Curtis J. Seyfried
2474 Davidson Ave., 3-E Bronx, NY. 10468-5321 Home Ph : (718) 295—6871
Cell Ph: (347) 224-0514 E-mail : curtis.seyfried@verizon.net
Objective : Work as a disability benefits counselor and as a legislative disability policy advocate.
Degrees:
MA., Social Policy Studies and Analysis, 1996, SUNY Empire State College.
B.Sc., Biological and Life Sciences with minors in Business Management and Computer Information Systems. 1992, SUNY Empire State College.
Howie T. Harp Advocacy Center. August 2003 – March 2004.
Peer Specialist Training Program. This intensive training program provides students with 100 hours of trainings in the following areas : ADLS – Activities of Daily Living Skills training; Case Management Skills; Conflict Resolution & Mediation Skills; Cultural Diversity; Discharge Planning; Documentation Skills; Formulation of a WRAP – Wellness Recovery Action Plan; Housing Options & Assessment; Human Services ethics and procedures; Individual and Group counseloring; Overview of Psychiatric Disorders & Medications; Psychiatric Crises & Suicide Prevention; Public Benefits & Entitlement Programs; Stress Management skills; and, Substance Abuse & Relapse Prevention skills.
Diplomas - Paralegal Training 1995, New York University, School of Continuing And Professional Studies.
Project Management 1988, New York University, School of Continuing And Professional Studies.
Skills and Accomplishments :
· Advocacy -- I have assisted individuals in obtaining Public Assistance - Home Relief, Medicaid, Food Stamp benefits, and to get into a long term substance abuse rehabilitation program.
· Self-Advocacy -- Personal experience in advocating for disability benefits for my own disability over the past six (6) years in the following areas : Public Assistance; Food Stamp; Medicaid applicant & recipient – including extensive knowledge of the new Medicaid buy-in program; Medicare, Homeless Shelter resident and housing programs; and, SSDI disability applicant, including extensive knowledge of the SSA Ticket To Work Program, and other SSA work incentive options.
· Advocated for myself at a number of fair hearings I requested to dispute denial of benefits, or erroneous benefit amounts.
· Researcher in a gender and disability discrimination case under of the Federal Americans with Disability’s Act (“ADA”) 42 U.S.C. §§12112-12117; and, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as codified, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-17, (“Title VII”).
· I have excellent legal research and writing skills.
· Researcher in landlord / tenant housing court cases, acting for the defense attorney for the respondent-tenant. NYC Civil Court - Housing Part procedures, apartment violations, and eviction proceedings.
· Member, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Brooklyn, NY. -- “Community Dinner Committee”, 1993 - PRESENT. This committee provides a meal on the last Sunday of every month for needy New Yorkers in our Brooklyn community.
· Quaker meeting liaison -- Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). Issues Focus : teaching political and social activism; welfare rights and reform; homelessness; federal budget equality; converting military spending into social program spending; and, Native American rights.
Work Experience:
April 2000 – November 2002 : COMMUNITY ADVOCATE - We Stay / Nos Quedamos Committee, Inc.853 Courtlandt Ave.; Bronx, NY. 10451; Yolanda Garcia, Director; 718-293-2323.
November 1994 - March 1997: PROJECT MANAGER - Council on the Environment of New York City -- Waste Prevention and Recycling Service. A Citizens Organization in The Office of the Mayor of The City of New York 51 Chambers St. Rm.: 228, NY., NY. 10007
November 1995 - January 1996: WORDPROCESSING OPERATOR -Jovan Temporaries -505 Fifth Ave., STE: 1701; NYC, NY. 10017.
· Whitman Bread - Legal Word-processing; Lathan and Watkins - Legal Word-processing; Simpson Thatcher & Bartlet – Information systems associate.
April 1995 - November 1995: CONSULTANT - DATABASE COORDINATOR Pfizer Inc. 235 E. 42nd Street NY., NY. Legal: Corporate, Environmental Health and Safety Department.
August 1994 - April 1995: CONSULTANT - CONFERENCE ORGANIZER -Pfizer Inc. 235 E. 42nd Street NY., NY. Pfizer Pharmaceutical - Legal - Environmental, Health and Safety Department.
Sept. 1990 - March 1994: MIS REPORT WRITER - Chemical Banking Corporation - 95 Wall St. 10th Fl., NY. 10005
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Computer Skills |
1988 – Present: PC O/S from MSDOS v. 2.02 through and including all intermediaries Windows Professional 2000. Additionally, MAC OS 8 – 10, and all major applications. MS Office v. 4.3 through 2000, all applications; Open Office, Corel Office, Wordperfect, Lotus 1-2-3, Dbase and other database applications; Symantec WinPro Fax v.10.0. Advanced and proficient use of the Internet and many communications and research applications. Eudora, Lotus CC:Mail and MS Outlook 2000, IE6.0, Moxilla, Netscape. Various news aggregator software to produce topic and research oriented news feeds. |
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Volunteer Activities: |
1992 Amnesty International - Created a database catalogue for a video library.
1994 - Present Cook for meals for the homeless - Brooklyn Monthly Meeting - Religious Society of Friends (Quakers ) “Community Dinner Committee”.
1994 - 1997 Clerk Brooklyn Monthly Meeting’s “Peace & Social Action Committee”.
1996 - 1997 Steering Committee : “Mining the Urban Environment - A conference about Starting Small Businesses In Refurbishing Used Materials.” In conjunction with Cornell University - Cooperative Extension Service - NYC Programs; Center for Sustainable Urban Development; Bronx Green-up; and, The Environmental ACTION Coalition. |
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