In our reporting through the summer of 2009, our news team concluded that we were hearing "new voices." A voice that says, "I can't find a job;" another voice that says, "I don't know where my next meal will come from;" and yet another that says "I've just lost my home." As the numbers of the jobless, the hungry, and the homeless continued to grow, we found that the names increasingly included those that we know. As a result, we have found ourselves "one degree away" from poverty.

We are in a unique position to go beyond the statistics and trends of the recession. Instead, we propose to engage. Engage with our community. Engage with our providers. Engage with our leaders.

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• That Could Be Me: Boise State White Paper (PDF)
• Boise State Radio News Release

• 2-1-1 Idaho CareLine
• CATCH (Charitable Assistance to Community’s Homeless)
• Family Medicine Residency of Idaho
• Food Stamps
• Genesis World Mission
• Idaho Academy of Family Physicians
• Idaho Children’s Trust Fund
• Idaho’s Department of Health and Welfare
• Salvation Army of the Treasure Valley
• Idaho’s Legislature – Find your representative

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