Homelessness is quickly becoming a more prominent issue for college students in Illinois and around the country. | Pixabay
Homelessness is quickly becoming a more prominent issue for college students in Illinois and around the country. | Pixabay
A law signed earlier this month will offer more support to college students who are experiencing homelessness by making them more aware of the resources that are available to them.
To do this, the bill sponsored by Illinois State Sen. Suzy Glowiak-Hilton created a housing insecurity liaison position at every higher education institution in the state of Illinois, beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, according to Glowiak-Hilton's site. This individual would be in charge of ensuring that college students have access and are aware of the resources that are available to them if they are experiencing trouble with housing.
"Stable housing is foundational to academic and social success," Glowiak-Hilton posted on Facebook.
"Stable housing is foundational to academic and social success," State Sen. Glowiak-Hilton posted on Facebook.
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Each institution's Housing and Opportunities Useful for Students' Excellence (HOUSE) liaison's responsibilities "would include identifying appropriate services, understanding aid eligibility, tracking graduation and retention rates, reporting the number of students using homelessness resources, and developing a plan to provide access to on-campus housing between academic breaks to homeless students enrolled at the institution," according to Glowiak-Hilton's site.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 109 on July 9.
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