Homeless youth say they need more from schools, social services

By: Robbie Sequeira

Outlets: Stateline

Published: December 23, 2025

Words: 1,032

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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Twenty-year-old Mikayla Foreman knows her experience is meaningful. Dealing with homelessness since 18 and currently living in a shelter, Foreman has managed to continue her academic journey, studying for exams this month in hopes of attaining a nursing degree.

But Foreman believes there were intervention points that could’ve prevented her from experiencing homelessness in the first place.

“If someone in school had understood what I was going through, things could’ve been very different,” she said …

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