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2024-2025

Senior Community Service Employment Program

The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is a community service and work-based job training program for older Americans. Authorized by the Older Americans Act, the program provides training for low-income, unemployed seniors. Participants also have access to employment assistance through American Job Centers.

 

Community & Family Services administers the SCSEP program in Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Jay, and Madison counties.  

 

SCSEP participants gain work experience in a variety of community service activities at non-profit and public facilities, including schools, hospitals, day-care centers, and senior centers. The program provides over 40 million community service hours to public and non-profit agencies, allowing them to enhance and provide needed services. Participants work an average of 20 hours a week and are paid the highest of federal, state or local minimum wage. This training serves as a bridge to unsubsidized employment opportunities for participants.

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Participants must be at least 55, unemployed, and have a family income of no more than 125% of the federal poverty level. Enrollment priority is given to veterans and qualified spouses, then to individuals who are over 65, have a disability, have low literacy skills or limited English proficiency, reside in a rural area, are homeless or at risk of homelessness, have low employment prospects, or have failed to find employment after using services through the American Job Center system.

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Connect to a SCSEP Representative:

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765-330-9940

Senior Community Service Employment Program
 

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Community and Family Services is a Community Action Agency serving Adams, Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Randolph, and Wells counties. Our mission is to assist individuals, families, and our communities reduce or remove the causes and conditions of poverty.

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