Dallas ISD may collaborate with nonprofits to create shelter for homeless students
There are at least 112 high school students in Dallas ISD who live unaccompanied, in a car, park, campground or abandoned building.
But that number could be reduced by a third. DISD is poised to take a big step in helping its homeless student population.
During Thursday's board briefing, DISD trustees saw the first draft of an agreement to collaborate with nonprofits Promise House and CitySquare and philanthropist group Social Venture Partners Dallas to create a first-of-its-kind shelter for students.
The effort, called After8ToEducate, would use a shuttered DISD campus in Fair Park — Fannie C. Harris Elementary on East Grand Avenue — as a 35-bed shelter, providing 14- to 21-year-old students a place to stay as well as extra education help and support services. It also would serve as a 24/7 drop-in center for the district's 3,500 students who lack a fixed nighttime residence, giving immediate assistance with food, laundry, hygiene, clothing and other services.
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2017/10/12/dallas-isd-may-collaborate-non-profits-create-shelter-homeless-students
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