Open Doors
Clearfield Location
(801) 773-0712
1360 E 1450 S
Clearfield, UT 84015
Layton Location
(801) 771-4642
875 UT-193
Layton, UT 84041
Director
Jason Wilde
jwilde@opendoorsutah.org
The mission of Open Doors is to empower families and individuals to overcome abuse and poverty to attain self-reliance. Since we began serving low-income families, we took on the Community Action philosophy of helping people overcome poverty, not just by giving them food or clothing, but by helping them see the people they are and how important they are to our community. From one small program in 1982, Open Doors has grown into our Family Support Program with the mission of child abuse prevention through strengthening families and our Community Action Programs to help families overcome the barriers of poverty. Our programs include food bank, homeless prevention, Emergency Assistance, Self-Sufficiency Program, Circles Davis County, Toys for Tots, VITA Tax preparation, Crisis/respite Nursery and Parent Education.
Services Offered
Crisis/Respite Nursery
24-hour Crisis/Respite Nurseries provide free and confidential emergency care day and night for children 0-11 years of age for parents in distress, giving children a safe haven while parents work to create a more stable, healthy home environment.
Parent Education
Family Support Case Management focuses on the prevention of crisis in at-risk families through weekly visits and parent education classes, providing parenting skills, training and literacy enhancement leading to family stability and children’s educational success.
Therapy
Therapy services provide free counseling treatment to families dealing with domestic violence, child abuse and other traumas to improve mental health, strengthen relationships, enhance functioning, and prevent re-victimization.
Community Action
Community Action programs include the VITA Tax Program, which provides families with free tax assistance to help them receive the earned Income tax credits; Rapid Rehousing, which allows homeless individuals and families to work with a caseworker to secure and maintain permanent housing; and the Food Bank, which assists low-income families by providing them with 3-5-day emergency food supply through a client choice model.
Circles
In partnership with Circles, we offer a 12-week best practices class aimed at helping low-income individuals break the cycle of poverty. This peer-mentoring program provides participants with the tools to overcome the barriers of poverty. After 12 weeks, students graduate and are matched with peer mentors for job training in different fields of business and trade.