The Regional Homelessness Authority plays a county-wide coordinating role, convening partners, calling for additional space to be opened, and gathering and sharing information when severe weather hits.

It’s hard to get homework done when you don’t have a home. It’s hard to focus in class and on schoolwork with the anxiety of not knowing where you’ll sleep that night, what you’ll have to eat, when and where you can wash, and whether the other students and teachers are looking down on you and your family. Students experiencing homelessness often go without basic needs like regular meals and clean clothes. What if your homework requires internet access? Or even something as simple as a table to do your work at?