Senior Community Service Employment Program

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Senior Community Service Employment Program

• Warren J. McKeon

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What Is SCSEP?

• Administered by DOL
• Serves low income
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• Part-time community service
• Transition to unsubsidized employment

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Objectives

• Useful part-time activities
• Economic self-sufficiency
• Increase work opportunities

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Grantee Types

• State
• National

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Annual State Coordination Plan

• Submitted by the governor
• All grantees work together to address
• Needs
• Localities and populations
• WIA coordination

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Enrollee Eligibility

• Age
• Income
• Residence

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Definition of Family

• Two or more persons related by birth, marriage,
  or adoption and residing together.
• Husband, wife and dependent children.
• Parent or guardian and dependent children.
• Husband and wife.
• Includes related sub-family members.

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Income

• Wages and salary
• Self-employment income
• Unemployment compensation
• Social security benefits including SSDI
• Pensions
• Dividends or interest
• Veterans payments

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Income Contd

• Alimony, insurance annuities
• Gambling and lottery winnings
• Rents, royalties estates trusts
• Educational assistance
• Financial assistance from outside the household
  (excludes gifts)

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Not Income

• Capital gains
• Gifts
• Lump-sum inheritances or insurance payments
• Disability payments, except SSDI
• Workers compensation

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Not Income

• Child support
• Tax refunds
• SCSEP earnings of another family member

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Types of Expenditures

• Enrollee costs
• Other enrollee costs
• Administrative costs
• Matching funds

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Enrollee Costs

• Enrollee wages
• Fringe benefits

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Other Enrollee Costs

• Staff costs
• Support services
• Training
• Intake, orientation
• IEP development
• Transportation
• Incidentals

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Administration

• Payroll preparation
• Personnel
• Procurement
• Accounting
• Financial management

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Matching Funds

• 10 non federal fund requirement
• Allowable activities
• Not required for 502 (e) grants

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Cash Match

• Grantee
• Third-party

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In-kind Match

• Not paid by grantee or sub-grantee
• Personnel services
• Space
• Services
• Valuation

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Match Exclusions

• Federal funds
• Used as match for other programs
• Used for construction/purchase of facilities
• Source is program income

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Reporting

• AMR
• AMR-OC

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NCOA Recipients

• Appalachian Agency for Sr. Citizens.
• League of Older Americans.
• City of Alexandria, Office of Employment
  Training.
• Arlington Agency on Aging.
• Fairfax Area Agency on Aging.
• Prince William Area Agency on Aging.
• Sr. Services of Southeastern Virginia.

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Accrued Expenditures

• DOL requirement.
• Sub-recipient accrued expenditures.
• Accrued expense column on worksheet.

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Final Report

• Due on August 2nd.
• All obligations need to be liquidated by this
  date (No accrued expenditures).

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Performance

• Accountability
• Results
• Enhanced Program performance
• Continuous Improvement

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Measures

• Number served
• Number served with the greatest need
• Community services provided
• Placement
• Retention

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Measures Contd

• Enrollee satisfaction
• Employer satisfaction
• Host Agency satisfaction
• Earnings increase

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Data Collection

• National data collection and reporting system
• Participant form
• Community service assignment form
• Exit form
• Unsubsidized employment form

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Data Collection

• Data is reported directly to DOL by sub-grantee.
• VDA will receive reports from DOL.
• NCOA has received permission to use its own
  system and NCOA recipients will enter data into
  the NCOA system.

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Surveys

• Enrollees
• Host Agencies
• Employers

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Summary

• Enrollee pool is smaller
• Increased intensive placement effort
• Accountability
• Increased work without increased funding

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Exercise 1

• A. An accrual
• B. Obligation
• C. An expenditure
• D. As match
• E. None of the above

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Exercise 2

• A. Are enrollee costs
• B. Are other enrollee costs
• C. Are administration
• D. Need to be allocated
• E. None of the above