Currently, 1,444 students attending Montgomery County Public Schools are without stable housing. Some are living with friends or in hotels; others are in shelters or living outside.
Rainbow Place Shelter in Rockville is working to add a young adult shelter. It will help more than 100 young adults in unstable housing when it opens, according to its website. It’s currently an emergency shelter for women during the cold months, serving about 100 women each season.
Homelessness amongst families with children has “significantly increased” during the past five years, according to Christine Hong, chief of Montgomery County’s Services to End and Prevent Homelessness…