New project campaigns to provide resources to teens in need Jan 27 Written By Brooke Gledhill Wood Cesilia Gonzalez struggled with housing and food insecurity through most of her high school years, even after reaching out to teachers and administrators for help.“It was easier to turn a blind eye, not that these people that I trusted didn’t care, but who do you call? What’s the number? And how do you do it in a way that’s actually beneficial and not detrimental to a family or to these children?” she said.Now, she’s working with the non-profit The Policy Project to ensure Utah teens will have access to resources like laundry, showers, and a trusted adult right in their high school. The National Center for Homeless Education says there are over ten-thousand homeless students in Utah couch-surfing, camping out, or even living in cars. Brooke Gledhill Wood
New project campaigns to provide resources to teens in need Jan 27 Written By Brooke Gledhill Wood Cesilia Gonzalez struggled with housing and food insecurity through most of her high school years, even after reaching out to teachers and administrators for help.“It was easier to turn a blind eye, not that these people that I trusted didn’t care, but who do you call? What’s the number? And how do you do it in a way that’s actually beneficial and not detrimental to a family or to these children?” she said.Now, she’s working with the non-profit The Policy Project to ensure Utah teens will have access to resources like laundry, showers, and a trusted adult right in their high school. The National Center for Homeless Education says there are over ten-thousand homeless students in Utah couch-surfing, camping out, or even living in cars. Brooke Gledhill Wood
