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She led a number of high profile groups, including the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus\u003c/a> and a homeless choir in San Francisco called \u003ca href=\"http://www.singersofthestreet.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Singers of the Street\u003c/a> (SOS).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGuire was inspired to launch SOS by a fellow Australian choral conductor, \u003ca href=\"http://www.jonathonwelch.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathon Welch\u003c/a>, who’s started two homeless choirs himself, in Australia. He also came up with the idea for \u003cem>Street Requiem\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf_exeHB9JA?list=PLwHx0O0gnxuj3Vnf5RZBtImSqzAGvjQrK]”There are so many people who die on the streets every year, who nobody mourns, and nobody knows their name,” McGuire says. \u003cem>Street Requiem,\u003c/em> she says, “is really about the experience of the person on the street, and yes, trying to put the audience, as well as the performers, into a different mindset.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Street Requiem\u003c/em> draws from multiple musical traditions, foremost among them Roman Catholic religious music. The “Requiem Æternam” movement, or “Eternal Rest” in Latin, for instance, is a prayer asking God to hasten the journey souls take from purgatory to heaven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve taken some core elements of the traditional requiem, but we’ve put it into modern vernacular,” McGuire says. “We’ve also taken out some of the very overtly Christian language to try and make it more accessible to people of faith but not a specific religion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Excerpt from “Ubi Caritas – Charity and Love”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is it that scares you when it’s change I’m looking for?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is it that scares you that make you bar the door?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is it that scares you when my hand’s stretched out this way?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is it that scares you that makes you turn away?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ubi caritas et amor deus ibi est.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>(Where there is charity and love, there you will find the spirit of God.)\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Street Requiem\u003c/em> also addresses the multiple ways people die on the street across the world every day — not just as a result of exposure to the elements, but also through crime and government oppression. One of the most touching movements, “Gloria,” includes a phrase from the Zulu language commonly sung at South African funerals and demonstrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Senzeni na means ‘What have I done?’ or ‘What have we done?'” McGuire says. “It also means, ‘What have we done, as a society, to each other?'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGuire is not the only musician involved in the project who feels the homeless crisis applies to all of us. That’s why the Bay Area-based, internationally renowned mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade is involved in the San Jose and Santa Cruz performances of \u003cem>Street Requiem\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12685633\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12685633\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt='\"The more you go back to [Street Requiem], the more you discover new levels of depth,\" says Daniel Hughes, artistic director and conductor of The Choral Project in San Jose. \"The depth of emotions I have to this music and the issues just continues to increase.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The more you go back to [Street Requiem], the more you discover new levels of depth,” says Daniel Hughes, artistic director and conductor of The Choral Project in San Jose. “The depth of emotions I have to this music and the issues just continues to increase.” \u003ccite>(Photo: Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s not very hard to end up on the street.” says von Stade, who has performed \u003cem>Street Requiem\u003c/em> in Dallas, San Mateo, San Francisco and with an Australian choir at Carnegie Hall. “Nobody’s that different than we are. They’ve just had unbelievably tragic circumstances and they’re circumstances that are beyond people’s control.” Over the years, she’s also worked with a couple of organizations that provide opportunities for poor children to learn music, including the \u003ca href=\"http://www.youngmusiciansco.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Young Musicians Choral Orchestra\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With real estate prices as high as they are in Silicon Valley, choir members can’t help but resonate with the thought that we’re all potentially one crisis away from the streets, and that any one of us could fall prey to a layoff, a health crisis, crime, or indifference from friends and family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s heavy stuff, acknowledges Choral Project baritone Wilfred Matthews. He’s been singing with the community choir for 13 years, commuting from as far away as Sacramento at one point to be a part of the group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12685634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12685634\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-800x453.jpg\" alt='The Choral Project rehearses Street Requiem at Willow Glen United Methodist Church in San Jose. \"It’s very moving,\" says alto Kathy Armstrong, \"but also uplifting at the same time. It’s great fun to sing.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-800x453.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-768x435.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-1020x578.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-1180x669.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-960x544.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-240x136.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-375x213.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-520x295.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Choral Project rehearses Street Requiem at Willow Glen United Methodist Church in San Jose. “It’s very moving,” says alto Kathy Armstrong, “but also uplifting at the same time. It’s great fun to sing.” \u003ccite>(Photo: Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Matthews sang \u003cem>Street Requiem\u003c/em> two years ago when it was performed in San Francisco and San Mateo. “It was such a moving work,” Matthews says. “I felt like I could contribute in a little way, you know, even with my own small voice, to spreading the message of hope for the marginalized in our society.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthews says the work has helped to change the way he interacts with people living on the streets. “I actually look at them in the eye,” he says. “I don’t walk away like I used to before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The \u003cstrong>Choral Project\u003c/strong> performs \u003cstrong>Street Requiem\u003c/strong> on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the \u003cem>Saint Joseph Cathedral Basilica\u003c/em> in San Jose; and Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 at Peace United Church of Christ in Santa Cruz. \u003ca href=\"http://www.choralproject.org/categories/street-requiem/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Details here.\u003c/a>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathleen McGuire, one of the co-creators of \u003cem>Street Requiem\u003c/em>, spent 13 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. She led a number of high profile groups, including the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgmc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus\u003c/a> and a homeless choir in San Francisco called \u003ca href=\"http://www.singersofthestreet.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Singers of the Street\u003c/a> (SOS).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGuire was inspired to launch SOS by a fellow Australian choral conductor, \u003ca href=\"http://www.jonathonwelch.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathon Welch\u003c/a>, who’s started two homeless choirs himself, in Australia. He also came up with the idea for \u003cem>Street Requiem\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/nf_exeHB9JA?list=PLwHx0O0gnxuj3Vnf5RZBtImSqzAGvjQrK'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/nf_exeHB9JA?list=PLwHx0O0gnxuj3Vnf5RZBtImSqzAGvjQrK'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>”There are so many people who die on the streets every year, who nobody mourns, and nobody knows their name,” McGuire says. \u003cem>Street Requiem,\u003c/em> she says, “is really about the experience of the person on the street, and yes, trying to put the audience, as well as the performers, into a different mindset.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Street Requiem\u003c/em> draws from multiple musical traditions, foremost among them Roman Catholic religious music. The “Requiem Æternam” movement, or “Eternal Rest” in Latin, for instance, is a prayer asking God to hasten the journey souls take from purgatory to heaven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve taken some core elements of the traditional requiem, but we’ve put it into modern vernacular,” McGuire says. “We’ve also taken out some of the very overtly Christian language to try and make it more accessible to people of faith but not a specific religion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Excerpt from “Ubi Caritas – Charity and Love”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is it that scares you when it’s change I’m looking for?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is it that scares you that make you bar the door?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is it that scares you when my hand’s stretched out this way?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is it that scares you that makes you turn away?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ubi caritas et amor deus ibi est.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>(Where there is charity and love, there you will find the spirit of God.)\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Street Requiem\u003c/em> also addresses the multiple ways people die on the street across the world every day — not just as a result of exposure to the elements, but also through crime and government oppression. One of the most touching movements, “Gloria,” includes a phrase from the Zulu language commonly sung at South African funerals and demonstrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Senzeni na means ‘What have I done?’ or ‘What have we done?'” McGuire says. “It also means, ‘What have we done, as a society, to each other?'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGuire is not the only musician involved in the project who feels the homeless crisis applies to all of us. That’s why the Bay Area-based, internationally renowned mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade is involved in the San Jose and Santa Cruz performances of \u003cem>Street Requiem\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12685633\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12685633\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt='\"The more you go back to [Street Requiem], the more you discover new levels of depth,\" says Daniel Hughes, artistic director and conductor of The Choral Project in San Jose. \"The depth of emotions I have to this music and the issues just continues to increase.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23888_Photo-Jan-23-7-27-40-PM-001-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The more you go back to [Street Requiem], the more you discover new levels of depth,” says Daniel Hughes, artistic director and conductor of The Choral Project in San Jose. “The depth of emotions I have to this music and the issues just continues to increase.” \u003ccite>(Photo: Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s not very hard to end up on the street.” says von Stade, who has performed \u003cem>Street Requiem\u003c/em> in Dallas, San Mateo, San Francisco and with an Australian choir at Carnegie Hall. “Nobody’s that different than we are. They’ve just had unbelievably tragic circumstances and they’re circumstances that are beyond people’s control.” Over the years, she’s also worked with a couple of organizations that provide opportunities for poor children to learn music, including the \u003ca href=\"http://www.youngmusiciansco.