Westside Ministries (WSM) is a non-profit organization that seeks to stabilize Buffalo's under-resourced West Side through economic and community development. First, Westside Ministries aims to support individuals who have demonstrated an ability to own a home but have otherwise lacked an opportunity. Through housing rehabilitation, we can offer homes at an affordable price to first-time and low income homebuyers. We also believe that young people need and deserve an opportunity to learn to work hard and develop job skills so that they can provide for themselves and their families. Yet we know many of these young people have complicated life situations that make it difficult for them to be immediately successful employees.