More students homeless in Contra Costa County, Bay Area, state

01-04-2010

By Theresa Harrington/Contra Costa Times

Tina Anglin's son Bubba remembers clearly the day his mother told him she planned to go into drug rehab. "I was 9," said the boy, now 11. "I was happy and kind of sad at the same time. I was happy she'd get off drugs so we could have a good Christmas, a good life and she would not hang out with the people she used to hang out with." But his family broke up when his mom entered the treatment center. "The day I turned 10 was the day I moved in with my grandpa," he said. Bubba has moved so often with his mother and two sisters that he has trouble remembering which schools he attended. His 13-year-old sister, R'ryanna, estimates she has gone to 12 different schools as she moved between Antioch, Concord and Martinez, living with relatives and friends. The family now lives together in transitional housing for the homeless in Antioch operated by the nonprofit Shelter Inc. (more...)

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