Senior Community Service Employment Program
The goal of the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is to help low-income individuals who are age 55 and older with their search for employment. Eligible candidates receive job training, new skills, self confidence and support to find full-time employment. This program is the quintessential “win-win.” The senior receives up to 20 hours per week of paid training with a non-profit organization. The employer, a non-profit organization, receives an individual well-trained and eager to work who can help them with their employment needs, either on a short-term basis or as a permanent hire.
The SCSEP provides both community services and work-based training. SCSEP’s are paid the highest of federal, state or local minimum wage. They are placed in a wide variety of community service activities at non-profit and public facilities, including day-care centers, senior centers, schools , colleges , and hospitals. It is intended that community service training serves as a bridge to unsubsidized employment opportunities; SCSEP's goal is to place 30% of its authorized positions into unsubsidized employment annually.
Available Services: Services available through the SCSEP program for assisting older workers are:
- Community Services - the program provides over 40 million community service hours to public and non-profit agencies, allowing them to enhance and provide needed services
- Participant Services - Individual Employment Plan (IEP) development, orientation, community service placement, training specific to community service assignment, other training as identified in the IEP, supportive services, wages, fringe benefits, annual physicals, assistance in securing unsubsidized employment, and access to local One-Stop Career Centers.
Eligible Participants: Eligible Participants: Program participants must be at least 55, unemployed, and have a family income of no more than 125% of the federal poverty level. (source: SCSEP Web page)
For information on the SCSEP at Coppin contact Dr Janet D. Spry at 410-951-3514 or jspry@coppin.edu