TITLE V Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)

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TITLE V Senior Community
Service Employment Program (SCSEP)
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What is Title V - SCSEP?

• Federally funded community service and work based
  training program for older workers
• Authorized by Title V of the Older Americans Act
  (OAA)

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MAJOR SCSEP GOALS

• Foster individual economic self-sufficiency
• Promote useful part-time opportunities in
  community service activities (subsidized)
• Increase no. of persons who may enjoy benefits of
  unsubsidized employment in both public private
  sectors.

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Sense of Congress (from OAA)

• (1) .was established with the intent of
  placing older individuals in community service
  positions and providing job training and
• (2) placing older individuals in community
  service positions strengthens the ability of the
  individuals to become self- sufficient, provides
  much-needed support to organizations that benefit
  from increased civic engagement, and strengthens
  the communities that are served by such
  organizations.

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Authorizing legislation Title V of the Older
Americans Act (amended 2006) CONGRESS
DOL HHS/ AOA
STATE (22) NATIONAL (78)
Grantees Grantees
(VDA) SUBGRANTEES

Host Agencies Participants
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Key Features

• Targeted to hardto-serve low-income seniors with
  poor employment prospects
• Cannot serve job-ready seniors
• Participants placed/trained in community service
  positions at NFP agencies

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Key Features.. continued

• Bridge to unsubsidized part-time employment in
  entry level positions
• Benefits communities by performing valuable
  needed community service

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SCSEP Earn Learn

• Paid work experience/training for low-income
  persons, age 55 , who have poor employment
  prospects.
• Program subsidizes part-time community service
  jobs, in Not-for-Profit (NFP) agencies (host
  agencies)
• Participants work 20 hours per week earn
  minimum wage (7.25) while gaining work
  experience
• Participants train as receptionists, typists,
  secretarial assistants, nutrition aides, security
  guards, maintenance workers, van drivers and more
• Fringe Benefits annual physical, workers comp,
  FICA

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SCSEP Eligibility

• Four Eligibility Requirements
• 55
• Unemployed
• Resident of VA
• Income less than 125 of HHS federal poverty level

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ENROLLMENT PRIORITIES

• Veterans and Qualified spouses
• Persons 65 and older OR individuals with
• disability
• limited English proficiency
• low literacy skills
• reside in a rural area
• low employment prospects
• failed to find employment through WIA Title I
  services
• homeless
• at risk of homelessness

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Supportive Services

• To assist participant in successfully
  participating in community service assignments
  and to help participant gain and keep job
  (including post-placement services)

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Supportive Services.continued

• Counseling
• Case management
• Referrals
• Transportation
• Periodic group meetings
• Incidentals, including but not limited to
• Work shoes
• Badges
• Uniforms
• Safety glasses
• Eyeglasses
• Hearing Aids

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Host Agencies/Work Sites

• Public agency or private non-profit 501(c)(3)
• Provide work site supervision, training,
  work-experience
• High quality host agency provides
• Valuable training / work experience
• Better employment opportunities
• Meaningful community service

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Host Agencies (examples)

• Libraries
• Schools
• AAAs
• Museums
• Community colleges
• One-Stops
• Local gov. agencies
• Food Banks
• Parks
• Senior Centers

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Host Agency Positions (examples)

• Cashier
• Clerical/Office worker
• Cook
• Day care assistant
• Home health care worker
• Janitor / housekeeper
• Nurses aide
• Receptionist
• Van Driver

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Program Length of Stay

• IEP to establish appropriate length of enrollment
  time in the program
• Individual participant allowed no more than a
  48-month program stay
• 36 months -- average participation cap for grant

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Performance MeasuresDOL EstablishesProgram
Numerical Goals Annually

• Entered Employment
• Employment Retention
• Average Earnings
• Service Level
• Community Service
• Services to Most-in-Need

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VDAs Network of SCSEP Sub-Projects in VA

• Mt. Empire Older Citizens, Inc.
• District III Sr. Services
• Southern Area AAA, Inc.
• South Central WIB (WIB VIII)

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VDA Sub Projects..continued

• Senior Connections (Capital AAA, Inc.)
• Rappahannock AAA, Inc.
• Bay Aging, Inc.
• Crater District AAA
• Eastern Shore AAA/CAA, Inc

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National SCSEP Contractors Operating in VA

• AARP
• Goodwill Industries
• Experience Works, Inc.
• National Council on Aging (NCOA)
• (Subject to DOL competition every four years)