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Victor Valley College aims to house homeless students with new program 'It Takes a Village,' a partnership with Searchlight Society, tackles growing issue Victorville Daily Press A first-of-its-kind program aiming to house students facing challenges on where to live began earlier this month thanks to a partnership between Victor Valley College and the nonprofit Searchlight Society. Since the “It Takes a Village” program started officially on Jan. 4, two students have already been temporarily put up in hotel rooms while they await more permanent housing. “Our goal is to provide stable...

Volunteers at San Antonio College load bags of food into a student's trunk. Long Beach City College in California in 2019 provided hot breakfasts for about 1,800 students across 10 separate events. This past fall, on Nov. 24, the college provided a food pickup service to about 390 students (helping about 1,820 household members total) in one day. San Antonio College, part of the Alamo Colleges District in Texas, provided nearly 89,000 pounds of food for 633 students (getting food for a total of 3,455 individuals) from September through December in 2020. Calhoun Community College in Alabama d...