Acronyms
Employment
Housing
Member Service
Public Benefits
100
HRA
What is Human Resources Administration?
100
An Objective, Experience, Education and Skills are all categories included in this document
What is a resume?
100
Drop-In Centers, Intake Centers, Tier-2 are this type of housing
What are Shelters?
100
Where an advocate can find stamps
What is SHIFT desk?
100
The term used when explaining to members that they may be able to receive benefits
What is “You are potentially eligible?”
200
HEAP
What is Home Energy Assistance Program?
200
The single largest employer in the Bronx
What is Montefiore?
200
This document serves as a "Notice of Eviction"
What is a Marshall's Notice?
200
The four pieces of paper that must be printed out during an intake meeting
What is the Confidentiality Agreement and the Rules, Rights and Responsibilities form, Pre-Screening Benefits Assessment, and Single Stop Confidentiality Agreement?
200
SNAP
What is Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?
300
TANF
What is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families?
300
When a member is changing careers they must also change this category on their resume
What is the Objective?
300
These are two types of cases brought in to Housing Court
What are nonpayment proceedings, holdover proceedings, housing part proceedings, Article 7-A proceedings, illegal evictions proceedings/illegal lock outs, etc.?
300
How often an advocate needs to update a Goal Plan
What is every meeting?
300
If a member is likely to be ineligible for benefits we should discourage them from applying even if they want to
What is false?
400
POS
What is Paperless Office System?
400
The average amount of time an employer looks at a resume
What is 30 seconds?
400
These are two private charities that help with rental arrears
What are Catholic Charities, Community Service Society, The Coalition for the Homeless, The Bridge Fund, POTS, etc.?
400
Where children's coloring books and crayons
What is the filing cabinet in front (bottom drawer)?
400
It is very hard for an undocumented member to get food stamps or any public benefit even if they have documented children
What is false? *If anyone in their family is a U.S. citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident for 5 years, the application can be done through that person, even an infant
500
SSI and SSDI
What is Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance?
500
A place that is currently looking to hire two delivery people immediately *Can be found on LIFT Exchange
What is Fantasia Flower Shop?
500
This program provides up to $10,000 in rental arrears and this other program provides up to $7,000 in rental arrears AND may be able to help with rental assistance moving forward
What is a One-Shot Deal and what is FEPS?
500
These are three of LIFT's values
What is Diversity, Human Potential, Collaboration, Relationships, Sense of Possibility, and Service?
500
This benefit is based on low income, not past work history and this other benefit is for people who paid into social security and has no income requirements *Both are for provable disabilities
What is the difference between SSI and SSDI?