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City of Lackawanna, NY 3 Who They Are NIAGARA STRENGTHENING A COMMUNITY REPORT ERIE WNY’s !! !Safety Net City of Report prepared for LACKAWANNA!! !! The John!! R. Oishei Foundation ! ! !! ! !! by the University at Buffalo ! Regional Institute !! !! !!! ! !! ! ! !! April 2014 !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! Lackawanna’s Four Wards ! ! ! Third Ward!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! First Ward ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! !! ! Second ! ! !Ward ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Fourth Ward ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 219 ! CI T Y OF BUFF UV AL O ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! !! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! TO ! !! ! ! ! WN OF WEST SENECA ! ! ! ! ! ! ! UV62 LAKE ERIE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! UV5 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! UV219 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ¨¦§90 CI TY O F L A ! CKA WA NNA ! TO WN OF HAMBUR ! G ! ! VILLA GE OF BLASDEL L ! ! ! ! 0 0.25 0.5 1 ! ! Mile s ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! SERVICE PROVIDERS ! ! ! ! ! 20 service provider sites TRANSPORTATION ! ¨¦§90 employees exist in Lackawanna, employing providing 2,215 a range of human services. NFTA BUS ROUTES & STOPS ! ! ! ! ! ! POPULATION IN OR NEAR POVERTY ! ! About 8,030 Lackawanna residents live on incomes SCHOOLS ! ! MAJOR EMPLOYERS ! under or near the federal poverty level Lackawanna City School District: ! 2 elementary schools Baker! Victory Services ! ! Population in or near 1 middle school Catholic Health ! ! ! ! ! poverty by block group, 1 high school City! of Lackawanna ! 2010 ! about 1,900 students total ! ! ! 10-25% 26-50% 51%-75% 76%-100% ! !! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! !! ! ! ! ! About This Report Table of Contents Background Between 2008 and 2009, regional employers shed almost 20,000 2 About This Report net jobs. The economic downturn, which continued into 2010, left large numbers of residents unemployed and unable to find new 4 Executive Summary work for the first time in their lives. High levels of unemployment continue today. One out of 12 residents across the region seek 8 Context for Action work. For many, the situation has been long term and is now dire. As one indicator of this, Erie County Department of Social Services 8 People in Need reports an unprecedented number of requests for emergency Includes factors housing. relating to Families in the region’s suburbs have experienced the biggest individuals and families, work, increase in poverty. One out of three with incomes below poverty income, poverty and education live outside urban areas where support services such as emergency that may put Lackawanna residents at risk. food, housing and employment training are concentrated. Put another way, residents may be relatively far away from the services 13 Lackawanna’s Most they need to get back on their feet. They may be unaware, too, Vulnerable of what’s out there to help them. Meanwhile, services providers A special look at the are challenged to expand capacity, improve access and generate characteristics of this additional revenues for expanded services, while at the same time, population, their demographics, they may be dealing with funding cuts. human service needs and barriers they experience to To strengthen the safety net in communities getting the support services where residents are struggling the most, The they need. John R. Oishei Foundation created the Mobile Safety-Net Team Initiative in 2009 to go into 19 Places in Need dozens of communities in Erie and Niagara Counties to assess Indicators of high how the downturn in the economy is impacting residents, help housing costs, connect residents with the services they need, build relationships transportation barriers and with service providers and gather information about human service crime. needs. The team has worked in 45 communities to date. Twelve representative communities have 23 Landscape of Services been selected for additional assessment and investment as part of Phase 2 of the Includes the strengths NIAGARA of the human services Mobile Safety-Net Team initiative, which system, gaps in services, kicked off in 2012 and includes the team’s barriers to connecting with partnership with the University at Buffalo residents and promising Regional Institute. The purpose of phase developments. two is to gather additional insights from residents, conduct focus groups, hear from organizations, and develop a tool that ERIE 28 Insights from the Field: will assist the foundation community and communities in strengthening the safety net Recommendations and of services. Lackawanna is one of the 12 Best Practices communities selected. The in-depth analysis Recommendations and strategies and recommendations contained herein are for strengthening the landscape grounded in this work of the University at of services, along with models for Buffalo Regional Institute and the Mobile Safety-Net Team. doing so that are working in other areas. 