Colleges Are Looking For Ways to House and Feed Homeless Students [psmag.com]

Alicia Doktor 3/19/1911:07 AM

Four years ago, Dorothy Gorder was living under the I-5 bridge in downtown Seattle. Addicted to meth and heroin, she lived in makeshift shelters fashioned out of cardboard boxes and pallets, draping clothing to block out the wind. Her car had been stolen.

Gorder left behind a son in Montana, who was living with his grandmother. A daughter to whom she'd given birth while homeless was taken away and adopted by a foster family. Then she got pregnant again, with another son, and resolved to turn things around.

Now Gorder is on track to earn an associate's degree in June in the high-demand field of logistics. She also has a place to live: a two-bedroom apartment in Tacoma, Washington.

[For more on this story by CHARLOTTE WEST, go to https://psmag.com/education/co...ed-homeless-students]

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