News on 8, summer 2014, v.13 no.1

              BEST stands for basic education
and skills training, a program
offered by Metro Technology
Centers. Individuals are referred by
the Department of Human Services
to receive individual employment
strategy plans and career training.
LaToya Ezell, an OHFA Section 8
client, participates in BEST and takes
classes at Metro Technology Centers
so she can become a medical office
assistant.
“I love science so the medical field
is what I want to do,” LaToya said.
At first, she wanted to become a
dental assistant but her BEST counselor
advised her that the plates and screws
in her arm might make that career field
too physically demanding.
LaToya agreed and that’s why she is
thankful BEST started her on the right
path to achieve her career goals.
BEST already helped her land an in-ternship
at Dean McGee Eye Institute so
she can get first-hand experience as a
medical office assistant.
“I just want to be better in life, be
somebody, and be an asset in this
world,” LaToya said.
OHFA will purge its Section 8 Housing
Choice Voucher Program waiting list of
more than 13,000 applicants the week
of June 2. Applicants who fail to notify
OHFA of their continued interest in the
program by the deadline specified will
be removed from the waiting list.
OHFA will send an update request via
first class mail to each active family on
the waiting list to determine whether
the family continues to be interested in
and continues to qualify for the pro-gram.
The purge will also allow appli-cants
to make changes to their record,
such as address, phone numbers and
family household members. The update
request will be sent to the last address
that OHFA has on file for the family.
The family’s response must be in writ-ing
and may be delivered in person,
by mail or by fax. Responses must be
postmarked or received by OHFA no
later than 14 days from the date of
OHFA’s letter.
• If the family fails to respond within
14 days, the family will be removed
from the waiting list without further
notice.
• If the notice is returned by the
post office with no forwarding address,
the applicant will be removed from the
waiting list without further notice.
• If the notice is returned by the
post office with a forwarding address,
the notice will be re-sent to the ad-dress
indicated. The family will have
14 days to respond from the date the
letter was re-sent.
A Newsletter for Section 8 Rental Assistance Landlords and Tenants
Published Twice Yearly by Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency
Summer 2014 | Volume 13 | Number 1
Spread the News: OHFA
Will Purge Waiting List
First Week of June
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Using Career Training
to Achieve Her BEST
LaToya Ezell attends classes to
become a medical office assistant.