UGA Students Want to Help the Homeless

As UGA students, we have a deep appreciation for and owe a debt to the city of Athens. For our senior capstone project, we came together to focus on how to assist people experiencing homelessness in Athens-Clarke County. After much research and meetings with related agencies in Athens, we learned that the main obstacle for people experiencing homelessness in the county is a lack of access to transportation. We, students of the University of Georgia, implore the university to join in the effort to support those experiencing homelessness in Athens-Clarke County. We propose a new $2 student fee to fund free transportation for people and familie…