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ARC Project reports countywide services for houseless youth: 300 contacts, 255 students identified as homeless, and ongoing transportation support
Summary
Belinda Torres of the ARC Project briefed the board on services for houseless children and youth, including summer outreach, backpack and holiday-gift distributions, transportation assistance and housing referrals.
Belinda Torres, who oversees the ARC Project drop-in center, told the board the program provides basic-needs services for houseless children and youth across Coos County and described recent outreach and service metrics.
Torres said the ARC Project serves as a drop-in center offering laundry, showers, hygiene items, clothing and transportation assistance for students facing housing instability. She said the group identified 50 most-at-risk children for summer followup, organized a countywide backpack…
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