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Utah spent $83M addressing homelessness last year. Here’s where it came from — and where it went.

Nearly two-thirds of the money the state spent to help unsheltered Utahns in fiscal 2023 came from the federal government’s American Rescue Plan Act funds.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Groups of unsheltered people move their belongings after a camp clearing in Salt Lake City in March. As federal funding for homelessness support services decreases, the rate of homelessness in Utah, meanwhile, has continued to tick up.