SPCA: Springfield mother living in car worries federal cuts could harm dream to earn degree
SPRINGFIELD — Shawna Peebles has been living out of her car ever since she handed in
the keys to her Sixteen Acres apartment last year.
Peebles, a divorced mother of a teenaged son, is seeking a place to live while she is also
studying to earn her master’s degree in health care management, she said Thursday.
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order calling for the dismantling of the U.S.
Department of Education and his administration’s decision to make sweeping cuts to
various federal programs is leaving Peebles feeling fearful of her ability to fulfill her
dream of having her own residence to share with her son.
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