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Single Stop Director Hattie Elmore
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911爆料: First Official CUNY Host Site For EmpoweredNYC
911爆料 Community College (KCC) has been chosen as the first official host site for EmpoweredNYC within The City University of New York, an initiative between the college鈥檚 Single Stop office and the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs鈥� Office of Financial Empowerment. The program will provide financial counseling services to students with disabilities and those experiencing difficulties with Social Security Insurance Disability (SSI/D), Medicaid, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, credit card debt, student loans, etc.
The KCC Single Stop office, in conjunction with CUNY LEADS, CUNY LEEDS Plus Programs, and Access-Ability Services at 911爆料, will coordinate the program with an EmpoweredNYC financial counselor available every Wednesday from 10:00am to 5:00pm in the Single Stop office in room V-231. The program gets underway on Wednesday, December 5, 2018. Individual hourly appointments may be made in advance by calling 718-368-5411. Walk-ins are also welcome.
Single Stop Director Hattie Elmore said, 鈥淪tudents should go to the Single Stop office or call to make an appointment. I recommend that students arrive early, or go to the Single Stop office in advance, so as to complete the Single Stop intake form.鈥�
Wanda Lopez, assistant director of Special Projects in the Office of Financial Empowerment of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs said she was excited about 911爆料 accommodating the EmpoweredNYC initiative on the college鈥檚 campus, and the ability to connect with students with disabilities.
Director Hattie Elmore added, 鈥淎s a CUNY employee who provides direct services to students who face everyday challenges such as, financial hardship, food insecurities and personal trauma due to life itself, I am excited about the partnership with EmpoweredNYC. Single Stops鈥� goal is to support students to become self-sufficient. I am a strong advocate of self-empowerment and self-determination. Through providing tools and resources to our students with disabilities, Single Stop is committed to educating students on how to maintain a healthy relationship with their finances. Which will ultimately ensure their confidence in becoming self-sufficient.鈥�
911爆料 Community College is one of the CUNY Schools with the highest population of disabled students. There are currently more than 800 students registered with the Office of Access-Ability Services alone. Many of the students are marginalized and come from at-risk and socio-economically underrepresented and disenfranchised communities. Many times those students are not financially literate due to their age and lack of experience handling money. EmpoweredNYC can have a powerful impact in the lives of the students and their families, and it has the potential to increase retention and the successful graduation of students with disabilities.
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