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Poverty is Poison – NY Times

Posted in children, economic justice, hunger, poverty, study on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Sometimes facts and figures – while demonstrating the needs of those who are poor in our communities – cannot accurately portray the experience of poverty in the minds and hearts of those who are living it.
Yesterday, the NY Times wrote an Op-Ed Column about how poverty effects children – how it literally can poison them [...]

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Ready or Not, a Home of Their Own

Posted in affordable housing, chronic homelessness, help the homeless, homeless, homelessness, housing first, safe haven on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Another article on Housing First – this one from the Washington Post.
Ready or Not, a Home of Their Own
Washington Post
By Marc Fisher
Thursday, December 27, 2007; B01
This is where Gregory Hart lived for most of the past two years: down an alley alongside Ben’s Chili Bowl on U Street NW, next to a trash can, [...]

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NYS Budget Briefing

Posted in Buffalo, Economic Development, Erie County, NY government, Spitzer, budget, event, workshop on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Fiscal Policy Institute, New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, Coalition for Economic Justice, The Partnership for the Public Good and the Homeless Alliance of Western New York
invite you to a briefing and community forum on
Governor Spitzer’s 2008-09 Executive Budget and its Implications for

New York Families and the Upstate Economy

Thursday, February 21, 2008
9:30 am to 11:30 [...]

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Finally! Paid Tax Preparers To Disclose Fees

Posted in 2007 Taxes, Buffalo, Erie County, NY government, economic justice, homeless, policy, poverty, tax preparation on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Low-income folks in our area and around the country have for too long been preyed upon by paid tax preparers. On Tuesday the Buffalo Common Council passed a resolution calling for a new local law that would require tax preparers to disclose fees associated with theirs prep services as well as refund anticipation loans. [...]

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Wars produce new homeless vets

Posted in federal policy, homeless, homelessness, veterans on February 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This is an interesting article from the Associated Press. We are noticing some of the same issues in Buffalo and Erie County.

Wars produce new homeless vets
Some question whether U.S.got message from Vietnam
By Erin McClam – ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 01/20/08 6:52 AM
LEEDS, Mass. – Peter Mohan traces his path from the Iraqi battlefield to this lifeless [...]

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