Family Promise of WNY
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    • Home
    • Who We Are
      • Our Shelter and Mission
      • Our Team: Staff and Board
      • Our Commitment to Equity
      • Our History
      • Impacts of Homelessness
      • 2022 Year in Review
      • Jobs
    • Get Involved
      • Bring Families Groceries
      • Wish Lists
      • Housewarming Starter Kit
      • Donate Furniture
      • Volunteer
      • Events
      • Contact Us
    • Donate
      • Donate Today
      • Designate your Donation
      • Legacy Creation
    • Need Shelter?
  • Home
  • Who We Are
    • Our Shelter and Mission
    • Our Team: Staff and Board
    • Our Commitment to Equity
    • Our History
    • Impacts of Homelessness
    • 2022 Year in Review
    • Jobs
  • Get Involved
    • Bring Families Groceries
    • Wish Lists
    • Housewarming Starter Kit
    • Donate Furniture
    • Volunteer
    • Events
    • Contact Us
  • Donate
    • Donate Today
    • Designate your Donation
    • Legacy Creation
  • Need Shelter?

Check out this video of our shelter through the eyes of one of our guests. . .

Understanding the Issue of Family Homelessness

Why Eviction Matters

Learn about the face and cost of evictions in our country through this short introduction to the issue by Sociologist Matthew Desmond. . .

See Homelessness through the Eyes of a Child

Check out this video from the National Alliance to End Homelessness, called  "Parents and Kids Talk about Homelessness". 

Poverty and Homelessness

39% of Children live in Poverty in our Country

This video looks at the impact persistent poverty has on generational poverty. . . 

The Impact of Homelessness on Children

Stat are misleading.  Explore  why kids experiencing homelessness aren't being counted and how that is putting them at greater risk. . . 

Trauma and the Importance of Trauma Informed Care

What is Trauma?  Learn from an expert, Bessel van der Kolk

Providing Trauma-Informed Care

How Trauma-Informed Design Can Impact Homeless Shelters

Explore the impact of trauma over a lifetime in this powerful talk by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris called, "How Childhood Trauma Affects Health throughout a Lifetime".  

What would it take to end homelessness?

Check out this 2020 article from the New York Times. . . 

Read the Article

Read about us in the Buffalo News!

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    Homelessness Awareness and Advocacy Resources

    National Coalition to End Homelessness (NCEH)

     https://endhomelessness.org/  

    National Child Traumatic Stress Network

     https://www.nctsn.org/ 

    Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness

    https://www.icphusa.org/

    The Bassuk Center

     https://bassukcenter.org/ 

    Harvard University Center on the Developing Child

    https://developingchild.harvard.edu/ 

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