SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is to assist unemployed job seekers, who are 55 years of age and older with limited household income, revitalize their job skills, while earning minimum wages and assigned part-time to community service placement at local non-profit or governmental agencies.
HOW THE PROGRAM IS FUNDED
East Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission through Agreements with the Senior Service America, Inc. (SSAI) and the Alabama Department of Senior Services (ADSS) receives funding from Title V of the Older American Act through the U.S. Department of Labor to operate the Senior Community Service Employment Program.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE
Unemployed Seniors who are 55 years of age or older, that meet 125% of federally established poverty income guidelines, and resides in East Alabama Commission's ten-county region.
COUNTIES SERVED
Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Etowah, Randolph, Talladega, Tallapoosa
WHAT TYPE OF TRAINING IS OFFERED
Office work, building maintenance, food service, drivers, classroom aides, etc.
For more information regarding SCSEP contact:
Carolyn Baker,
Project Director
(256) 237-6741
Fax: (256) 237-6763
Email: carolyn.baker@adss.alabama.gov