In 2023, Santa Clara County counted 211 unsheltered homeless children under the age of 18.
Dameon Wright talks with Dimmi, 7, next to their tent at a homeless encampment in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Each morning before school, Dimmi wakes up in a green tent by the railroad tracks that bisect South San Jose. The 7-year-old wriggles out of a lime green sleeping bag, and often reaches for a handful of Goldfish crackers or Utz cheese balls stashed beneath his cot.
But since finding himself living in an encampment almost three weeks ago, Dimmi rarely sleeps through the night. Freight trains rumble past at all hours, while strangers sometimes peer into the tent he shares with his mother. Yet the ultimate goal of having no families with children sleeping on the street remains elusive. There are still simply not enough beds for everyone who needs them.
“Being out here in the elements is kind of just uncalled for. I’ve been patient. I can’t work,” he said. “I’ve tried working. There’s only so much I can do.” When Wright, who was already living on the street, learned about the situation, he rushed to move them to the small, well-kept encampment where they now all stay. The family lives beside at least a dozen unhoused adults spread out along a pine tree-shaded median between the rail line and a busy roadway.Dameon Wright asks Dimmi, 7, about his homework inside their tent at a homeless encampment in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024.
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