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Van life for UCSB students, street medicine support, and beauty makeovers for unhoused Angelenos
UCSB classes are just two weeks away , and students are using words like “desperate” and “abandoned” to describe their search for housing.
By Erika D. Smith • • 25m ListenUCSB classes are just two weeks away, and students are using words like “desperate” and “abandoned” to describe their search for housing. Some hope the school can provide motel rooms, while others are planning to live in their cars or quit school altogether.
More than two dozen street medicine programs in California hope a new state bill will allow them to be reimbursed by Medi-Cal.
One LA-based nonprofit provides unhoused residents with beauty services like haircuts, hair extensions, fake eyelashes, and makeup.
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3 storiesUCSB students without housing resort to desperate measures weeks before school, including van life
UCSB classes are just two weeks away, and students are using words like “desperate” and “abandoned” to describe their search for housing. Some hope the school can provide motel rooms, while others are planning to live in their cars or quit school altogether.
Read the story9 minStreet medicine providers can’t get reimbursed by Medi-Cal. A state bill could change that
The Street Medicine program at USC’s Keck School of Medicine is one of roughly 28 programs in California that offer health care to people experiencing homelessness on the streets rather than a traditional medical facility.
Read the story10 minBeauty 2 the Streetz: How haircuts and makeup help LA’s unhoused residents feel validated and seen
For Beauty 2 the Streetz founder Shirley Raines, beauty is both a luxury and necessity. The LA-based nonprofit provides unhoused people with beauty services, hygiene products, and food .
Read the story7 min
