{"id":38946,"date":"2023-01-12T00:06:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T05:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=38946"},"modified":"2023-01-12T00:06:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T05:06:33","slug":"genesee-county-independent-living-of-the-genesee-region-welcomes-allea-devos-as-housing-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/12\/genesee-county-independent-living-of-the-genesee-region-welcomes-allea-devos-as-housing-specialist\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Independent Living of the Genesee Region welcomes Allea DeVos as Housing Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:28% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"159\" height=\"223\" data-attachment-id=\"38947\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/12\/genesee-county-independent-living-of-the-genesee-region-welcomes-allea-devos-as-housing-specialist\/thumbnail_image004-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail_image004.jpg?fit=159%2C223&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"159,223\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"thumbnail_image004\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail_image004.jpg?fit=159%2C223&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail_image004.jpg?resize=159%2C223&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38947 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail_image004.jpg?w=159&amp;ssl=1 159w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail_image004.jpg?resize=107%2C150&amp;ssl=1 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Independent Living of the Genesee Region (ILGR)\u00a0<\/strong>is pleased that\u00a0<strong>Allea DeVos<\/strong>\u00a0has joined their team in the role of Housing Specialist.\u00a0 She had worked five years as a Housing Services Representative at PathStone Corporation in Batavia, the local administrator of Federal and State low-income homeownership and rental assistance programs, and gained additional office and leadership experience at ConServe, Premier Credit and Loan Depot in Victor, New York.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this position, Ms. DeVos will assist individuals with disabilities to apply for, and benefit from, the programs and services offered through Independent Living, including but not limited to coordinating housing evaluations and program options for persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She will support consumers who are eligible for Rapid Rehousing by coordinating budget plans, conducting inspections of potential housing rental units using U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) guidelines, and offering home and building architectural barrier consultation, utilizing federal and state guidelines on disabilities.&nbsp; Allea will provide peer counseling to persons with disabilities, their family members and advocates for the purpose of identifying life goals, objectives and values; intervene at their request, in crisis situations; and mediate between consumers and landlords to ensure timely payments and prevent evictions.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a sign of our times, with opportunities provided under the&nbsp;Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, she will determine eligibility for the Emergency Solutions Grant -Corona Virus (ESG CV) program and complete the required documentation, entering all necessary data into the&nbsp;Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ILGR is delighted that Allea DeVos is bringing her experience to serve the GOW region in her new position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Independent Living of the Genesee Region<\/strong>&nbsp;is a member of the Western New York Independent Living, Inc. family of agencies that offer an expanding array of services to aid individuals with disabilities to take control of their own lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release Independent Living of the Genesee Region (ILGR)\u00a0is pleased that\u00a0Allea DeVos\u00a0has joined their team in the role of Housing Specialist.\u00a0 She had worked five years as a Housing Services Representative at PathStone Corporation in Batavia, the local administrator of Federal and State low-income homeownership and rental assistance programs, and \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/12\/genesee-county-independent-living-of-the-genesee-region-welcomes-allea-devos-as-housing-specialist\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[3454,2957],"class_list":["post-38946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genesee-county","tag-allea-devos","tag-independent-living-of-the-genesee-region"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-a8a","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33442,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/06\/15\/genesee-county-independent-living-of-the-genesee-region-hires-gina-schelemanow-as-a-housing-specialist\/","url_meta":{"origin":38946,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Independent Living of the Genesee Region hires\u00a0Gina Schelemanow\u00a0as a Housing Specialist","author":"aka","date":"June 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release Independent Living of the Genesee Region (ILGR),\u00a0a member of the\u00a0Western New York Independent Living, Inc. 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