When you think of people living on the street, you don’t always think of the youth. Heres a program here in Bakersfield helping the youth.
For many students, school is a constant — a place to learn, eat, and feel safe. For others, like the hundreds of homeless and foster youth in the Bakersfield City School District, school may be the only stable thing they have.
One way the district supports these students is through the McKinney-Vento Act — a federal program that helps schools identify and support students experiencing homelessness…