The Next Generation is a Street Roots series that focuses on the well-being and housing stability of children and young adults, locally and nationally, and explores the work being done to prevent another generation from becoming homeless. Street Roots received funding from Meyer Memorial Trust’s Housing Advocacy Portfolio to develop dedicated reporting for The Next Generation series.
The Next Generation
Houseless young people have banded together in SW Portland
Under an overpass near Bertha Boulevard is a small village of youths, who are grateful for the help they’re receiving from their neighbors
Number of homeless students at Portland Public Schools is down, but so is overall enrollment
Part of the decrease is attributed to less accurate counting while students are learning remotely
Amid the pandemic, Community Transitional School faces its biggest challenge
The Portland school, now in its third decade educating students experiencing homelessness, is working to keep students connected
As students face housing insecurity, Oregon colleges find creative ways to boost graduation rates
Developers, politicians and nonprofits are coming together to look at how they can support students
Community colleges, students grapple with housing insecurity during the pandemic
In the Portland area, a growing number of students are experiencing some form of homelessness, and COVID-19 has made it harder to balance schoolwork with basic needs
More homelessness expected among K-12 students in Portland
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, unhoused students struggled to stay connected, and district officials don’t know how many have fallen through the cracks
Learning from past economic crises, we must protect young people from homelessness
COMMENTARY | If we don’t do enough now, today’s youth will struggle with housing insecurity in older age
Rural Oregon school districts shift to outreach, connecting homeless families to services
When coronavirus hit, homeless students lost their safe haven: school
Portland alternative school brings success stories for Native American youths
NAYA’s Many Nations Academy offers support to students affected by homelessness, violence and other barriers to traditional education
Cost of child care shuts out many who need it most, leaves workers behind
Two Oregon proposals to invest public money in early learning would change the trajectory of children living in poverty and increase earning potential of child care workers and parents
What Oregon can learn from other states about foster care reform
States that have overhauled their foster care systems in the wake of class-action lawsuits may offer lessons
Oregon bill would boost funding to programs for hard-to-reach homeless youths
‘These are kids that have been failed by every single system,’ says a Bend Republican who supports the $2.5 million plan
SR editorial: Oregon youths pay the price of GOP walkout
When the Legislature turns its back on Oregonians, it tacitly approves continued hardships for our next generation