Main Areas of Responsibility:
From Intake Screener/Specialists regarding:
Potential conflicts of interest,
Whether Applicant's legal situation is within program case priorities and, if not, identifying alternative resources which might be provided to the Applicants
Financial eligibility factors;
Citizenship/Immigration eligibility factors;
Complex potential conflict situations;
Review of new intakes for potential assignment to staff, including
Notifying staff of urgent applicant situations;
Additional Areas of Responsibility:
Consultation requests are posed throughout the entire working day. Currently 5 of the 6 attorneys assigned to the Statewide Intake, Referral & Advice Unit assist with the above described duties on a limited basis and one other Managing Attorney assists the Unit's Managing Attorney with processing Income & Asset Waiver requests on a part-time basis and this new Assistant Director will assume these responsibilities.