Advocacy Training
OPPCA provides legal advocacy training for groups.
Training topics include:
- Legal notices and fair hearings
- Landlord and tenant issues
- Public assistance
- Food stamps
- Welfare-to-work programs
- Legal issues related to child care
- Foster care housing subsidies
- HRA and substance abuse issues
- Legal issues related to domestic violence
- Applying for public benefits
- SSI disability benefits and appeals
- Immigrants and public benefits
- Emergency assistance grants
If you are interested in setting up a training session, e-mail Cathleen Clements, Esq., Director of OPPCA, or call (212) 358-8930.