In the absence of an emergency homeless shelter in Orange County, Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento is moving to allocate $150,000 in discretionary funds towards a voucher program to provide shelter to children and families facing housing insecurity through the winter months. With close to 700 students and 350 families in Orange County presently experiencing homelessness, Sarmiento’s proposal will expand shelter accessibility and partner with schools to identify those in need as temperatures plummet to dangerous levels. “There are people sleeping in their vehicles and couch surfing, and there are people that are literally out on the street, whose children are attending schools within our district,” Sarmiento said. “We’re working with those school districts to identify those families in particular because those are the ones I think are in most peril, and the ones we want to provide some help to.”
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