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Community partners expand pantries, mentoring and navigation for students facing housing instability
Summary
Nonprofit and county agencies at an Alachua County Public Schools event described coordinated services for students experiencing homelessness, including school pantries, mentoring, paramedicine outreach, and referral services to reduce barriers to attendance and health care.
Several community organizations described programs that support students and families experiencing housing instability at a homeless student awareness event hosted by Alachua County Public Schools.
"At 1 Family Community Resource Center, our mission is simple but powerful: to meet people where they are, connect to resources they need, and empower them to build stronger, healthier futures," said Jarell Whitehead, founder of Strong Minded Mentoring and a representative of 1 Family Community Resource Center.
United Way's director of community impact, Maddie Fleming, framed early literacy as prevention: "Children who do not read proficiently by the end of third grade are 4 times more likely to drop out of high school,"…
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