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Pilot Program to Help Unaccompanied Minors Sparks Hope; San Francisco School Shelters Unhoused Families at Night

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Shelter resident Maria Figeroa helps make pozole in a teacher's lounge at Buena Vista Horace Mann Community School on June 10. The pozole will feed her family and others in one of San Francisco's largest shelters for families experiencing homelessness. The nonprofit Dolores Street Community Services operates the shelter after hours and during the summer when school is not in session for San Francisco Unified School District students and their families. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)

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One Unaccompanied Minor’s Journey to the US Sparks Hope in California’s Pilot Program

In this election year, the issue of immigration has become especially contentious. As one of the four states that share a border with Mexico, California has often tried to lead compassionately, especially when it comes to supporting immigrant children who come here alone. So far this year, nearly 10,000 immigrant youth have made new homes in California. Hundreds of them have benefitted from a unique program that provides legal help and guides them as they adjust to life in a new country. Reporter Lauren DeLaunay Miller brings us the story of one high school student whose life was transformed by the program, and tells us why he believes this program needs to stick around for good.

At a San Francisco Shelter for Unhoused Families, Cooking Helps Heal Trauma

By day, San Francisco’s Buena Vista Horace Mann is a Spanish immersion school for students from kindergarten to 8th grade. But by night, it transforms into something completely unique in the city: a homeless shelter for families with children enrolled in the school district. The shelter provides a hot meal, shower and a place to sleep in the gym or auditorium. To boost their morale, parents at the shelter are able to cook a meal together twice a month. KQED’s Daisy Nguyen takes us into the kitchen.

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