Connecting the Dots: How Colleges Can Collaborate with Homeless Services Systems

Colleges across the nation have become increasingly concerned with meeting students’ basic needs given the increasing prevalence of housing and food insecure students and the exacerbation of those insecurities wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing homelessness among students is particularly challenging and one emerging strategy is expanding collaboration between college campuses and local community homeless services systems.

This webinar highlighted recommendations from JBAY’s new report and featured several college staff and housing services providers, who shared how they have partnered together to provide unique solutions to the rising numbers of homeless and housing insecure college students.