Annie Rebecca Gonzalez
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EDUCATION
Appalachian School of Law, Grundy, Virginia JD Graduated May 2006
Excelsior College Albany, New York B.A. Liberal Studies Graduated 1991
WORK EXPERIENCE
City of Brownsville Brownsville
ADA / DBE Coordinator
Monitor BUS service delivery and process individual complaints for legal
compliance. Apply various disability law regulations to both paratransit
and fixed route service to identify capacity issues or patterns of
violations that could rise to a civil rights violation. Provide information
and statistical data to public, state and federal regulating authority and
Transit Advisory Committe on BUS service compliance, current regulation,
updates and recommendations. Grant and deny ADA eligibility to applicants,
process appeals.
January 26, 2009 - March 11, 2011
Surpervisor Director BUS Norma Zamora: 548 4881
Planned Parenthood of Cameron Willacy County
Program Director for Positive Directions,
A case Management Program, I coordinated program which targeted pregnant
and or parenting teenagers. Supervisory duties included monitoring other
social worker and outreach assistant, data base, intake log, evaluating
personnel. Accomplishments: Advocated for various clients at Fair Hearings
upon denial of welfare benefits which resulted in denial reversed. I was
employee of the year in 2001.
Aug.1998-May 2002
Supervisor: Corina Humphreys Director of Positive Directions 554 6050
VAIL Valley Association for Independent Living, Pharr/ Brownsville, Tx.
Case Manager and Office Manager
Brownsville satellite office, I delivered case management services within
an interdisciplinary team for the CLASS program ( Community Living and
Support Services) . A program that provides services to keep severely
disabled participants in the community and out of the nursing home.
Accomplishments: first case manager in the catchment area to accomplish a
waiver of the financial cap on home modifications category in order to fund
reconstruction of a clients wheelchair ramp in accordance with ADA
Specifications. June 1997-August 1998
Supervisor:Eduardo Hernandez, VAIL Deputy Director.
Social Security Administration
Service Representative
Re determined eligibility of SSI benefits under welfare reform legislation.
Duties included authenticating documents submitted as proofs, interviewing
recipients, accessing confidential information, applying law to determine
whether to re certify entering outcome accurately on to computer data base,
and advise number holders of appeal rights and other options if they were
denied recertification.
Feb. 1997- May 1997
Supervisor: Mario Gonzales Harlingen Field Office Supervisor
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
Casework Manager- Child Protective Services Specialist I
I trained, supervised and monitored volunteers at a preventive unit and I
case managed at the family preservation unit at C.P.S. Duties: trained and
coordinated volunteers in center's activities including (1) a Speakers
Bureau, (2) home visits by volunteers and (3) crisis "warm line".I
attended board meetings as a non voting member, generated monthly
statistical reports to accountant, state contract provider and to Family
Outreach of America HQS. At Family Preservation Unit, I monitored and
documented and filed with court family's progress toward reunification
goals.
Sept. 1994- Dec 1996
Supervisor: HipolitoNarvaez. Child Protective Services Specialist
Supervisor.
REFERENCES:
Professional:
Rosemarie Herrmann:
Former Executive Director PPCWC
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Or Corina Humphries : Former Supervisor
Eduardo Hernandez : Former Supervisor
Former Asst. Executive Director V.A.I.L
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Or Alvaro Moreno C.L.A.S.S. Case Manager
Academic :
Judy Barger: Appellate Advocacy Professor
Appalachian School of Law
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Scott Boone Administrative Law Professor
Appalachian School of Law
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Personal:
John C.DeMoss Esq.:
Minnesota lawyer (family's lawyer)
6950 France Avenue South
Edina, MN 55435-2024