35 Appendices 2 Strengthening WNY’s Safety Net What Went Into This Report Two Teams University at Buffalo This effort culminates months Regional Institute of research during 2013 and The work of the teams early 2014 by the University at within Lackawanna over Buffalo Regional Institute team, several months... working in partnership with the Mobile Safety-Net Team Mobile Safety-Net Team. an initiative of The John R. Oishei Foundation Who We Talked to and Resident Survey What We Looked at 263 residents of Lackawanna participated in a survey, providing new data on the demographics of the city’s at-risk population, their needs, urgent concerns, Residents and agency providers AGENCY utilization of human services benefits, and barriers to support services. allowed us to explore how the Residents system was currently working Resident Focus Groups and gain insights into how to AGENCYAGENCY AGENCY Three focus groups were held with residents of Lackawanna to gather insights improve it. on their most pressing concerns, barriers to accessing services and insights on how the system might be improved for them. AGENCY Agency Interviews Dozens of human service agency representatives shared information on their AGENCY programs and perspectives on opportunities. Agencies AGENCY Agency Focus Groups Seventeen provider representatives and leaders in Lackawanna took part in AGENCY an a conversation conducted at the Lackawanna Library in December 2013 to gather agency perspectives on human services needs, barriers and strategies AGENCY for improving the landscape of services. Data Sources Secondary Information and insights were gathered from diverse sources, including the Data 2010 Census, 2007-2011 American Community Survey, Social Explorer Reports, NYS Department of Health, NYS Education Department 2012 School Report AGENCY Card, NYS Division of Criminal Justice Statistics and Reference USA. Understanding the Report ...led us to explore... ...which resulted in: The months of information Insights & gathering provided the structure People Places Services Recommendations for understanding the needs, the barriers and the strategies for improving the current system. A Community Profile: City of Lackawanna, NY 3 Who They Are Executive Summary NIAGARA STRENGTHENING A COMMUNITY REPORT City of WNY’s LACKAWANNA Safety Net ERIE Among Lackawanna’s population of 18,170... A large population ...nearly ...an additional ...about in poverty or close 3,635 4,395 8,030 Lackawanna residents are close to poverty, with are doing poorly or to it… live on incomes under incomes between 100%- struggling financially. the federal poverty level. 200% of the poverty This is 44% of the total. level. Work is scarce for Poverty is growing Juvenile arrests have increased Lackawanna’s vulnerable. Just as population is 56% since 2008, an indicator 24% of non-retired adults report shrinking of the few options that exist for working full time. Moreover, 14% at-risk youth to cultivate talents Beyond need has been on the rise. and skills outside of school. Lackawanna’s population Total poverty, declined 5% since 2000, while Population the number living in or near other poverty increased 14%. Population in Poverty 58% alarming -5% of urgent concerns are indicators 50% of families in poverty are housing related 24% single mothers, and providers and say parents are difficult to of non-retired engage, with few turning out Half of renters are cost trends… vulnerable adults for PTA meetings or school burdened. Even those who rent work full time events. from the Municipal Housing Authority are struggling, with about one-third taken to court in any given month for non- No major grocers exist in payment of rent. Lackawanna. While corner No major stores and pantries are present, grocers Poor school performance these are expensive and/or do contributes to low educational not carry a selection of fresh attainment levels of residents. food. As a result, areas of the One out of 10 residents in Lackawanna is one of the 10 city are designated as food Lackawanna is foreign born. lowest performing public school deserts. At Martin Road Elementary, 15 districts in Upstate New York. different languages are spoken. Over the past 3 years, nearly 150 students have dropped out. The current drop-out rate stands * Findings come from a survey of 263 at-risk residents in Lackawanna, reflecting a statistically significant sample size at a confidence level of 95% and with a confidence interval of 6. at nearly 10%. 4 Strengthening WNY’s Safety Net Executive Summary Lackawanna’s landscape public and of human private 20 providers services employ about providers… UV5 exist in Lackawanna to provide a range of human2,215 services to residents, including UV400 food, health, education,
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