College Homelessness is a widely unrecoginized challenge plaguing today's college student. Prior to COVID-19, data from the Winsconsin Hope Center identified 15% of college student nationally experience homelessness in some fashion. Locally at Tarrant County College, 52% experienced housing insecurity, 32% experienced severe food insecurity, and 72% where less than confident they will be able to repay their student loans prior to the Pandemic. 

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The pandemic amplified existing insecurities and brought new challenges as students adapted to online classes. As on campus resources became unavailable and the looming uncertainty of the pandemic lingered, a need for centralized resources, social support, and a place to safely convene surfaced. 

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Our Response:

Over a period of 2-months we worked with Phi Theta Kappa at Tarrant County College South Campus to develop a virtual meeting space and educational summit to help raise awareness to the challenges students at Tarrant County College faced in the height of the pandemic. The summit was a place to share intimate stories and share informationvaluable resources being offered through out the community for students.

The virtual meeting space was a response to the limited options to safely convene. We developed a virtual space using Mozilla Hubs to give students a centralized place to meet and share resources with any and all that visited. It was a space any organization could use to post resources students could apply for while allowing students the ability to safely meet to work, study, or socialize. 

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