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7 people are interested
CARES Client Interviewer
ORGANIZATION: GEDCO
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7 people are interested
Purpose: In partnership with faith communities, GEDCO provides affordable housing, supportive services, and emergency assistance to community residents. We operate CARES, a food pantry and emergency financial assistance center. CARES serves more than 1,800 households each year by providing groceries and/or limited financial assistance for prescriptions, rent, heat and overdue BGE bills. Staffed primarily by volunteers, CARES is open Monday and Thursday mornings for clients seeking financial assistance.
Description of Duties:
- Interview clients to determine their specific financial needs
- Assess clients’ eligibility for assistance from multiple funding sources
- Use Internet and phone to contact BGE, landlords and pharmacies
- Obtain documentation required by CARES and other funding sources
- Enter client and other data into computer
- Refer clients to appropriate resources in community
- May check clients’ eligibility for food and authorize groceries
Qualifications:
- Comfortable dealing with people from diverse backgrounds and with different personalities
- Committed to treating everyone with respect and dignity
- Team-oriented
- Moderate computer skills
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Sense of humor a plus
- Good attention to detail
Time Requirements:
- Minimum commitment of 2-3 hours per month
- May work Monday or Thursday (8:45 am - 11:15 am) or other 2-3 hour shift(s), Monday through Friday
Orientation/Training:
- Conducted on-site by staff and volunteers
Benefits:
- Make a positive and tangible difference in the lives of others
- Work with a dedicated team of staff and volunteers
Location: CARES is located at 5502 York Road, Baltimore, MD 21212, at the rear entrance of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church.
Agency Contact: Meghan Peterson, GEDCO’s External Relations Coordinator, mpeterson@gedco.org or 410-433-2442, ext. 19
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About GEDCO
Location:
1010 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, US
Mission Statement
In partnership with faith communities, Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO) provides affordable housing with supportive services and assists in meeting emergency needs of community residents.
Description
Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation, in partnership with faith communities, provides affordable housing with supportive services and assists in meeting emergency needs of community residents. This includes housing adults with mental disabilities in the Ascension Homes, nurturing women and men who were homeless at Harford House, Micah House and Shelter Plus Care, and stabilizing neighborhoods through single-family homeownership with GEDCO Homes.
We enable seniors to age with dignity at Epiphany House, the Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Senior Housing at the Gallagher Mansion and Stadium Place, and offer educational, wellness, social, nutritional, and recreational opportunities for seniors at theHarford Senior Center and Senior Network of North Baltimore.
Most of the 550+ residents living in our programs have incomes less than 30% of the median income in the Baltimore metropolitan area, and all fall under 60% of this mark. GEDCO currently is the only non-profit developer of affordable, large-scale housing projects with supportive services in north Baltimore City.
In addition to our housing programs, GEDCO operates CARES (Civic and Religious Emergency Services), a food pantry and emergency financial assistance center located in the back of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church. CARES responds to more than 5000 visits annually from community members seeking food, advocacy, and emergency financial assistance for utility bills, eviction prevention and prescriptions. Furthermore, CARES Career Connection expands self-sufficiency opportunities for these individuals and families by focusing on employment options. We address barriers to full employment and provide one-on-one volunteer mentoring that assists program participants in obtaining and maintaining jobs.
After a decade of cooperative efforts by seven pastors in the Govans community, GEDCO (Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation) was incorporated in 1991 as a private, non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. These pastors experienced first hand the growing need for affordable housing with supportive services and emergency food and financial assistance among members of their churches and of the broader community.
They created an independent, non-profit corporation in order to broaden the base of community involvement and expedite the development of new projects. GEDCO now has 53 institutional "Member Organizations" including churches, community groups, schools, neighborhood associations, and service organizations throughout northBaltimore. These organizations, no matter their location, can refer their members for GEDCO services.
GEDCO is committed to a just society that respects the dignity and worth of all people, values diversity, upholds community, encourages each person's contributions, and fosters growth toward personal independence.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
5502 York Rd.CARES, St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic ChurchBaltimore, MD 21212
DATE POSTED
April 16, 2014
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
N/A