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Homeless Families in WNY

Posted in homeless on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

With school starting up for most kids in the next couple weeks, we thought we would take some time to address the rising incidence of homelessness in families and some of the very devastating effects this has on the children in these families.
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In America’s Youngest Outcasts, the National Center on Family Homelessness (NCFH) reports that [...]

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News Not Fit to Print?

Posted in homeless, poverty, stereotypes on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This article from a few weeks ago does a nice job demonstrating how mass media sources (conservative and liberal alike) neglect to cover structural inequalities, instead focusing on issues of individual responsibility.  Here at HAWNY we hope to provide an alternative understanding of poverty and policy/action related to poverty which focuses on the root economic/social [...]

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Ten Things You Need to Know to Live on the Streets

Posted in homeless on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

An interesting article with useful links…
Ten Things You Need to Know to Live on the Streets
This article appeared in the August 3, 2009 edition of The Nation.
July 15, 2009
For millions of Americans, the housing crisis began well before last year’s front-page collapse. Bigotry and criminalization by an unjust system of policing and incarceration, combined [...]

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Canada Cares for Homeless and Saves

Posted in homeless on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Something to keep in mind during the current health care reform debate…

Canada Cares for Homeless and Saves

By Susan Taylor Martin, Times Senior Correspondent Published Sunday, July 19, 2009
OTTAWA — “Hey, doc!”

Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull pivots around, coming face to face with a man with bloodshot eyes and boozy breath.

“Hey, doc,” the man repeats. “You now what [...]

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HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan at the National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference

Posted in federal policy, homeless, hud, policy on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Renaissance Hotel
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Thank you, Nan – for that introduction, for your remarkable leadership with the Alliance, and, above all, for the bedrock commitment to end homelessness you have impressed upon five different HUD Secretaries. I look forward to continuing our work together.
I want to also thank your board, particularly Co-Chairs [...]

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