Resources:
Press and Media

Homelessness in Buffalo and Erie County

2006
Storm Forces Shelters to Breaking Point - 10/18/06 (pdf)
Transit Found to Limit Job Options - 9/18/06 (pdf)
Beating Critically Injures Homeless Man - 4/20/06 (pdf)
Computers Harnessed to Track Homelessness - 4/19/06 (pdf)
Buffalo and Erie County's PRISM Plan in ICH News - 3/31/06 (pdf)
Plan Takes on Homelessness in Erie County - 3/29/06 (pdf)

2005
$9.4 Million in HUD Grants to Target Homeless - 12/28/05 (pdf)
Survey Finds Homeless Get Stuck in Condition - 2/17/05 (pdf)

2004
Honing in on Homeless - 9/24/04 (pdf)
Homeless Voices Sought for Services Plan - 9/22/04 (pdf)
Coalition's Efforts Aim to Abolish Homelessness - 7/23/04 (pdf)
Homeless in the Cold Night - 2/1/04 (pdf)
Harboring Controversy - 1/9/04 (pdf)

2003
$6.5 Million Homeless Grant Benefits Local Agencies - 12/30/03 (pdf)
Nearly $6.5 Million in HUD Grants Given to Agencies Offering Services to Homeless - 12/30/03 (pdf)
Community is Priority with Focus on Teamwork - 12/25/03 (pdf)
Report Calls for Effort to Avert Homelessness - 11/20/03 (pdf)
Women Rally to Support Shelter for Those in Need - 5/17/03 (pdf)
On Their Own - 4/15/03 (pdf)
Advocate Walks the Line - 3/30/03 (pdf)
Sheltered Lives - 2/16/03 (pdf)
Cold Continues - 1/23/03 (pdf)

2002
The New Homeless - 10/27/02 (pdf)

Low-Income and Disadvantaged Groups

2006
Leadership Missing in War on Poverty, Edwards Says - 11/2/06 (pdf)
Edwards Calls for Actions to Eliminate Poverty - 10/31/06 (pdf)
Homeless Men are Aging on the Streets - 10/7/06 (pdf)
People with Disabilities Face a Housing Crisis - 9/20/06 (pdf)
Predatory Loan Turns Home Into a Bad Dream - 6/20/06 (pdf)
Some Tax Firms Use Loophole to Grab Money from Poor - 6/20/06 (pdf)
Rent-to-Own Buys Misery for the Poor - 6/19/06 (pdf)
The High Cost of Being Poor - 6/17/06 (pdf)

2003
Story of Elder Abuse Grows Longer, Sadder as Region Ages - 4/7/03 (pdf)
More Homeless Elderly Turning to Hospitals - 1/9/03 (pdf)

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Presidential Candidate John Edwards travelled to Buffalo to speak at the UB Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth's WNY Poverty Symposium. See articles covering the event by the Buffalo News and the UB Reporter.