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Young Musicians Choral Orchestra\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With real estate prices as high as they are in Silicon Valley, choir members can’t help but resonate with the thought that we’re all potentially one crisis away from the streets, and that any one of us could fall prey to a layoff, a health crisis, crime, or indifference from friends and family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s heavy stuff, acknowledges Choral Project baritone Wilfred Matthews. He’s been singing with the community choir for 13 years, commuting from as far away as Sacramento at one point to be a part of the group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12685634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12685634\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-800x453.jpg\" alt='The Choral Project rehearses Street Requiem at Willow Glen United Methodist Church in San Jose. \"It’s very moving,\" says alto Kathy Armstrong, \"but also uplifting at the same time. It’s great fun to sing.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-800x453.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-768x435.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-1020x578.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-1180x669.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-960x544.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-240x136.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-375x213.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23886_Photo-Jan-23-7-24-00-PM-001-qut-520x295.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Choral Project rehearses Street Requiem at Willow Glen United Methodist Church in San Jose. “It’s very moving,” says alto Kathy Armstrong, “but also uplifting at the same time. 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"content": "\u003cp>Contra Costa County began its annual homeless count Thursday, and volunteers spread out looking for people like Jarrett Keesling, who is living in an encampment in Concord. They need to find out where he lives and what he needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I need to get my license or see if I can get my license. Get an ID, that would be a definite start,” Keesling said. “It’s just transportation — transportation would make things so much easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11287990\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11287990 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_154-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Contra Costa Health Services worker Shayne Kaleo hugs Jarrett Keesling, who is among the hundreds of homeless CCHS interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County. CCHS' Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services, its community partners and volunteers documented both sheltered and unsheltered people in the area who need permanent housing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contra Costa Health Services worker Shayne Kaleo hugs Jarrett Keesling, who is among the hundreds of homeless CCHS interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. CCHS’s Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services, its community partners and volunteers documented people in the area. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contra Costa Health Services Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services\u003c/a>, its community partners and volunteers began documenting hundreds of homeless people in the county — both sheltered and unsheltered — who need permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CCHS reported during its 2016 count that approximately 3,500 people across the county identified as homeless. 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CCHS's Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services, its community partners and volunteers documented both sheltered and unsheltered people in the area who need permanent housing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Contra Costa Health Services prepare to hand out bedding as they conduct an annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County’s overall homeless population dropped in 2016, but there were some places where it increased, like in the far eastern suburbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do anticipate that the numbers will continue to be highest in east Contra Costa County. However, we have not made any predictions as to whether or not we’ll see an overall increase in homelessness,” said Lavonna Martin, Contra Costa County’s homeless services chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11287987\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11287987\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_185-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, whom are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County. CCHSÕs Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services, its community partners and volunteers documented both sheltered and unsheltered people in the area who need permanent housing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, who are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The county has struggled to serve eastern Contra Costa as the population has quickly grown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11287986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11287986 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_041-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jarrett Keesling, left, and Kelli Lengele, are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jarrett Keesling, left, and Kelli Lengele are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11289119\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11289119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS23881_20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_234-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A trucker looks down upon the homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, whom are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trucker looks down upon the homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, who are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area counties are launching homeless surveys. 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CCHSÕs Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services, its community partners and volunteers documented both sheltered and unsheltered people in the area who need permanent housing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, who are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The county has struggled to serve eastern Contra Costa as the population has quickly grown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11287986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11287986 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_041-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jarrett Keesling, left, and Kelli Lengele, are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jarrett Keesling, left, and Kelli Lengele are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11289119\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11289119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS23881_20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_234-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A trucker looks down upon the homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, whom are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trucker looks down upon the homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, who are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area counties are launching homeless surveys. 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Her present camp, at left, is approximately 50 feet higher up on the riverbank.\" width=\"800\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/LARiverCamp-800x444.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/LARiverCamp-160x89.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/LARiverCamp-1020x566.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/LARiverCamp.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/LARiverCamp-1180x655.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/LARiverCamp-960x533.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/LARiverCamp-672x372.jpg 672w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/LARiverCamp-1038x576.jpg 1038w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/LARiverCamp-240x133.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/LARiverCamp-375x208.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/LARiverCamp-520x289.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The L.A. 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They warned Wendy and Country that stormwater draining from the San Fernando Valley can raise the river fast, and by as much as 10 feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But it didn't,\" she says now, plaintively, shaking her head. \"Two or three times the water never got that high. So we didn’t think anything of it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That rainy November night, the water rose, and fell, rose, and fell. They thought they were safe. But Wendy woke first to a rising flood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And I'm like, honey, you need to wake up,\" she says. Country told her to zip the tent against the deluge, but the current kept rising. \"Next thing I know you can feel it under the tent, and he said, put your shoes on, get your coat, let's go.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unzipping the tent, water ran over her knees, then her hips, speeding up to 35 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It looked like the Colorado River and I said, I can’t do it,\" Wendy says. \"He said, yeah you can. 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"content": "\u003cp>Two weeks ago Brittany Jones was homeless. Now she is safe and warm in an Oakland apartment, thanks to a KQED listener.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brittany Jones is a student at Laney College and was homeless when KQED reporter Laura Klivans began talking with her as part of the series \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/08/homelessu-a-college-students-life-without-shelter/\">Homeless U\u003c/a>, which explored the lives of three homeless college students, and the growing awareness of this previously invisible population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I first met Jones in the early part of December when I began photographing her going about her days at school, visiting her storage unit and sleeping on BART. Even with the situation she was in, Jones always had a positive and motivated outlook. She could laugh at life and was determined to keep pushing herself to finish school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/6WFkcQgqhAY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones’ story was published as part of the Bay Area media collaboration \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project/\">#SFHomelessProject\u003c/a> on Dec. 7. After her story aired, KQED began receiving offers from listeners to provide rooms, storage spaces and anything else they thought might help Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a wonderful gesture of kindness, one listener went so far as to pay for an apartment for Jones. Her hope is that this will give Jones the opportunity to focus on her schooling and find a part-time job. Within a week, Jones was safely moved into her new Oakland apartment and is settling in for a wonderful holiday season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the help of this kind gift, Jones continues to work toward her academic goals and has high hopes for her spring semester classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230146\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230146\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones is a student at Laney College in Oakland. She hopes to major in business or social work. She's also homeless.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones is a student at Laney College in Oakland. She hopes to major in business or social work. Until very recently, she was homeless. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230208\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230208\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones’ life is a fine dance of details and logistics: Will she have enough money for dinner tonight? Will she be able to sneak into the seat next to the hidden power outlet on BART to charge her phone? Will she find a free set of metal stairs so she can access her upper-level storage locker?