This qualitative study provides insight into the perceptions and experiences of local homeless liaisons supporting students experiencing homelessness who are preparing for and transitioning to college. Findings suggest that when it comes to preparing students experiencing homelessness for college, liaisons are very involved by addressing students’ three main areas of need. These include their basic needs (i.e., physiological, safety, and academic) and social-emotional needs (i.e., love and belonging and esteem), as well as needs related to college-going (i.e., students’ belief they can go to college) and expectations of college-going outcomes (i.e., students’ belief they can graduate from college). Findings suggest that liaisons play a particularly important role in supporting the college-going of students experiencing homelessness and do so primarily by working collaboratively with a system of stakeholders.

这项定性研究提供了对当地无家可归联络员的看法和经验的支持，这些联络员支持正在经历无家可归的学生，他们正在为大学准备和过渡。研究结果表明，在为经历大学无家可归的学生做准备时，联络员会通过解决学生的三个主要需求领域而参与其中。这些包括他们的基本需求（即生理，安全和学业）和社会情感需求（即爱，归属感和自尊），以及与上大学相关的需求（即学生对可以上大学的信念） ）和对大学学习成绩的期望（即，学生相信他们可以从大学毕业）。