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The Assistant Director, Clinical under the supervision of the Program Director, with latitude for independent initiative and judgment, will perform duties including but not limited to the following: be the case management supervisor/coordinator with the Housing Specialist relative to housing applications and vacancy availabilities and be a resource to case management for attaining and/or increasing benefits, reviewing case records for DHS regulations, act as a crisis intervention agent, manage projects assigned by Program Director, work collaboratively with the Program Director, Operations Supervisor, Senior Case Manager to ensure the safe and orderly operation of the facility, various administrative case management functions, and supervise the After Care Specialist to ensure housing retention. (more…)

Common Ground has developed an innovative, comprehensive neighborhood-based homelessness prevention program, HomeLink, for families in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Our goal is to reach families prior to their going into the shelter system. HomeLink will provide case management, advocacy, and financial assistance to keep families housed in a safe, stable situation in their neighborhood whenever possible. This effort will include: community outreach, landlord mobilization, financial literacy programs, legal services, benefits counseling, building connections for families to local resources, and assistance with re-housing when necessary, and many others. (more…)

363 families became homeless from Brownsville in 2004. Common Ground is committed to substantially reducing the occurrence of family homelessness in this neighborhood by 2009, but starting immediately. Current efforts include: (1) a “Single Stop” center funded by the Robin Hood Foundation that coordinates services for 300 local residents a year, including financial assistance, legal aid, and the capacity to provide shallow rental subsidies, (2) a Real Estate Services Unit that provides technical assistance to local landlords and facilitates the renovation of residential properties that are currently offline to make 100 more affordable units available to local families who would otherwise become homeless, and (3) the development of 300 additional units of affordable family housing in the community.
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