ANNOUNCING 3 NEW
Homelessness Prevention Programs*

 
B-HOP: for Buffalo residents

T-TAP: for Town of Tonawanda residents
             (including Village of Kenmore)

ECHO: for Erie County residents excluding
            those living in Buffalo, Tonawanda,
            Amherst, Cheektowaga & Hamburg

Eligibility:

• Household is homeless or at risk of being homeless with
  no appropriate subsequent housing options and lacking
  the financial resources and support networks needed to
  obtain immediate replacement housing or to remain in
  existing housing; and
• Household currently has very low income; and
• Household currently resides or previously (within
  the past three months) resided in a participating
  community. 

Program Services:

All services and assistance are provided on a temporary
basis. The programs are meant to help the household
stabilize its housing situation so that time and effort
can then be directed to increasing household income.

Program participants may receive case management,
housing search assistance, legal services and advocacy
and, in most cases, some financial assistance.

Participants may be eligible for rent arrears, short-term
rental assistance, utility arrears, short-term utility assist-
ance, security and utility deposits, moving cost assistance
and motel/hotel vouchers.

How to Apply:

B-HOP: Call Crisis Services at (716) 834-3131
and ask for B-HOP assistance.

T-TAP: Call Belmont Housing Resources for WNY
at (716) 884-2358 Ext. 321 or TDD 711.

ECHO: Call Crisis Services at (716) 834-3131
and ask for

   Department of Housing and Urban Development
   under the American Recovery and Reinvestment
   Act of 2009.