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Promise South Salt Lake highlights youth programs, seeks sustainable funding and development director
Summary
Promise South Salt Lake told the council it serves more than 2,000 youth annually across after-school and summer programs, launched a 'Baby and You' cohort and a critical home repair partnership with Habitat for Humanity, and asked for a development director to diversify funding.
At the April 2, 2025 work meeting, a representative from Promise South Salt Lake presented program results and a staffing request, telling the council the organization serves more than 2,000 youth annually and is seeking sustainable philanthropic support.
The presenter said Promise South Salt Lake operates after-school, summer and other out-of-school-time programming, digital inclusion and workforce services through a co-op, and family liaison work to connect residents with basic needs. The unit reported about 32 full-time and 34 part-time employees across 13 community centers and the Promise office at City Hall.
Two new programs were highlighted. The ‘Baby and You’ program graduated a first cohort of 23 families; 20 of those families received a $500 deposit into a my529 account for the child’s future college savings, and the program currently has 27 families enrolled with four families on a wait list. Promise South Salt Lake also described a critical home repair partnership with Habitat for Humanity that connected eight South Salt Lake residents in the program’s first six months with an average of about $13,000 in repairs per home; five families are currently in the spring pipeline and the organization has applied for approximately $20,000 in additional grant funding to continue the program.
The presenter asked the council to approve a request to hire a development director for the newly created Promise South Salt Lake Foundation to diversify revenue sources and reduce dependence on federal funding.
Council members praised the work and asked follow-up questions. No budget appropriation or hiring authorization was made at the meeting; the item was a briefing to inform budget conversations.
Presentation details included program enrollment and staffing counts, Baby and You cohort outcomes (23 graduates; 20 received $500 my529 deposits), critical home repair averages (~$13,000 per home, eight residents served in initial period) and a pending grant request of roughly $20,000.