\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ life on the streets was a fine dance of details and logistics: Would she have enough money for dinner? Would she be able to sneak into the seat next to the secret power outlet on BART to charge her phone? Would she find a free set of metal stairs so she can access her upper-level storage locker? \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230209\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11230209 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones’ parents both passed away when she was a child. Since then, she’s bounced between foster homes and the houses of friends and relatives. She’s close to counselors at school and select friends and family members. Largely, though, she draws on inner strength. “I just try to be my own support system, be my own encouragement,” she says.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ parents both passed away when she was a child. Since then, she’s bounced between foster homes and the houses of friends and relatives. She’s close to counselors at school and a few friends and family members. Largely, though, she draws on inner strength. ‘I just try to be my own support system, be my own encouragement,’ she says. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230210\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"On BART, Brittany Jones rests in a familiar place on the train. On nights when she she couldn't find a couch or floor somewhere, she’ll stay awake in a 24-hour restaurant or ride San Francisco’s all-night buses before she boards the earliest BART train of the day, sleeping until the rush-hour crowd arrives.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On BART, Brittany Jones takes a rest in a familiar place on the train. On nights when she couldn’t find a couch or floor somewhere, she would stay awake in a 24-hour restaurant or ride San Francisco’s all-night buses before she boards the earliest BART train of the day, sleeping until the rush-hour crowd arrives. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230211\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11230211 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones relaxes in her new bed after spending the day moving into her new apartment. Jones is excited to have her own bed to sleep in after spending so many nights on friend’s floors or seats on Bart.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones relaxes in her new bed after spending Dec. 17 moving into her new apartment. Jones is excited to have her own bed to sleep in after spending so many nights on friends’ floors or seats on BART. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230212\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230212\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones and her friend A’Dre’a Foster (left) work to put together a dining in Jones’ new apartment.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones and her friend A’Dre’a Foster (left) work to put together a dining room table in Jones’ new apartment. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230214\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230214\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones begins unpacking cleaning supplies in her new apartment in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones begins unpacking cleaning supplies in her new apartment. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230215\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230215\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones starts putting away kitchen pans in her new apartment in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones puts away kitchen pans in her new kitchen. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230216\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230216\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones continues to smile as she talks about her new apartment with a friend. Jones has been smiling all day since she began moving into her new apartment first thing in the morning on Saturday, DBrittany Jones continues to smile as she talks about her new apartment with a friend. Jones has been smiling all day since she began moving into her new apartment first thing in the morning on Saturday.ecember 17, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones continues to smile as she talks about her new apartment with a friend. Jones has been smiling all day since she began moving into her apartment on Saturday morning, Dec. 17. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230213\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230213\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brand new keys hang in the lock of Brittany Jones’ new apartment.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brand-new keys hang in the lock of Brittany Jones’ new home. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a wonderful gesture of kindness, one listener went so far as to pay for an apartment for Jones. Her hope is that this will give Jones the opportunity to focus on her schooling and find a part-time job. Within a week, Jones was safely moved into her new Oakland apartment and is settling in for a wonderful holiday season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the help of this kind gift, Jones continues to work toward her academic goals and has high hopes for her spring semester classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230146\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230146\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones is a student at Laney College in Oakland. She hopes to major in business or social work. She's also homeless.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs01-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones is a student at Laney College in Oakland. She hopes to major in business or social work. Until very recently, she was homeless. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230208\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230208\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones’ life is a fine dance of details and logistics: Will she have enough money for dinner tonight? Will she be able to sneak into the seat next to the hidden power outlet on BART to charge her phone? Will she find a free set of metal stairs so she can access her upper-level storage locker?\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ life on the streets was a fine dance of details and logistics: Would she have enough money for dinner? Would she be able to sneak into the seat next to the secret power outlet on BART to charge her phone? Would she find a free set of metal stairs so she can access her upper-level storage locker? \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230209\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11230209 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones’ parents both passed away when she was a child. Since then, she’s bounced between foster homes and the houses of friends and relatives. She’s close to counselors at school and select friends and family members. Largely, though, she draws on inner strength. “I just try to be my own support system, be my own encouragement,” she says.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ parents both passed away when she was a child. Since then, she’s bounced between foster homes and the houses of friends and relatives. She’s close to counselors at school and a few friends and family members. Largely, though, she draws on inner strength. ‘I just try to be my own support system, be my own encouragement,’ she says. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230210\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"On BART, Brittany Jones rests in a familiar place on the train. On nights when she she couldn't find a couch or floor somewhere, she’ll stay awake in a 24-hour restaurant or ride San Francisco’s all-night buses before she boards the earliest BART train of the day, sleeping until the rush-hour crowd arrives.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On BART, Brittany Jones takes a rest in a familiar place on the train. On nights when she couldn’t find a couch or floor somewhere, she would stay awake in a 24-hour restaurant or ride San Francisco’s all-night buses before she boards the earliest BART train of the day, sleeping until the rush-hour crowd arrives. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230211\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11230211 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones relaxes in her new bed after spending the day moving into her new apartment. Jones is excited to have her own bed to sleep in after spending so many nights on friend’s floors or seats on Bart.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs06-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones relaxes in her new bed after spending Dec. 17 moving into her new apartment. Jones is excited to have her own bed to sleep in after spending so many nights on friends’ floors or seats on BART. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230212\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230212\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones and her friend A’Dre’a Foster (left) work to put together a dining in Jones’ new apartment.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs04-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones and her friend A’Dre’a Foster (left) work to put together a dining room table in Jones’ new apartment. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230214\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230214\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones begins unpacking cleaning supplies in her new apartment in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs02-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones begins unpacking cleaning supplies in her new apartment. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230215\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230215\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones starts putting away kitchen pans in her new apartment in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs01-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones puts away kitchen pans in her new kitchen. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230216\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230216\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones continues to smile as she talks about her new apartment with a friend. Jones has been smiling all day since she began moving into her new apartment first thing in the morning on Saturday, DBrittany Jones continues to smile as she talks about her new apartment with a friend. Jones has been smiling all day since she began moving into her new apartment first thing in the morning on Saturday.ecember 17, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs05-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones continues to smile as she talks about her new apartment with a friend. Jones has been smiling all day since she began moving into her apartment on Saturday morning, Dec. 17. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11230213\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230213\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brand new keys hang in the lock of Brittany Jones’ new apartment.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161217_JonesFollowUp_bhs03-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brand-new keys hang in the lock of Brittany Jones’ new home. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When classes let out for the day at \u003ca href=\"https://fec-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com/\">Bessie Carmichael Elementary\u003c/a> in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood, Principal Tina Lagdamen high-fives each boy and girl and says the same thing, over and over again: “See you tomorrow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This seemingly simple phrase is an important reassurance for many of these kids, Lagdamen explains. Roughly 80 families at this school are homeless, which translates to more than 100 children here who are living in shelters, couch-surfing with family and friends, or even sleeping in cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I always say, ‘See you tomorrow,’ so they know that there’s one person they know they can count on that they can see \u003cem>tomorrow\u003c/em>,” Lagdamen says. “Because sometimes in their lives they have to get up from a shelter or they get evicted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11232931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11232931 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-1020x725.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Lagdamen, the Principal at Bessie Carmichael Elementary School in San Francisco, says goodbye to each of her students at the end of the school day with a high-five and a smile.\" width=\"640\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-1020x725.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-800x568.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-1180x838.