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Assistant for Legal Advocacy Tenants Advice Clinic
ORGANIZATION: Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
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10 people are interested
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, widely recognized as of one New York's premiere human services providers, is a 123-year-old settlement house that provides an extensive array of effective and integrated services which significantly improve the lives of 15,000 people in need each year on the East Side of Manhattan. The Neighborhood House created our Legal Department in 2004 to address the lack of general civil legal organizations in our community. Our newly created monthly Tenants Advice Clinic allows community members to meet with an attorney or legal advocate to get help on housing related issues and landlord-tenant concerns. The volunteer will be responsible for the following:
- Greet clinic participants and assist them with initial paperwork;
- Work with supervisor to schedule individual interviews;
- Provide fact sheets and other information to clients;
- Conduct clerical duties, including photocopying and data entry;
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About Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
Location:
331 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, US
Mission Statement
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, widely recognized as one of New York's premier human services providers, is a 130-year-old settlement house that provides an extensive array of effective and integrated services--social, educational, legal, health, housing, mental health, nutritional and fitness--which significantly improve the lives of 15,000 people in need each year, ages 3 to 103, on the East Side of Manhattan. Our clients include older adults, homeless and formerly homeless adults, children and families, recent immigrants, disabled persons, adult learners and thousands more. For information on Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, please visit our website at www.lenoxhill.org or connect with us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LenoxHillNeighborhoodHouse/.
Description
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House was founded in 1894 by the Alumnae Association of Normal College (now known as Hunter College of the City University of New York) as a free kindergarten for the children of indigent immigrants. Since then, we have remained at the forefront of community advocacy and social and educational change.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
331 East 70th StreetNew York, NY 10021
DATE POSTED
October 17, 2017
SKILLS
- Data Entry
- Office Reception
- Customer Service
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- First Thursday of each month, 10:00am-1:00pm