locations.
- UCA is supporting curbside senior meal pickup at the Millcreek, Midvale and Draper cafes
- A curbside emergency food assistance pickup model will also be available at the Copperview and Redwood Food and Resource Centers starting Monday.
Attention UCA Head Start Parents:
All Head Start classrooms will be closed for 2 weeks starting Monday, March 16.
Head Start children can receive curbside pickup breakfast, lunch, and snack at the locations below. Allergy accommodations cannot be made at this time. Children must be present to receive their meal(s).
Curbside Pickup Locations: Monday – Friday | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- James R. Russell (JRR): 1240 N American Beauty Dr., SLC 84116
- Palmer Court: 999 S Main St., SLC 84111
- South Salt Lake (SSL): 2825 S 200 E, SLC 84115
- Kearns: 5361 S 4220 W, Kearns 84118
- Copperview (CCC): 8446 S Harrison St., Midvale 84047
- Catherine Caputo Hoskins (CCH): 6447 W 4100 S, West Valley City 84128
- Magna: 8275 W 3500 S, Magna 84044
- Grantsville: 7 S. Park St., Grantsville 84029
- Tooele: 222 N Coleman St., Tooele 84074
- Wendover: 1007 Skyhawk, Wendover 84083
3.11 Update:
At this time, we do not have any reports of symptoms or confirmed diagnosis at any of our sites. This letter is to provide you with information to help prevent the spread of illness.