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-960x682.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-240x171.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-375x266.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-520x369.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tina Lagdamen, the principal at Bessie Carmichael Elementary School in San Francisco, says goodbye to each of her students at the end of the school day with a high-five and a smile. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most families don’t tell Lagdamen right away that they’re homeless. She relies on her security guard, Dante Washington, to help her figure out who needs help. The telltale signs usually appear in the morning, when the kids first arrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can tell when they get to school, they don’t really feel great. You know, they’re not happy, smiling.” Washington says, pausing to greet a small boy who flashes a bright smile. “This is one of my little people right here. When they’re not like this in the morning, I can tell something’s up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fundraiser Focuses on Families\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are nearly 2,000 homeless schoolchildren in San Francisco. Earlier this month, \u003ca href=\"http://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-lee-announces-innovative-public-private-partnership-dramatically-reduce-family\">San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee made a bold promise \u003c/a>to get most of them — and their families — into permanent housing by 2020. To do it, he’s asking schools to refer homeless parents to \u003ca href=\"https://hamiltonfamilies.org/\">Hamilton Families,\u003c/a> a local nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hamilton is in the midst of a $30 million fundraising campaign to expand its signature “rapid rehousing” program. The program attempts to move families out of shelters and into their own homes as quickly as possible through the use of rental subsidies and partnerships with landlords willing to help homeless families find stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11232932\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11232932 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"Dante Washington, a security guard at Bessie Carmichael Elementary School, poses for a photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dante Washington, a security guard at Bessie Carmichael Elementary School, poses for a photo. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The number of families who are entering the system seeking services isn’t changing that dramatically now,” says Hamilton Families Director of Housing Elizabeth Hewson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But there is this backlog of families who’ve been experiencing homelessness and unstable situations for a long period of time. We believe we can clear the backlog by stepping up our services,” she adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Housing — Yes, But Not Near Jobs\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative could put people like Ibrahima Bangoura and his 16-year-old son, Mustapha, on a faster track out of homelessness. But staying in — or near — San Francisco is more challenging. Bangoura, a single father from Guinea, came to San Francisco six years ago and has been homeless for much of that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not easy,” Bangoura says in halting English. “It’s stressful, not having a house.” When Mustapha joined his father in the U.S. in September, they couldn’t find a shelter that would take them both. The pair often spent the night at the airport, where they pretended to be stranded travelers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like we are waiting, but not really,” Bangoura laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, father and son share a bunk bed in a family shelter run by Hamilton. A caseworker is making sure Mustapha gets after-school tutoring while she works with Ibrahima to find a job and permanent housing, preferably in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11232933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11232933 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"Ibrahima Soriba Bangoura sits for a photo at the Hamilton Family Center in San Francisco, California. Bangoura stays at the family shelter with his 16-year-old son Moustapha.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ibrahima Soriba Bangoura sits for a photo at the Hamilton Family Center in San Francisco. Bangoura stays at the family shelter with his 16-year-old son, Moustapha. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Finding affordable homes in this pricey city remains no easy feat. In fact, Hamilton is currently placing only about one in five families in the city. The rest are sent to more affordable cities, such as Vallejo and Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s one of the flaws in the city’s initiatives, says Coalition on Homelessness Director Jennifer Friedenbach, who worries families who move to San Francisco’s suburbs and exurbs will encounter fewer resources to pull themselves out of poverty. “There’s just not the job base we have in San Francisco,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, there’s no firm guarantee that families will continue to stay afloat once their subsidies expire — the $30 million being raised through public and private sources is finite. But right now, the data show Hamilton’s model \u003cem>does\u003c/em> succeed at getting children into more stable environments. [contextly_sidebar id=”yuDfCgvJuemuhC1jIlnXjDhDZMYzMCDF”] Hamilton reports that 92 percent of the families they house are still in their homes a year after their subsidies end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no perfect solution in the Bay Area with our housing market,” says Hewson, adding that Hamilton is making the most out of limited resources. And for this fundraising campaign, private companies, faith communities and private philanthropists seem eager to answer the mayor’s call to house homeless families now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://hamiltonfamilies.org/what-we-do/heading-home-campaign/\">The fundraising is already more than two-thirds of the way there\u003c/a>, with big-name donors that include philanthropists Marc and Lynne Benioff, Salesforce, Google and the San Francisco Giants.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When classes let out for the day at \u003ca href=\"https://fec-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com/\">Bessie Carmichael Elementary\u003c/a> in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood, Principal Tina Lagdamen high-fives each boy and girl and says the same thing, over and over again: “See you tomorrow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This seemingly simple phrase is an important reassurance for many of these kids, Lagdamen explains. Roughly 80 families at this school are homeless, which translates to more than 100 children here who are living in shelters, couch-surfing with family and friends, or even sleeping in cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I always say, ‘See you tomorrow,’ so they know that there’s one person they know they can count on that they can see \u003cem>tomorrow\u003c/em>,” Lagdamen says. “Because sometimes in their lives they have to get up from a shelter or they get evicted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11232931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11232931 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-1020x725.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Lagdamen, the Principal at Bessie Carmichael Elementary School in San Francisco, says goodbye to each of her students at the end of the school day with a high-five and a smile.\" width=\"640\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-1020x725.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-800x568.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-1180x838.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-960x682.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-240x171.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-375x266.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23184_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs04-520x369.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tina Lagdamen, the principal at Bessie Carmichael Elementary School in San Francisco, says goodbye to each of her students at the end of the school day with a high-five and a smile. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most families don’t tell Lagdamen right away that they’re homeless. She relies on her security guard, Dante Washington, to help her figure out who needs help. The telltale signs usually appear in the morning, when the kids first arrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can tell when they get to school, they don’t really feel great. You know, they’re not happy, smiling.” Washington says, pausing to greet a small boy who flashes a bright smile. “This is one of my little people right here. When they’re not like this in the morning, I can tell something’s up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fundraiser Focuses on Families\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are nearly 2,000 homeless schoolchildren in San Francisco. Earlier this month, \u003ca href=\"http://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-lee-announces-innovative-public-private-partnership-dramatically-reduce-family\">San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee made a bold promise \u003c/a>to get most of them — and their families — into permanent housing by 2020. To do it, he’s asking schools to refer homeless parents to \u003ca href=\"https://hamiltonfamilies.org/\">Hamilton Families,\u003c/a> a local nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hamilton is in the midst of a $30 million fundraising campaign to expand its signature “rapid rehousing” program. The program attempts to move families out of shelters and into their own homes as quickly as possible through the use of rental subsidies and partnerships with landlords willing to help homeless families find stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11232932\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11232932 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"Dante Washington, a security guard at Bessie Carmichael Elementary School, poses for a photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23182_161205_BessieCarmichael_bhs02-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dante Washington, a security guard at Bessie Carmichael Elementary School, poses for a photo. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The number of families who are entering the system seeking services isn’t changing that dramatically now,” says Hamilton Families Director of Housing Elizabeth Hewson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But there is this backlog of families who’ve been experiencing homelessness and unstable situations for a long period of time. We believe we can clear the backlog by stepping up our services,” she adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Housing — Yes, But Not Near Jobs\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative could put people like Ibrahima Bangoura and his 16-year-old son, Mustapha, on a faster track out of homelessness. But staying in — or near — San Francisco is more challenging. Bangoura, a single father from Guinea, came to San Francisco six years ago and has been homeless for much of that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not easy,” Bangoura says in halting English. “It’s stressful, not having a house.” When Mustapha joined his father in the U.S. in September, they couldn’t find a shelter that would take them both. The pair often spent the night at the airport, where they pretended to be stranded travelers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like we are waiting, but not really,” Bangoura laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, father and son share a bunk bed in a family shelter run by Hamilton. A caseworker is making sure Mustapha gets after-school tutoring while she works with Ibrahima to find a job and permanent housing, preferably in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11232933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11232933 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"Ibrahima Soriba Bangoura sits for a photo at the Hamilton Family Center in San Francisco, California. Bangoura stays at the family shelter with his 16-year-old son Moustapha.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23186_161202_homelessfamilies_bhs01-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ibrahima Soriba Bangoura sits for a photo at the Hamilton Family Center in San Francisco. Bangoura stays at the family shelter with his 16-year-old son, Moustapha. