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A Warm Welcome
A Warm Welcome is UPR's podcast about the William A. Burnard Warming Center in Logan. We explore homelessness, the benefits of having a warming center and the impacts on individuals, families and communities. This project is made possible through a grant from UServeUtah.
Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: www.upr.org
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Episodes
A Warm Welcome: Breaking the cycle of homelessness 20.03.2024 0:59
Questioning our judgments of others is essential for developing empathy and understanding. It's particularly important when considering people who are unhoused.
A Warm Welcome: Utah's housing crisis 01.03.2024 0:59
Homelessness isn't one size fits all. According to Utah’s 2023 homelessness report the average time individuals are homeless in Utah is about 73 days, and only 27.2% are chronically homeless.
A Warm Welcome: Mental health challenges and homelessness 30.01.2024 1:00
Many people struggle with mental illness, and it can make life very challenging. Unhoused people are no different. Some struggle with mental illness and some do not.
A Warm Welcome: Volunteering 25.01.2024 1:00
Some people may think volunteering is time-consuming and draining. However, volunteering for just a few hours fills an otherwise unmet need.
A Warm Welcome: Utah's Point in time count 18.01.2024 0:59
How do we gather information about homelessness in our communities?
A Warm Welcome: Utah's five goals 11.01.2024 1:00
Working together to make homelessness rare, brief and non-recurrent.
Here's a look at the volunteers who keep Logan's Warming Center going 13.12.2023 4:42
Over 100 Cache Valley residents volunteered at the William A. Burnard Warming Center last year.
A Warm Welcome: Drug use and homelessness 08.12.2023 1:00
Drug use and homelessness are complex issues, and many people automatically link the two together.
Logan's Warming Center opens again this winter. Here's how it started 20.11.2023 4:55
The William A. Burnard Warming Center in Cache County will soon open its doors for the second winter ever.
A Warm Welcome: Homelessness and employment 10.11.2023 1:00
Have you ever heard people who are unhoused 'just don't want to work' or should 'get a job'? Well, you might be surprised to know how many do.
Here's what the landscape of homelessness looks like in Cache Valley 01.11.2023 4:17
The William A. Burnard Warming Center in Logan will soon open its doors for its second winter ever.
A Warm Welcome: Homelessness in Utah 25.10.2023 1:00
The 2022 statewide Point-in-Time Count revealed over 3,500 sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a given night — but that number doesn't completely capture the full picture of homelessness across our state.
Homelessness and Logan's warming center on Monday's Access Utah 23.10.2023 54:02
Today on Access Utah, we spotlight the William A. Burnard Warming Center in Logan. We’ll also talk about the causes of homelessness in Cache Valley and how those differ from other areas of the state.
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