Get it from the Apple app store or the Google Play store. Reading this on your phone? Stay up to date with our free mobile app. The Bill Wilson Center held a kick-off event Tuesday morning at before the county Board of Supervisors meeting. “Count Me! Hidden in Plain Sight” was released in conjunction with “A Couch is Not a Home,” an effort to get adults to notice youth who may fall into this category. “It does seem super high, but it’s something that you can easily mistake for something else,” said Ron Ricci, board president of the Bill Wilson Center.

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“Arguments are hard when it’s your own kid but when it’s someone else’s, the tolerance is much lower. “All it takes is an argument for them to fall off that couch,” said Sparky Harlan of the Bill Wilson Center, which conducted the survey. SAN JOSE - A study released Tuesday that looked at six Silicon Valley high schools found that one in six students are either in an unstable housing situation themselves or know someone who is - with most of those couch surfing, separated from their family and living somewhere temporarily with other relatives or friends.Īnd that’s something advocates say puts them in grave danger of ending up on the streets. Couch surfing study: Many high school kids nearly homeless Close Menu

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