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Finding affordable homes in this pricey city remains no easy feat. In fact, Hamilton is currently placing only about one in five families in the city. The rest are sent to more affordable cities, such as Vallejo and Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s one of the flaws in the city’s initiatives, says Coalition on Homelessness Director Jennifer Friedenbach, who worries families who move to San Francisco’s suburbs and exurbs will encounter fewer resources to pull themselves out of poverty. “There’s just not the job base we have in San Francisco,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, there’s no firm guarantee that families will continue to stay afloat once their subsidies expire — the $30 million being raised through public and private sources is finite. 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Then he looked at the tray of sandwiches next to the counter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You want something to eat? Those sandwiches are good,” I said. He said yes and picked one out, a big one marked with a T.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t even know what kind it is,” he said. “Turkey,” I told him. “It’s good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then a couple of things happened in rapid succession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A woman who’d overheard my exchange with Eric materialized at my side and said, “Here, let me chip in,” and handed me a $5 bill. I thanked her — I’d come to find out her name was Alicia — and put the bill in the tip jar. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, before I placed my own order, the young counterwoman said to Eric, “Since he’s paying for you, you can’t eat that here.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alicia demanded to know why Eric couldn’t sit down and eat. The cafe manager, who was working on Eric’s latte, said that was just the cafe’s rule. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Strange. 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He asked us where we were going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Back to work,” Alicia said. “To my office,” I said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was an unasked question hanging there, I thought. “Can I come back with you so I have a warm, dry place to eat this nice sandwich you just bought me?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We said goodbye to Eric and went our separate ways. Later, I chastised myself for not having the presence of mind or the willingness to ask Eric to come back to my building, where he could at least have sat in the lobby while he ate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, that would have been another temporary act of kindness, conditioned on the understanding he’d go away after he ate. Better than nothing. At least he’d have a full stomach when he headed back to the street. I would continue on in my existence, with its relative safety and comfort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t this point, homelessness is as much a part of San Francisco as the hills, the Mission or the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s something I think we all see and ponder and react to, even if we try to turn away from it. As luck would have it, this week marks the second time this year that local media are presenting the public with an \u003ca href=\"http://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unflinching look\u003c/a> at the nature and extent of the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The media coverage is a heroic attempt to come to grips with a reality that for decades has proved bigger than any institution’s ability to respond. Perhaps that’s why I feel that my own personal response when confronted with need is as important as anything I do as a journalist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think all of us develop creeds to live by. I don’t mean hard-and-fast rules. I mean the voices and phrases and lessons gleaned from experience as we move through life that may add up to a more or less coherent idea of how we want to live, how we ought to treat others, how we hope to be treated ourselves.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cbr>\n“This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy. …”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s part of my creed — thanks, \u003ca href=\"http://infospigot.com/2010/11/17/walt-whitman-injunction/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walt Whitman\u003c/a> — even if I believe there’s an impossible idealism expressed there (what would Whitman have made of 2016 San Francisco?).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Something else I carry in the back of my mind: the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/It-s-time-again-for-the-Untied-Way-6631166.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Untied Way\u003c/a>. It’s a modest proposal from former San Francisco Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll to promote the virtues of giving directly to those in need around us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I only mention credos, Whitman and Carroll in partial explanation of my own occasional impulse to pay for someone else’s coffee and sandwich. But I’m also thinking about the consequences of following those impulses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other day, I saw how embarrassed the cafe employees were when they had to stand by a rule that I’m guessing they know is absurd and unfair and was crafted to keep people like Eric out of their establishment. My impulse put them on the spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My impulse and the small drama that played out around it also put me face to face with the limits of my own compassion. It seems like an easy thing to render a kindness and keep moving. It’s harder to render the kindness and maybe stick around to learn more about the person you’re bestowing it upon and what they’re up against.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And finally, I realize that the cafe’s rule for the penniless would-be patron — “that guy over there bought your sandwich, so you can’t eat it here” — is aimed at me as much as at homeless customers. The management doesn’t want people carelessly indulging their generous impulses. Those impulses make it awkward for the cafe’s workers and uncomfortable for its better-groomed clientele. And destitute people roaming the area might get the idea they’re welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So in one respect, the cafe’s policy has been effective. There’s no chance I’ll have a fit of thoughtless generosity there again, because I won’t be going back.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it was his turn to order, I heard him ask how much a medium caffe latte would cost. The young woman at the counter said $4.25. I heard the exchange and without thinking said, “Hey, I got you.” The man, whom I’d soon learn was named Eric, turned around with a look of surprise and said thanks. Then he looked at the tray of sandwiches next to the counter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You want something to eat? Those sandwiches are good,” I said. He said yes and picked one out, a big one marked with a T.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t even know what kind it is,” he said. “Turkey,” I told him. “It’s good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then a couple of things happened in rapid succession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A woman who’d overheard my exchange with Eric materialized at my side and said, “Here, let me chip in,” and handed me a $5 bill. I thanked her — I’d come to find out her name was Alicia — and put the bill in the tip jar. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, before I placed my own order, the young counterwoman said to Eric, “Since he’s paying for you, you can’t eat that here.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alicia demanded to know why Eric couldn’t sit down and eat. The cafe manager, who was working on Eric’s latte, said that was just the cafe’s rule. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Strange. I’m sure lots of non-homeless cafe customers buy coffee and food for each other, and I’ll bet they’re never told they can’t stay and enjoy their meals. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t make the rules, but I have to enforce them,” the manager said. “That’s the owner’s rule. I have to obey it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Can he just sit here?” Alicia asked, indicating a bench inside the door. “No,” the manager said, again mentioning the rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meantime, Eric was asking me, “Why can’t I eat here?” The best I could come up with as a response was, “They don’t want you here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The manager put Eric’s medium latte on the counter. It had one of those darling little hearts that baristas make with their artful dribbles of espresso and steamed milk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alicia and I walked Eric out the door. It had been a cold morning, and the first drops of a midday rain began to fall. He asked us where we were going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Back to work,” Alicia said. “To my office,” I said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was an unasked question hanging there, I thought. “Can I come back with you so I have a warm, dry place to eat this nice sandwich you just bought me?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We said goodbye to Eric and went our separate ways. Later, I chastised myself for not having the presence of mind or the willingness to ask Eric to come back to my building, where he could at least have sat in the lobby while he ate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, that would have been another temporary act of kindness, conditioned on the understanding he’d go away after he ate. Better than nothing. At least he’d have a full stomach when he headed back to the street. I would continue on in my existence, with its relative safety and comfort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">A\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>t this point, homelessness is as much a part of San Francisco as the hills, the Mission or the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s something I think we all see and ponder and react to, even if we try to turn away from it. As luck would have it, this week marks the second time this year that local media are presenting the public with an \u003ca href=\"http://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unflinching look\u003c/a> at the nature and extent of the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The media coverage is a heroic attempt to come to grips with a reality that for decades has proved bigger than any institution’s ability to respond. Perhaps that’s why I feel that my own personal response when confronted with need is as important as anything I do as a journalist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think all of us develop creeds to live by. I don’t mean hard-and-fast rules. 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"content": "\u003cp>When James de la Nueve got in a fight with his dad last summer and got kicked out of the house, he found himself living on the streets of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He first tried living in his car, then sleeping in the laundry room of an apartment building where he was a security guard. Next, he tried napping in a college library or an unused classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every day is a constant reminder, the world is just hammering at you: You don’t have a place to stay,” said James, 21, who is now studying civil engineering at Santa Monica College. “It’s like you’re in class, and it’s the only thing you’re thinking about. It’s hard to focus on the chalkboard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in October, a new type of homeless shelter, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bruinshelter.org/\">Bruin Shelter\u003c/a>, opened specifically for college students — and it’s run by other college students. James was one of nine students to get a bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”400″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many young people don’t feel safe in traditional shelters, staying with adults,” said 27-year-old Louis Tse, executive director and co-founder of the Bruin Shelter. “Many have been verbally or physically abused, or robbed. The peer-to-peer model of young people helping young people really lowers that barrier for young people to come in the door.