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This call is organized by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign and National Homelessness Law Center
Across the country, responses to homelessness are shifting away from housing and healthcare and toward punishment and detention. In Utah, the governor has proposed defunding housing programs to build a large, remote, government-run detention camp for people experiencing homelessness, potentially using federal dollars.
History shows that detention camps, forced treatment, and criminalization do not end homelessness—they cause harm, waste public resources, undermine human dignity, and deepen racial inequities. Housing and healthcare are the proven solutions.
In response, advocates are launching the No Federal Funding for Homeless Detention Camps campaign. This webinar will examine Utah’s proposal, its federal funding implications, the impacts on people experience homelessness, and opportunities for coordinated advocacy to stop this approach from spreading.
Join to:
Understand how Utah’s proposal fits into a broader national push toward detention and forced treatment
Hear from legal, mental health, service provider, and advocacy leaders
Learn how to take action to prevent federal homelessness funding from being diverted into detention camps