On January 24th, 2008, the Homeless Alliance of Western New York will conduct our 2008 Street Survey. This effort is a large-scale event to collect information from low-income and homeless persons in our community. A similar survey was conducted in 2004 and the information collected was used to create our PRISM plan, which is a [...]
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Buffalo and Chicago have a lot in common…
Homeless man asks for only one thing
(http://www.southtownstar.com/news/kadner/698745,121607Kadner.article)
By Phil Kadner
Southtowns Star, a Member of the the Sun-Times Group
December 16, 2007
His winter coat is a size too small, and his athletic shoes two sizes too large.
But Doug Skrobuton, who turns 46 on Thursday, mentions these things only when asked and [...]
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Posted in 10-Year Plan, Buffalo, Erie County, affordable housing, chronic homelessness, help the homeless, homeless, homelessness, housing first, misconceptions, safe haven on December 27, 2007 | No Comments »
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How To End Homelessness? Provide Homes
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2007
(CBS) Imagine your best day ever, and you’ll understand what Doretha Cotton is feeling, holding the keys to her first apartment in 20 years.”This is the key to my new mansion,” says Cotton.Until now, Cotton was homeless on [...]
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Posted in Buffalo, NY government, children, economic justice, homeless, homelessness, hunger, misconceptions, policy, poverty, welfare, women on December 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Its hard to believe it has been since 1990 that the basic welfare grant has been raised. This basic safety net for children and families needs to be raised .
Homeless Alliance research has shown that there is a preventative effect that accompanies the receipt of mainstream benefits like TANF, Food Stamps, and other income [...]
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Homeless Memorial flyer
Join the Western New York Coalition for the Homeless, Friends of Night People, and the Homeless Alliance of Western New York as we stand in solidarity with all those who have suffered or died as a result of their homelessness. Come to Friends Of Night People at 394 Hudson Street in Buffalo [...]
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Special thanks to the Supportive Housing Network for the following.
This week (December 17th-19th), the House and Senate passed an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that increases McKinney-Vento funds by 10%, restores proposed cuts to the 811 and 202 programs, and provides 14,300 new Section 8 vouchers for [...]
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Posted in homeless on December 18, 2007 | No Comments »
After a long fight with a chronic health condition, Jimmy Heath, a Cincinnati homeless activist and photojournalist has passed away. Jimmy was the editor of the Streetvibes street newspaper in Cincinnati. He was previously a Congressional Hunger Fellow at the National Coalition for the Homeless. Jimmy loved bringing dignity to homeless people and loved [...]
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The U.S Conference of Mayors recently released a report on Hunger and Homelessness across the Country by looking at 23 key cities. There is not much new in the study and there are disappointingly no policy recommendations. Still, the fact that the Conference considers the issues of Hunger and Homelessness important enough [...]
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Our first blog post back in July commented on the rise of street homelessness in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.
This video by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights illustrates how the gutting of public housing by Hurricane Katrina - as well as massive rise in rents and evictions - led to a homelessness crisis in [...]
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Posted in 10-Year Plan, Erie County, chronic homelessness, federal policy, homeless, homelessness, housing first, misconceptions, policy, poverty on December 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Homelessness, an issue that is often swept under the rug by many including the national media, was front and center on NPR’s Talk of the Nation last Thursday as the question: “Can we end homelessness?” was addressed. In this discussion, many key issues were raised regarding root causes of homelessness, strategies and best practices for [...]
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