Chip and Joanna Gaines hit television show “The Fixer Upper” created a brand for the city of Waco as the hosts revitalizing old, rundown houses. These houses are now unaffordable for the poor community.
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“The Cove’s mission is about providing the after-school drop-in and outreach,” Dr. Timothy Packer, executive director of The Cove, said. “Our mission is to help young people in this transition from high school into post-high school. And what we know is that failing to graduate high school is one of the main contributing factors to why people experience homelessness as an adult, because it has so many knock-backs and consequences to future earnings, future health outcomes and continued instability in their life.”