FHEPS Worker

If you are hired provisionally in this title, you must take and pass the Civil Service Exam, when it becomes available, to be eligible for continued employment.

The Family Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement (FHEPS) Centralized Determination Unit (FCDU) is a division of HPA that administers the Family Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement (FHEPS).

FHEPS FDCU performs eligibility determinations for all FHEPS applications referred by contracted FHEPS providers (CBOs), Legal Aid/Services, and Benefit Access Centers (BAC) Homelessness Diversion Units.

The FHEPS FCDU program assists families with children, and survivors of domestic violence at risk of entering or remaining in the shelter system, to maintain and/or secure permanent housing by issuing them a rental supplement in addition to their Cash Assistance (CA) shelter allowance.

The Homelessness Prevention Administration (HPA) FHEPS Centralized Determination Unit (FCDU) is recruiting two (2) Benefits Opportunity Specialists to function as FHEPS Workers:

FHEPS Worker will:

- Review and assess applications for the FHEPS housing subsidy, including payment of rent arrears
and/or new apartment expenses, sent to FCDU by FHEPS community-based organizations,
Department of Homeless Services (DHS), Legal Services Providers, HRA/ADVENT, HRA/FIA Benefits
Access Center (BAC)

- Coordinate directly with CBOs, Legal Aid/Legal Services to ensure FHEPS applicants meet NYS and
HRA guidelines/requirements.

- Confer with unit supervisor and other related staff to evaluate progress; share information and refer
applicant to other HRA Agency offices, by matching client needs with services provided by agencies,
as needed, in order to facilitate application for the FHEPS program.

- Maintain case folders, administrative forms, and controls.

- Perform related tasks as assigned.


Hours:
9am-5pm

Salary Range: $54,864

Work Location:
109 E 16th Street, 10th floor, NY, NY 10003

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college; or
2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and two years of full time satisfactory experience in social/human services, call centers, customer
service or a related setting performing the following:
a) Interviewing, determining eligibility for, and/or providing client benefits and
services; or
b) Interviewing, determining eligibility for, and/or providing employment
planning and counseling services including job development, skill
assessment, and employment placement or other economic opportunity
programming.
c) College credit from an accredited college may be substituted for this
experience, on the basis pf 30 semester credits for 6 months of work
experience.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.