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Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)
Provided by the Older American Act (Title III C)


Title V of the Older American Act provides for Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). The program is designed to provide funds to subsidize, foster, and promote useful part-time opportunities in community service employment for unemployed, low-income persons 55 years or older and to assist in the transition of enrollees to private or other unsubsidized employment.

Wages -- Enrollees are paid no less than federal or state minimum wage or local prevailing rate. Federal funds may be used to compensate participants for a maximum of 1,300 hours of work per year (52 weeks at 25 hours a week), including orientation and training. Participants work an average of 20-25 hours per week.

SCSEP projects are located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories. These projects place you in part-time jobs in public or nonprofit community agencies including, but not limited to, social services, health, welfare, education, and legal services. The employment projects are sponsored by national contractors and by state and territorial governments. Training is part of the effort. Some of these contractors may include:

Eligibility -- Persons eligible under the program are those who are 55 years of age or older (and the law requires that priority be given to persons 60 years and older), unemployed, and whose income level is not more than 125 percent of the poverty level guidelines issued by DHHS (in 1990, $6,280 for a one-person household and $8,420 for a two-person household, with higher amounts for Alaska and Hawai. When determining eligibility, non-cash income such as food stamps and compensation received in the form of food or housing, unemployment benefits, and welfare benefits are not counted as income.

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