Washington State Sees Spike In Number Of Homeless Students
In one school district in Pierce County, the uptick in homelessness is affecting kids' "self-value and what they believe they are capable of doing," family resource coordinator Carly Cappetto says.
Even though the economy is booming, the number of homeless students in Washington state is on the rise.
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Carly Cappetto, family resource coordinator for Bethel School District in Pierce County, Washington, who says families moving to the area from more expensive cities like Seattle in search of affordable housing are struggling to find it.
“Especially if you are a working family and you work a minimum wage job at $12 an hour, 40 hours a week, your income is going to be about $1,900 for the month,” she says, “and then $1,400 of that is going to be going towards rent,
