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Aljazeera: Coronavirus: Homeless families lose key support as schools close |
The burden is felt even greater by families who already have no roofs over their heads. Some shelters have begun rejecting families, either due to a lack of space or because they don't want to risk introducing the virus to already housed people. |
The 74: Reaching 'Our Most Invisible Population' During a Pandemic: How Schools Are Scrambling to Protect Homeless Students as Coronavirus Disrupts Lives |
All homeless Americans are at heightened risk of contracting the virus and often have weakened immune systems, with many unable to follow social distancing protocols or to self-quarantine. But homeless youth without parental supervision are unable to consent to receive medical care in many states, have limited access to shelters and are less likely to seek help, advocates said. |
City of Boston: Subsidized housing to be created for 1,000 Boston Public Schools families at risk of displacement |
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) and the Boston Public Schools (BPS) are creating a new partnership to house up to 1,000 families with BPS students at risk of displacement and experiencing homelessness over the next year. |
ABC News: For America's homeless, staying home during coronavirus outbreak is not an option |
For three years, Raines and her staff have provided the homeless in Skid Row with showers, food and beauty supplies. Since early March, the organization has been serving the community from their cars, in an effort to follow social distancing guidance. |
NBC News: Coronavirus pandemic a perfect storm for LGBTQ homeless youth |
LGBTQ youth and young adults make up a disproportionate number of homeless young people, and this vulnerable demographic is facing unique hardships amid the global health crisis. |
The Hill: Coronavirus is closing schools - but many students don't have a place to go |
Low-income students often depend on the university for financial aid as well as both food and housing. In a 2019 study, more than half the college students surveyed were housing insecure in the last year, while 45 percent of them were food insecure in the last month. Another 17 percent were homeless. |
USA Today: Coronavirus closings: Are colleges helping their foreign, homeless and poor students? |
What about students who are homeless? A 2019 report revealed that this problem affects 18% of students at two-year institutions and 14% at four-year schools. |
Boston Globe: How to protect the homeless during the coronavirus pandemic |
The COVID-19 pandemic will produce a surge in homelessness. We need to provide for the newly homeless as well as take steps to prevent evictions and foreclosures. |
KVUE: Here's how the city of Austin is protecting the homeless from coronavirus |
The City has set up portable bathrooms and hand-washing stations and is working with nonprofits and restaurants to hand out food. |
Daily Beast: Will Coronavirus Make America Finally Care About the Homeless? |
The United States has long struggled to adequately feed, shelter, and care for a homeless population conservatively estimated at about 570,000 even in the best of circumstances. Now the COVID-19 epidemic threatens not only to endanger some of the most vulnerable people in the country, but also cause a new breakdown in efforts to diagnose, treat, and isolate infected patients. |
TFA Alumn: Homelessness_Brittany Fining_Rapid Re-Housing Coordinator, The Homeless Coalition.pdf |
Rapid Re-Housing Coordinator |
Rachele FioRito, United Way