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Stuff you need to know, 11.17.22

“State coordinator says New Mexico likely undercounts homeless students”
by Bella Davis, New Mexico in Depth
November 15, 2022

The undercount means vulnerable children probably are missing out on crucial services and being denied educational rights they’re entitled to. Story features an interactive map of homeless rates among public high school students that includes statistics for the Truth or Consequences Municipal School District.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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  1. The current rental increases throughout New Mexico, especially in our larger cities (rent has increased close to 40% in the last 2 years) where the homeless population is endemic, disproportionately effect the nearly one fifth of New Mexicans that live at or below the poverty level. In other words, the value we place on profit seeking over the well being of our most vulnerable is f…….d up!

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