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‘We need help’: Homeless cleanup nonprofit furloughs employees, faces full shutdown

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Advantage Services — which has a variety of service contracts with the state, Salt Lake City, homeless service providers and other organizations — had recently employed about 125 people. But starting on Oct.

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