SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Kseniya Kniazeva is from Russia but lives here in Utah. She has quite the amazing background. She has worked as a finance director for congressional and senatorial campaigns but has also worked in the slums of Cairo, Mexico, India, and Honduras. In 2020 she had to confront some poverty of her own and she bounced back by starting The Nomad Alliance. Her charity now reaches out to Utah’s homeless in a unique way. It’s called “The Warming Bus.” What is it

An old-fashioned, four-legged polling booth is on display in the lobby of the Salt Lake County clerk’s office. Its metal frame roughened and its red, white, and blue privacy curtain wrinkled, it’s a reminder of what voting in Utah looked like in the time before drop boxes for mail ballots and computerized tabulators. Lannie Chapman, the county clerk who runs this office and serves as the top elections official in Utah’s most populous county, eyed the artifact and considered h

By Patrick Benedict - March 9, 2025 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 9, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — Brian Redd, Salt Lake City’s new police chief, inspired a sense of hope among the city’s homeless advocates last Tuesday night, and did so through the simplest of human gestures; he merely shook their hands. It was his first official act as chief, happening just moments after being sworn into office before the Salt Lake City Council. Redd had no sooner finished raising his right hand, w

By: Ben Winslow, Posted 8:00 AM, Mar 08, 2025 and last updated 10:46 PM, Mar 09, 2025 The Utah State Legislature has adjourned with a mad dash to pass bills and some drama on Capitol Hill. There were hundreds of bills that passed. By no means everything considered, here is a look at some of the bigger things that passed, failed and never really got oxygen in the Utah State Legislature. [A member of Nomad Alliance's unsheltered advocacy team was Interviewed above after a big l

We invite the media to join the Nomad Alliance and our nomads as we walk & take public transport from farthest proposed site of mass shelter

Salt Lake County Mayor met with Nomad Alliance and members of the homeless community ahead of the election.

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Catch the story of 16 candidates from four political parties attending our Nomad Supply Drive to inform new voters, via ABC4 Utah.

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On the afternoon of Halloween, the political season was in high gear in an unlikely area of town. A nonprofit was conducting a grassroots

**Blog Post Summary: Milestone Achievements in Empowering the Unsheltered Community with IDs and Voting Rights** The Nomad Alliance has...

The Nomad Alliance received the HELLRAISER 🔥 Award at @crossroadsurbancenter Poverty Summit this morning for “Outstanding Advocacy for...

A first-of-its-kind study shows alarming statistics on the mortality of the homeless in Utah. Will anyone heed the report? Our ED comments.

The Nomad Alliance is thrilled to announce that we will be receiving the prestigious "Hellraiser Award" at the 19th People's Summit on...

Nomad Alliance saves the families which fall through the cracks More than ten families have been housed creatively via the power of...

Ahead of SLC's Pioneer Day festivities, reports of police officers removing individuals experiencing homelessness from Liberty Park

Published: July 13, 2024 SALT LAKE CITY — The sun is high and hot, with no promise of going down for another eight hours as a freshly painted camper is carefully backed along the curb at Liberty Park. Scattered across the park, beneath the towering sycamore trees, are groups of people experiencing homelessness, seeking refuge from the sun's rays. Shortly after the camper's arrival, volunteers quickly get to work setting up under the limited shade. Tables are placed, chairs po

The Council made several adjustments to the Mayor's proposed budget. One of these adjustments addressed the lack of accessible bathrooms.

By Ashley Fredde and Carter Williams, KSL | Posted - June 8, 2024 at 12:19 p.m. SALT LAKE CITY — John Hall limped up to the podium but stood tall before the Salt Lake City Council on Tuesday as he asked them for help. "I'm John, and I'm homeless," Hall said, before diving into a story about the first time he was told he couldn't use someone's restroom because of his housing situation. "I had to choose between food and taking a shower," he said. "Homeless is so much more than