She will be evaluating and training individuals with disabilities in Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties in Independent Living Skills, determining eligibility for Rapid Rehousing and assisting with completing documentation. She will also be advising on public benefits, helping in the achievement of housing, employment and transportation goals, and provide other sorts of assistance.
Prior to her time at ILGR, Mesita was an Independent Living Advisor at the Iroquois Job Corps in Medina; and was a Peer Educator at United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia.
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, with a minor in Psychology from the State University of New York College at Brockport, is an Honor’s College Graduate, and member of the National Service Fraternity Alpha Phi Omega, as well as having earned an associate degree in Science in Human Services from Genesee Community College (SUNY) in Batavia, and is a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
At ILGR, earlier this year, she introduced a different methodology to the Point-in-Time Report, (PIT, a national data collection of those experiencing homelessness on the street on a single day), of Project Homeless Connect in the GOW (Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming county) area. She holds a Certificate of Completion from the SSI (Supplemental Security Income)/SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance) Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) Course of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
We congratulate her as she has reached this new level in her career path.
Independent Living of the Genesee Region (ILGR) is a member of the Western New York Independent Living Inc. family of agencies that offers an expanding array of services to aid individuals with disabilities to take control of their own lives.
