Program Coordinator, Family Self Sufficiency

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Full Time Professional 7 Bishop Street, Framingham, MA, Framingham, MA, US

5 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $24.00 To $25.00 Hourly

Summary: The Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Program Coordinator is responsible for recruiting eligible participants who hold a federal mobile section 8 voucher and provide them with case management and home buying counseling with the ultimate goal of preparing them to purchase a permanent home.

• Paid Time Off:
  All full-time employees can accrue up to 3 weeks of vacation, and 2 weeks of sick time and are eligible for 12 paid holidays during their first year of employment.
• Employer-paid Life Insurance & AD&D and Long-Term Disability for full-time employees.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package including Medical Plans through Mass General Brigham with an HRA Employer cost-sharing program, Dental Plans with Orthodontic Coverage, and Eye Med Vision Insurance available to full-time employees.
• 403(B) Retirement Plan with a company match starting on day one for all full-time and part-time employees.
• Additional voluntary benefits including;
  Term and Whole Life Insurance, Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Hospital indemnity, and Short-Term Disability.
• Flexible Spending Accounts, Dependent Care Accounts, Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement and more.

• Create and distribute outreach materials to Section 8 tenants for recruitment and enrollment purposes in collaboration with FSS Program Manager and the Supporting Neighborhood Opportunity Mobility Specialist.
• Conduct Intake assessment to assist the participant in creating realistic short and long-term goals related to but not limited to higher education, employment opportunities, financial literacy and home ownership.
• Develop service plans that reflect their goals including education, training and employment goals and work closely with participants to identify and build upon strengths and develop strategies to address barriers.
• Maintains a caseload of approximately 50-60 participants and provides ongoing case management for up to 5 years.
• Provide ongoing case management to participants to monitor progression of their goals and make referrals to multiple internal and external resources when appropriate.
• Interact with participants in an engaging and respectful way while maintaining confidentiality and personal boundaries.
• Monitors FSS client progress towards their service plans and makes modifications accordingly.
• Reviews client files, calculates escrow, and monitors monthly escrow transactions.
• Coordinate with the Division Analyst to reconcile monthly escrow and ensure monthly activity including payments, disbursements, interest and forfeitures are tracked.
• Generate FSS addendums for enrollment, exits and progress reports and collaborate with the Program Support Coordinator to ensure accurate submissions are submitted to the Inventory Management System (IMS/PIC) on a monthly basis.
• Collaborate with the Lead Program Representative to calculate escrow based on reported interim and annual changes in household, income and rent shares for each participant.
• Produce monthly, quarterly and annual reports related to FSS participant benchmarks and escrow.
• Accompany individual participants and/or group of participants in home purchasing activities related to but not limited to open houses, home improvement workshops.
• Innovate and lead meetings and/or workshops related to home ownership including but not limited to financial literacy, real estate, home purchasing, lending, home improvement and other relevant topics as identified by the needs of the participants.
• Identify partners within the community in fields relevant to the home purchasing process including but not limited to real estate, lending, home purchasing, home improvement and/or financial literacy to provide site based and in-house educational workshops on the home buying process.
• Provide comprehensive home buying counseling in accordance to the…