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211338 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23256_img_2159\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two student volunteers stay overnight at the shelter while the residents sleep. One sleeps from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. while the other one studies. Then they trade off from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tse was inspired to start the shelter while he was a graduate student at UCLA, studying mechanical engineering. He would see students sleeping in the library or student activity center, and it was clear they weren’t just napping on top of their math homework. He even met a young man living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row who told him he was enrolled in community college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211328 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23208_img_2108\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students sleeping at the Santa Monica College library. Some homeless students carry a blanket and pillow with them so they can catch naps where they can. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are few resources for these students, Tse discovered. Existing emergency shelters offer a bed only for a couple of nights. So Tse set about opening the Bruin Shelter, which allows students to stay for six months and helps them find permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Losing sleep on a regular basis sets you up to fail a midterm, then a second midterm, then a class,” he said. “Then it slowly leads to painfully dropping out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”mc4wj8Yr4bw7dvCfqjRQMmYSiwf5EFcC”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 56,000 students indicate they’re homeless on U.S. financial aid forms. But researchers believe the numbers are much higher than that. In California, one in three community college students is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, according to a \u003ca href=\"http://cceal.org/food-housing-report/\">recent report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a nationwide problem,” Tse said, “and we feel we’re doing our small part to inspire others to show that it’s possible to do something about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shelter is set up in the back of a Lutheran church in Santa Monica and is open to students from all colleges in the area. It opens at 7 p.m., when church meetings or AA gatherings wrap up in the main hall, and shelter volunteers start cooking and set up a table for dinner. Residents hang out on their beds — there are two windowless bunk rooms, one for men, one for women — doing their homework, or they watch TV in the lounge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211335 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23243_img_2146\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shelter residents and student volunteers sit and eat dinner together every night, “like a family,” Tse said. Menus include frozen pizza and chicken Caesar salad, or taco night. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211330\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211330 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23229_img_2132\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The men’s bunk room at the Bruin Shelter. Local businesses donated Tempur-Pedic mattresses. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The shelter closes during the day, and residents have to leave by 7 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James is usually up and in the bathroom by 6:20 a.m. There’s no shower at the shelter, so he sometimes washes his hair in the sink. He dresses in pants from J. Crew, a shirt from the Gap, and finishes with toner and moisturizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to James to not look homeless. Like many homeless students, he wants to avoid the stigma. But it’s also a survival strategy. The shelter provides breakfast and dinner for residents. But James is on his own for lunch, and he often shoplifts chicken wraps or chopped fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dressing well is the No. 1 reason I get away all the time,” he said, noting that he steals his clothes, too. “So when I walk into a store I won’t be noticed, because I look like everybody else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211332 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23196_img_2096\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shelter provides residents with a bagged breakfast in the morning. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is James’ second try at college. He started at a school on the East Coast three years ago but never finished his first semester because of behavior problems. He came home to Los Angeles, but then last summer, he got in that fight with his dad and was on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James has big dreams for his future. He shows me an aspirational resume he has drawn up that reflects where he hopes to be in 10 years. It shows him transferring out of Santa Monica College and graduating from Harvey Mudd College in 2019, and then finishing a master’s degree in architecture and urban design at Columbia in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He thinks he might change his name formally, too. James de la Nueve is already a new name for him, an attempt at a new beginning, he said. His resume of the future has this name at the top: Damien Scott Nuevhaus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“New House,” he said. “You feel?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James’ story is one of many from students living at the shelter. Some are former foster youth, some are undocumented and don’t qualify for financial aid, some are LGBTQ and are estranged from their families, Tse said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211333 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23248_img_2151\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the upstairs TV lounge of the Bruin Shelter, shelves of donated toiletries are available to residents. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bruin Shelter receives some donations from people in the L.A. area, and recently launched a \u003ca href=\"https://www.generosity.com/volunteer-fundraising/bruin-shelter-a-home-for-students-by-students--3\">crowdfunding campaign\u003c/a>. Local businesses donated beds and mattresses. There are shelves in the TV lounge stacked with donated toothpaste, soap and shaving cream. But a lot of the funding comes from Tse himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, when he committed to making the Bruin Shelter a reality, he moved into his car. He finished his Ph.D. in May and got a job at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, but he is still sleeping in his Kia and putting the money that would go to rent into the shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes basic sense,” Tse said. “One person gives up their housing so that nine other people can have it.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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James was one of nine students to get a bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”400″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″&visual=true&”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many young people don’t feel safe in traditional shelters, staying with adults,” said 27-year-old Louis Tse, executive director and co-founder of the Bruin Shelter. “Many have been verbally or physically abused, or robbed. The peer-to-peer model of young people helping young people really lowers that barrier for young people to come in the door.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211338 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23256_img_2159\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two student volunteers stay overnight at the shelter while the residents sleep. One sleeps from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. while the other one studies. Then they trade off from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tse was inspired to start the shelter while he was a graduate student at UCLA, studying mechanical engineering. He would see students sleeping in the library or student activity center, and it was clear they weren’t just napping on top of their math homework. He even met a young man living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row who told him he was enrolled in community college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211328 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23208_img_2108\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students sleeping at the Santa Monica College library. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Losing sleep on a regular basis sets you up to fail a midterm, then a second midterm, then a class,” he said. “Then it slowly leads to painfully dropping out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 56,000 students indicate they’re homeless on U.S. financial aid forms. But researchers believe the numbers are much higher than that. In California, one in three community college students is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, according to a \u003ca href=\"http://cceal.org/food-housing-report/\">recent report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a nationwide problem,” Tse said, “and we feel we’re doing our small part to inspire others to show that it’s possible to do something about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shelter is set up in the back of a Lutheran church in Santa Monica and is open to students from all colleges in the area. It opens at 7 p.m., when church meetings or AA gatherings wrap up in the main hall, and shelter volunteers start cooking and set up a table for dinner. Residents hang out on their beds — there are two windowless bunk rooms, one for men, one for women — doing their homework, or they watch TV in the lounge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211335 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23243_img_2146\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shelter residents and student volunteers sit and eat dinner together every night, “like a family,” Tse said. Menus include frozen pizza and chicken Caesar salad, or taco night. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211330\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211330 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23229_img_2132\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The men’s bunk room at the Bruin Shelter. Local businesses donated Tempur-Pedic mattresses. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The shelter closes during the day, and residents have to leave by 7 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James is usually up and in the bathroom by 6:20 a.m. There’s no shower at the shelter, so he sometimes washes his hair in the sink. He dresses in pants from J. Crew, a shirt from the Gap, and finishes with toner and moisturizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to James to not look homeless. Like many homeless students, he wants to avoid the stigma. But it’s also a survival strategy. The shelter provides breakfast and dinner for residents. But James is on his own for lunch, and he often shoplifts chicken wraps or chopped fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dressing well is the No. 1 reason I get away all the time,” he said, noting that he steals his clothes, too. “So when I walk into a store I won’t be noticed, because I look like everybody else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211332 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23196_img_2096\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shelter provides residents with a bagged breakfast in the morning. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is James’ second try at college. He started at a school on the East Coast three years ago but never finished his first semester because of behavior problems. He came home to Los Angeles, but then last summer, he got in that fight with his dad and was on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James has big dreams for his future. He shows me an aspirational resume he has drawn up that reflects where he hopes to be in 10 years. It shows him transferring out of Santa Monica College and graduating from Harvey Mudd College in 2019, and then finishing a master’s degree in architecture and urban design at Columbia in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He thinks he might change his name formally, too. James de la Nueve is already a new name for him, an attempt at a new beginning, he said. His resume of the future has this name at the top: Damien Scott Nuevhaus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“New House,” he said. “You feel?