By Natalie Hanson, Chico Enterprise-Record, January 16, 2020
At least 70% of Oroville’s high school students are considered socioeconomically-disadvantaged. In Chico, Between 400 and 500 children are categorized as housing insecure at any time during the Chico Unified School district’s school year. Across the county, thousands of students often rely on each district for help just to get to school and to get a meal.
In these statistics a tragic side is seen in the Butte County homelessness issue — ongoing prevalence of child homelessness, and students of all ages facing unstable living situations. As the county with the highest rate of Adverse Childhood Experiences in California, one of the county’s ongoing problems is its struggle to address the well-being of homelessness and foster youth.
The school districts in both cities have worked to address these issues in their own spheres — particularly after the Camp Fire.
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