annie ciaraldi is associate dean of students at umass lowell. she says the homeless students she's workd with can only improvise. >> they may be couch-surfing. they may be living in their cars. so, their biggest concerns are, "where am i going to shower? where am i ing laundry? where do i get my food? how am i going to cook food" if they're not, you know, a secure environment. >> reporter: ciaraldi says that one of the biggest issues currently facing homeless students not living on campus is the loss of everyday resources the college ofotrs. >> af our students who are homeless will shower at our campus rec center, orunill do their y in a residence hall, or will eat in a dining hall. and all those things don't emost for them a. so, if you live in your car, you're trying to figure out where is allhat going to come from? orter: it isn't just homeless college students losing access to school resources across the country, roughly 124,000 public and private elementary and high schools have been shut down due to the covid- 19 pandemic. of the school di