2022 & previous Newsroom/Media:
February 2023
2/26/23 - Live Well Erie names new co-chairs in first meeting of 2023
- 2022 -
October 2022
10/24/22 - Home Energy Assistance Program opens Monday
10/7/22 - Poloncarz appoints Hall and Krycia to leadership posts
September 2022
9/15/22 - Erie County, partners join to reveal the true cost of child care
August 2022
8/17/22 - Expanded Summer Primetime programs reach more youth with summer fun, learning
8/9/22 - Poloncarz appoints Brian Bray Commissioner of Personnel
July 2022
7/18/22 - Erie County Gun Violence Prevention Task Force presents first report
7/13/22 - Poloncarz addresses White House Workforce Summit
7/11/22 - Erie County Executive Poloncarz at attend White House Workforce Summit
May 2022
5/4/22 - Live Well Erie Workforce Development Pilot Project Ready to Roll
5/2/22 - Erie County Home Energy, Cooling Assistance Programs now accepting applications
2/23/22 - $3 million in USDA funding awarded to Food & Fork Network
January 2022
- 2021 -
November 2021
September 2021
9/29/21 - Erie County Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) opens Monday
9/16/21 - Erie County Department of Social Services announces upcoming hiring event
July 2021
7/22/21 - Poloncarz declares gun violence in Erie County as a public health crisis
7/15/21 - Erie County Youth Bureau awarded $130,000 to participate in Safe Summer NY 2021
June 2021
6/22/21 - Erie County Department of Social Services promotes Mobile Document Upload Service
April 2021
February 2021
2/16/21 - Caseworker, Clerk and Caregiver Plead Guilty in Three Separate Criminal Cases
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November 2020
11/13/20 - November is National Adoption Month
11/6/20 - Rental and Mortgage Assistance still available through Live Well Erie Housing Task Force
October 2020
10/30/20 - Erie County Home Energy Assistance Program opens Monday
10/26/20 - Erie County Department of Social Services announces SNAP Supplemental Benefit
September 2020
9/29/20 - Live Well Erie Housing Task Force readies CARES Act Rental and Mortgage Assistance
9/3/20 - Erie Cunty designates grant funding for Emergency Child Care
July 2020
7/21/20 - Erie County receiving federal assistance to mitigate impact of COVID-19
7/1/20 - Live Well Erie Housing Advisory convenes to confront looming housing crisis
May 2020
5/28/20 - Erie County Social Services Department announces pandemic EBT benefit
April 2020
4/11/20 - EC Department of Social Services shares resources for families in crisis
4/2/20 - EC Department of Social Services reminds residents to access programs from home
March 2020
February 2020
January 2020
1/16/20 - Buffalo and Erie County Workforce Investment Board delivers annual report
- 2019 -
December 2019
12/3/19 - Erie County Executive consents to refugeee re-settlement
November 2019
11/12/19 - Home Energy Assistance Program opening today
October 2019
10/28/19 - Live Well Erie Mobile Services Unit rolls out
September 2019
9/9/19 - Poloncarz unveils "Live Well Erie"
July 2019
7/3/19 - Poloncarz, Cannon join EC Social Services staff to cut ribbon at new Appletree office
May 2019
5/21/19 - Foster Families change lives
March 2019
3/27/19 - Poloncarz delivers 2019 State of County Address
3/1/19 - Poloncarz statement on Dirschberger verdict
February 2019
2/26/19 - Rath Building seventh floor Social Services offices unveil new look
January 2019
1/9/19 - Ongoing federal shutdown has stopped multiple County programs, threatens SNAP funding