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Colegio comunitario de California crea donación para financiar camas en dormitorios

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Un colegio comunitario al norte de Sacramento está probando una forma innovadora de reducir los costos para los estudiantes necesitados: con un nuevo programa "Endow-a-Bed". Sierra College recibió 80 millones de dólares del Estado para construir una nueva residencia universitaria, donde los estudiantes pagarán 450 dólares al mes para vivir mientras estén en la escuela. Pero Sunbol Aliabadi, de la Sierra College Foundation, dice que los donantes han intensificado el esfuerzo para ofrecer alojamiento y comida gratuitos a unos pocos estudiantes de muy bajos ingresos.

"Contamos con un poco mas de siete camas dotadas. Con suerte, para cuando los dormitorios estén listos, que será el otoño de 2026, ya tendremos las 10 camas dotadas," dijo Aliabadi.

Un informe reciente del fondo State Legislative Analyst encontró que casi una cuarta parte de los estudiantes encuestados en los colegios comunitarios de California informaron haber estado sin hogar en algún momento durante los últimos doce meses. Sólo los estudiantes de tiempo completo y de muy bajos ingresos calificarán para alojamiento y comidas gratis en Sierra College. La escuela calcula que ofrecer alojamiento cuesta 6.000 dólares al año, además de las comidas en la cafetería de la escuela.

Aliabadi dice que los donantes están intensificando sus esfuerzos para mantener el programa funcionando indefinidamente.

"Por una inversión única de 250.000 dólares, a una tasa de rendimiento del 3%, se generan alrededor de 7.500 dólares al año, y eso cubriría alojamiento y comida para un estudiante, a perpetuidad," Aliabadi explicó.

Sierra College también recibió una subvención que permite disponer de cuatro camas de emergencia en los dormitorios existentes. Entonces, si un estudiante repentinamente se queda sin hogar, puede quedarse en el dormitorio durante 30 días y trabajar con la escuela para encontrar un alojamiento permanente.

El apoyo para este reportaje fue aportado por la Fundación Lumina.


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