Tagged: Utah Intergenerational Poverty Mitigation Act

Utah lawmakers will be tackling the issue of child poverty in the next legislative session.  Republican Senator Stuart Reid of Ogden announced Tuesday the formation of a council which plans to come up with ideas for legislation that will help pull children out of a cycle of dependence on government assistance.   Reid made the announcement at a conference organized by the nonprofit advocacy organization Voices for Utah Children. 

Utah is taking steps to help families break the cycle of poverty and dependence on public assistance. The Department of Workforce Services released a report Friday on poverty around the state. It’s the first in a series of annual reports mandated by the Utah Intergenerational Poverty Mitigation Act, passed this year in the legislature.