Older Worker Employment Program Draws $342 Million From Dol
Grants totaling more than $342 million are being awarded by the Department of Labor to 13 organizations to provide community service experience and training to low-income workers age 55 and older. The grants will help subsidize part-time employment in community service positions that train older workers for placement in unsubsidized jobs.
Authorized by Congress through 2005, the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) provides funding for at least 60,000 positions through which 100,000 participants are served each year.
The 13 grantees were selected through a competitive process based on the technical merit of each application. As required by the Nov. 8, 2002 solicitation for grant applications, one award each was made to an Asian and Pacific Island organization and an Indian and Native American organization.
Most of the grantees have held grants or subgrants under the SCSEP before, but a few are new to the program. As grantees assume their responsibilities beginning July 1, current participants will continue to be served.
The SCSEP is the only federal workforce program targeted to older workers. Congress reauthorized the SCSEP, Title V of the Older Americans Act, in 2000.
The program is administered by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration through grant agreements with states and eligible organizations.
Groups receiving awards are:
AARP Foundation Programs, 601 E Street, NW, Room B5-321, Washington, DC 20049– Amount: $74,974,900
Asociacion Nacional Pro Mayores Personas, 234 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 300, Pasadena, CA 91101– Amount: $7,793,500
Easter Seals, Inc., 230 West Monroe Street, Suite 1800, Chicago, IL 60606– Amount: $16,180,084
Experience Works, Inc., 2200 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 1000, Arlington, VA– Amount: $86,150,732
National ABLE Network, 180 N. Wabash Avenue, Suite 600, Chicago, IL–60601 Amount: $5,462,600
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging, 1511 Third Avenue, Suite 914, Seattle, WA 98101– Amount: $6,120,400
National Caucus & Center on Black Aged, Inc., 1220 L Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005– Amount: $15,272,400
National Indian Council on Aging, 10501 Montgomery Blvd, NE, Suite 210, Albuquerque, NM 87111– Amount: $6,165,886
Senior Service America, Inc., 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 1200, Silver Spring, MD 20910– Amount: $50,128,650
SER-Jobs for Progress National, Inc., 1925 W. John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 575, Irving, TX 75063 Amount: $26,319,150
The National Council on the Aging, Inc., 300 D Street, SW, Suite 801, Washington, DC 20024– Amount: $21,900,450
USDA Forest Service, 14th & Independence Avenue, SW P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090– Amount: $20,463,300
Mature Services, Inc., 415 South Portage Path Akron, OH 44320, Amount: $5,491,200
