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Implementation of the new legal support center/Action NYC model
2:50:24
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Council Member Avilés questions MOIA officials about the implementation of the new legal support center/Action NYC model, focusing on coordination, efficiency, and the transition process.
- MOIA works collaboratively with other agencies housing immigration legal service programs
- The immigration legal hotline refers individuals to various services
- MOIA coordinates an interagency immigrant task force
- New contracts under the new model will start on July 1
Alexa Avilés
2:50:24
So in terms of the how will Moya ensure coordination and efficient utilization of resources to avoid duplication and services across the legal support center slash action NYC?
Manuel Castro
2:50:41
So we of course work very collaboratively with the other agencies that house immigration legal service programs like DSS, HRA, OCJ.
2:50:53
In fact, our immigration legal hotline refers individuals to these services, and we'll continue to work with them individually and as part of our immigrant immigrant task force that we coordinate, interagency task force that we coordinate.
Alexa Avilés
2:51:13
Got it.
2:51:14
And I'd like to recognize council member Brewer and council member Bacha joined us.
2:51:19
Will will the Aslan legal support recipients contracts end and are they being notified?
Lorena Lucero
2:51:31
All of our contractors, of our legal service contractors have received notification as of last week.
2:51:38
We are scheduling follow-up calls with them.
2:51:42
The idea here is to fold services, and we're gonna be working with them in the next couple of weeks to figure that out with them together.
Alexa Avilés
2:51:53
When you say fold services, can can you explain that?
Lorena Lucero
2:51:57
Based on the last statement you said, in order for us to not duplicate services and to sort of streamline, that's what I meant by that.
Alexa Avilés
2:52:05
Got it.
2:52:06
Thank you.
2:52:06
In terms of so the official start date for the new contracts under the new legal support action center.
2:52:16
I just totally merged the two names.
2:52:20
That's what's happening in my brain right now.
2:52:23
You're gonna give us were they all notified of their contracts or has those determinations been made?
Jasniya Sanchez
2:52:30
So all current and new vendors that will start July 1 have been notified.
2:52:39
With regards to the new vendors that are starting on July 1, are working closely with our partners at They're working through their contracts but more to come.
2:52:53
And