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James’ story is one of many from students living at the shelter. Some are former foster youth, some are undocumented and don’t qualify for financial aid, some are LGBTQ and are estranged from their families, Tse said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211333 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23248_img_2151\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the upstairs TV lounge of the Bruin Shelter, shelves of donated toiletries are available to residents. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bruin Shelter receives some donations from people in the L.A. area, and recently launched a \u003ca href=\"https://www.generosity.com/volunteer-fundraising/bruin-shelter-a-home-for-students-by-students--3\">crowdfunding campaign\u003c/a>. Local businesses donated beds and mattresses. There are shelves in the TV lounge stacked with donated toothpaste, soap and shaving cream. But a lot of the funding comes from Tse himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, when he committed to making the Bruin Shelter a reality, he moved into his car. He finished his Ph.D. in May and got a job at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, but he is still sleeping in his Kia and putting the money that would go to rent into the shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Brittany Jones is burrowed into her seat on a BART car, catching some sleep before the morning commuters arrive. As the car starts to fill with people, she finally pulls down her jacket, uncovering her face. The whoosh of the doors, the sweaty surge of denim and backpacks: This is her alarm clock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones is 24, a student at Laney College in Oakland, and homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To study and survive at the same time, she must answer the same questions over and over. Can she afford dinner tonight? Will she be able to sit next to the secret outlet in the BART car so she can charge her phone? Can she get a job that still allows her to go to class and keep her grades up? These are just some of the challenges Jones and other homeless college students face in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”400″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many undergraduates, homeless college students are young, ambitious and wracked by insecurities about their identities and futures. But their specific insecurity is chronic and exhausting: They live in cars, couch surf and sneak into campus buildings to spend the night. Unfortunately, these experiences are more common than many ever suspected.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘It’s hard, it’s really hard’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://cceal.org/food-housing-report/\" target=\"_blank\">study\u003c/a> released Dec. 5 reveals that one out of three community college students in California grapples with some form of housing insecurity, up to and including homelessness. Black men, Southeast Asians and multiethnic students are particularly affected, according to the report from the \u003ca href=\"http://cceal.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Community College Equity Assessment Lab\u003c/a> at San Diego State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t remember what home feels like,” said 24-year-old Ebony Ortega, an ethnic studies major at \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsu.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco State University\u003c/a>. Ortega sleeps in her car, at friends’ apartments or at secret spots on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been quite some few years since I’ve felt like there’s some sort of comfort, security and just stability,” she added. “It’s hard, it’s really hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211331\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11211331\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Ebony Ortega, a college student at San Francisco State University experiencing housing insecurity, studies on her computer during her work breaks. Ortega currently works at a Starbucks in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ebony Ortega, a college student at San Francisco State University experiencing housing insecurity, studies on her computer during her work breaks. Ortega currently works at a Starbucks in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nationally, more than 56,000 students identified as homeless on their 2013-2014 Federal Student Aid forms. But experts believe that’s an undercount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many students do not check that box on their financial aid either because they don’t know it’s there, or they don’t think of themselves as homeless,” said \u003ca href=\"https://web.csulb.edu/colleges/chhs/departments/social-work/staff-and-faculty/RashidaCrutchfield.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rashida Crutchfield\u003c/a>, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at California State University, Long Beach. Students who couch surf, for example, might not realize they are technically homeless, or may resist the stigma of that label.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Invisible Population\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another study found that one reason the population is hard to quantify is because these students are “invisible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither Brittany Jones nor Ebony Ortega fits the stereotypical image conjured up by the word “homeless.” Ortega cultivates a punk-rock look and works long shifts at a Starbucks in downtown San Francisco. She spends her paycheck on tuition instead of rent, because she can’t afford both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My parents did not just come here for me to hang out, and just have some regular working-class job,” Ortega said. Her parents immigrated from Mexico, and she grew up poor in Palmdale (Los Angeles County).\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/08/homelessu-a-college-students-life-without-shelter/\" target=\"_blank\">PHOTOS: A Day in the Life of a Homeless College Student\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/08/homelessu-a-college-students-life-without-shelter/\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/BrittanyJones800.jpg\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Follow a day in the life of homeless Laney College student Brittany Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/08/homelessu-a-college-students-life-without-shelter/\" target=\"_blank\">Homeless U: Homework Without A Home\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I get scared that if I stop, I won’t be able to get up and do what I do now,” she added. “I’m already this far. So it’s just like, I might as well keep going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones, for her part, takes pains with her thrift-store outfits, and sports a new hairstyle practically every week. She’s acutely conscious of her hygiene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t feel like just because I’m homeless that I have to look the part,” she said, while walking by a tent encampment under a freeway in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet Jones grew up at great risk for homelessness: Her mother died when she was 5, and her father was fatally shot when she was just a newborn. She spent years in foster care, and since age 19 has essentially been homeless: bouncing between relatives, group homes and shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Trunk-Sized Safe Space\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A year ago, Jones had a bed in a transitional home for former foster youth. She explained she lost that spot when she broke the rules, letting a guest in when she wasn’t supposed to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, she sleeps where she can: couches and floors when they’re offered, buses and BART trains when they’re not. She always carries a change of clothes, laundry detergent and toiletries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks ago, Jones stayed up all night on a San Francisco pier, and a week before that at a 24-hour Carl’s Jr. When that happens, she heads to a BART station by 4 a.m., to catch the day’s first train. Aside from a friend’s apartment, it’s the only place she feels safe actually falling asleep. A few hours later, she wakes and drags herself off, eager to avoid the stares of the rush-hour crowds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”qX6cO3dkrSWbMdIuXgcrvh51LvzEiRWM”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After graduating from high school in Antioch, Jones wasn’t convinced college was for her. Instead, she came to the conclusion gradually while working overnight jobs as a security guard or grocery stocker. Years went by, but she never advanced financially or professionally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to go to college to better myself, honestly,” Jones said. “I want to be in a totally better situation. I know school is the key.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones calls \u003ca href=\"http://www.laney.edu/wp/\" target=\"_blank\">Laney College\u003c/a>, near Lake Merritt in Oakland, one of her “safe zones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This semester she is taking an English class and a life-skills class. As a low-income student, she receives a monthly food stipend for the campus cafeteria. But none of her classmates know she is homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones has another safe zone: a stuffy storage locker no bigger than a car trunk in industrial West Oakland. She’ll spend a few hours a day there doing homework, organizing her belongings or writing in her journal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Moving Forward\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As more colleges and universities gain an understanding of the scope of housing and food insecurity among their students, they’re experimenting with solutions. Some campuses have established \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article41478480.html\" target=\"_blank\">food pantries\u003c/a>, and others provide short-term housing for students in crisis, or those who have nowhere to go for the holidays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, California enacted new laws to assist homeless college students. Community colleges, for example, must grant homeless students priority when registering for classes, allow them \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/21/governor-signs-bills-to-help-homeless-college-students-and-boost-4-year-graduation-rates/\" target=\"_blank\">access to campus showers\u003c/a> and designate a staff person to assist them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students are also organizing: UC Berkeley now has a Homeless Student Union, and in October two UCLA students opened the Bruin Shelter in Santa Monica for anyone enrolled at UCLA or other schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James de la Nueve, a civil engineering student at Santa Monica College, is one of the shelter’s first residents. He was kicked out of his house after a family fight, and said the shelter helps keep him focused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m trying to be on the academic track,” he said. “I’m not trying to continue being on the streets forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rashida Crutchfield at CSU Long Beach likes the idea of a college shelter, but said it’s not enough. If she were a student, she said, “It’s important to maybe catch me before I’m homeless and make sure I’m getting the financial support that I need, or getting access to support services that I need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11211588\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Residents and volunteers study at the Bruin Shelter, a new shelter for homeless college students in Santa Monica.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents and volunteers study at the Bruin Shelter, a new shelter for homeless college students in Santa Monica. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Internal Support\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For Brittany Jones, the daily search for shelter is an awkward social tiptoe. She sends texts to friends and relatives every evening, hoping one will ping her back and offer her a place to stay. She doesn’t want to ask outright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t like to like wear out my welcome,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although her parents are dead, Jones has mental conversations with them every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like they’re the ones listening to me,” she explained. “I like to look in the mirror and talk to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without a home, Jones has constructed an internal shelter made up of memories, role models, and her hopes and dreams for a college degree, perhaps in business or social work. “I just try to be, like, my own support system. Be my own encouragement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11211593\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-800x573.