Notice Details

FY'24 NAE with Allowance - Homelessness Prevention Law Project /Court Based Homelessness Prevention Project (Housing Help Program)
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Housing Help Program (HHP) - operated by The Legal Aid Society - used a courthouse-based approach to offer brief legal services (often coupled with social work services) that included assessment, counseling, referrals, and benefits advocacy. At that time, the program targeted low-income households who resided in one of several identified “high homelessness risk” zip codes throughout the City. In response to changes in courthouse operations due to COVID, the implementation of Right-to-Counsel (RTC) and current RTC provider case capacity challenges following the end of the eviction moratorium, the program design was altered to provide tenant legal services by way of a telephonic helpline. The modifications made to the program has allowed the City to meet the immediate legal services needs to tenants who are currently unable to obtain an attorney through the City’s Right-to-Counsel program. To ensure the continuity of critical HHP services OCJ requests authorization to procure Negotiated Acquisition Extensions to extend program services from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 (FY24) for a total amount of $4,233,023.93 – this amount includes a 25% “Allowance” .