Giving Compass' Take:
- An organization called Los Angeles Room & Board helps provide homeless students with places to live and wraparound services to help them stay on track in school.
- How can this model be replicated in rural districts? What are the other larger considerations for student homelessness?
- Learn how schools are successfully identifying homeless students.
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Sam Prater knows what it feels like to be homeless. After he dropped out of high school, he was evicted twice in his hometown of Detroit. So when he saw homeless students being offered just 14 days in college dorms in California, he knew he had to try something different.
Prater’s organization now has four homes in L.A. that offer wraparound services to young people experiencing homelessness, to help them jump-start their lives and their college education. A visit offers a peek at what these homes offer.
Guests:
- Sam Prater, Founder, Los Angeles Room & Board
- Betty Márquez Rosales, Reporter, EdSource
Read the full article about young adults experiencing homelessness at EdSource.