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a homeless student at Laney College, arrives at her grandmother’s house in Richmond to wait until she knows where she’ll be staying for the night.\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-1180x845.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-960x688.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-240x172.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-375x269.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-520x372.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones, a homeless student at Laney College, arrives at her grandmother’s house in Richmond to wait until she knows where she’ll be staying for the night. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Additional reporting by April Dembosky and Ana Tintocalis\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Brittany Jones is burrowed into her seat on a BART car, catching some sleep before the morning commuters arrive. As the car starts to fill with people, she finally pulls down her jacket, uncovering her face. The whoosh of the doors, the sweaty surge of denim and backpacks: This is her alarm clock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones is 24, a student at Laney College in Oakland, and homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To study and survive at the same time, she must answer the same questions over and over. Can she afford dinner tonight? Will she be able to sit next to the secret outlet in the BART car so she can charge her phone? Can she get a job that still allows her to go to class and keep her grades up? These are just some of the challenges Jones and other homeless college students face in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”400″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″&visual=true&”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many undergraduates, homeless college students are young, ambitious and wracked by insecurities about their identities and futures. But their specific insecurity is chronic and exhausting: They live in cars, couch surf and sneak into campus buildings to spend the night. Unfortunately, these experiences are more common than many ever suspected.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘It’s hard, it’s really hard’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://cceal.org/food-housing-report/\" target=\"_blank\">study\u003c/a> released Dec. 5 reveals that one out of three community college students in California grapples with some form of housing insecurity, up to and including homelessness. Black men, Southeast Asians and multiethnic students are particularly affected, according to the report from the \u003ca href=\"http://cceal.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Community College Equity Assessment Lab\u003c/a> at San Diego State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t remember what home feels like,” said 24-year-old Ebony Ortega, an ethnic studies major at \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsu.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco State University\u003c/a>. Ortega sleeps in her car, at friends’ apartments or at secret spots on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been quite some few years since I’ve felt like there’s some sort of comfort, security and just stability,” she added. “It’s hard, it’s really hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211331\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11211331\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Ebony Ortega, a college student at San Francisco State University experiencing housing insecurity, studies on her computer during her work breaks. Ortega currently works at a Starbucks in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ebony Ortega, a college student at San Francisco State University experiencing housing insecurity, studies on her computer during her work breaks. Ortega currently works at a Starbucks in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nationally, more than 56,000 students identified as homeless on their 2013-2014 Federal Student Aid forms. But experts believe that’s an undercount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many students do not check that box on their financial aid either because they don’t know it’s there, or they don’t think of themselves as homeless,” said \u003ca href=\"https://web.csulb.edu/colleges/chhs/departments/social-work/staff-and-faculty/RashidaCrutchfield.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rashida Crutchfield\u003c/a>, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at California State University, Long Beach. Students who couch surf, for example, might not realize they are technically homeless, or may resist the stigma of that label.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Invisible Population\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another study found that one reason the population is hard to quantify is because these students are “invisible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither Brittany Jones nor Ebony Ortega fits the stereotypical image conjured up by the word “homeless.” Ortega cultivates a punk-rock look and works long shifts at a Starbucks in downtown San Francisco. She spends her paycheck on tuition instead of rent, because she can’t afford both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My parents did not just come here for me to hang out, and just have some regular working-class job,” Ortega said. Her parents immigrated from Mexico, and she grew up poor in Palmdale (Los Angeles County).\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/08/homelessu-a-college-students-life-without-shelter/\" target=\"_blank\">PHOTOS: A Day in the Life of a Homeless College Student\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/08/homelessu-a-college-students-life-without-shelter/\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/BrittanyJones800.jpg\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Follow a day in the life of homeless Laney College student Brittany Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/08/homelessu-a-college-students-life-without-shelter/\" target=\"_blank\">Homeless U: Homework Without A Home\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I get scared that if I stop, I won’t be able to get up and do what I do now,” she added. “I’m already this far. So it’s just like, I might as well keep going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones, for her part, takes pains with her thrift-store outfits, and sports a new hairstyle practically every week. She’s acutely conscious of her hygiene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t feel like just because I’m homeless that I have to look the part,” she said, while walking by a tent encampment under a freeway in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet Jones grew up at great risk for homelessness: Her mother died when she was 5, and her father was fatally shot when she was just a newborn. She spent years in foster care, and since age 19 has essentially been homeless: bouncing between relatives, group homes and shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Trunk-Sized Safe Space\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A year ago, Jones had a bed in a transitional home for former foster youth. She explained she lost that spot when she broke the rules, letting a guest in when she wasn’t supposed to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, she sleeps where she can: couches and floors when they’re offered, buses and BART trains when they’re not. She always carries a change of clothes, laundry detergent and toiletries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks ago, Jones stayed up all night on a San Francisco pier, and a week before that at a 24-hour Carl’s Jr. When that happens, she heads to a BART station by 4 a.m., to catch the day’s first train. Aside from a friend’s apartment, it’s the only place she feels safe actually falling asleep. A few hours later, she wakes and drags herself off, eager to avoid the stares of the rush-hour crowds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After graduating from high school in Antioch, Jones wasn’t convinced college was for her. Instead, she came to the conclusion gradually while working overnight jobs as a security guard or grocery stocker. Years went by, but she never advanced financially or professionally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to go to college to better myself, honestly,” Jones said. “I want to be in a totally better situation. I know school is the key.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones calls \u003ca href=\"http://www.laney.edu/wp/\" target=\"_blank\">Laney College\u003c/a>, near Lake Merritt in Oakland, one of her “safe zones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This semester she is taking an English class and a life-skills class. As a low-income student, she receives a monthly food stipend for the campus cafeteria. But none of her classmates know she is homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones has another safe zone: a stuffy storage locker no bigger than a car trunk in industrial West Oakland. She’ll spend a few hours a day there doing homework, organizing her belongings or writing in her journal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Moving Forward\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As more colleges and universities gain an understanding of the scope of housing and food insecurity among their students, they’re experimenting with solutions. Some campuses have established \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article41478480.html\" target=\"_blank\">food pantries\u003c/a>, and others provide short-term housing for students in crisis, or those who have nowhere to go for the holidays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, California enacted new laws to assist homeless college students. Community colleges, for example, must grant homeless students priority when registering for classes, allow them \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/21/governor-signs-bills-to-help-homeless-college-students-and-boost-4-year-graduation-rates/\" target=\"_blank\">access to campus showers\u003c/a> and designate a staff person to assist them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students are also organizing: UC Berkeley now has a Homeless Student Union, and in October two UCLA students opened the Bruin Shelter in Santa Monica for anyone enrolled at UCLA or other schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James de la Nueve, a civil engineering student at Santa Monica College, is one of the shelter’s first residents. He was kicked out of his house after a family fight, and said the shelter helps keep him focused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m trying to be on the academic track,” he said. “I’m not trying to continue being on the streets forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rashida Crutchfield at CSU Long Beach likes the idea of a college shelter, but said it’s not enough. If she were a student, she said, “It’s important to maybe catch me before I’m homeless and make sure I’m getting the financial support that I need, or getting access to support services that I need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11211588\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Residents and volunteers study at the Bruin Shelter, a new shelter for homeless college students in Santa Monica.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents and volunteers study at the Bruin Shelter, a new shelter for homeless college students in Santa Monica. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Internal Support\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For Brittany Jones, the daily search for shelter is an awkward social tiptoe. She sends texts to friends and relatives every evening, hoping one will ping her back and offer her a place to stay. She doesn’t want to ask outright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t like to like wear out my welcome,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although her parents are dead, Jones has mental conversations with them every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like they’re the ones listening to me,” she explained. “I like to look in the mirror and talk to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without a home, Jones has constructed an internal shelter made up of memories, role models, and her hopes and dreams for a college degree, perhaps in business or social work. “I just try to be, like, my own support system. 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