What is the purpose of the
Senior Community Service Employment Program?
The Senior Community Service Employment Program, known as the SCSEP, has a dual
purpose: to provide useful part-time community service assignments for persons
with low incomes who are 55 years old or older, while promoting transition to
unsubsidized employment.
What are the eligibility criteria?
Eligibility criteria are based on age, income and
place of residence. The applicant must be 55 years of age or older. The family
income must be at 125% of poverty or below. A disabled person may be treated as
a "family of one" for income eligibility purposes. The older person, upon
initial enrollment, must reside in the state of Georgia.
What are the enrollment priorities?
Enrollment priorities are as follows: eligible
individuals with the greatest economic need; eligible individuals who are 60
years old or older, and eligible individuals who seek re-enrollment following
termination from an unubsidized job through no fault of their own. Within all
enrollment priorities, persons with poor employment prospects are given
preference.
What are the benefits of enrollment?
Trainees are paid $5.15 per hour for an average of 20
hours of community service per week. They are also paid at the same rate while
in classroom training. They may be paid for up to 260 hours of training per
program year. No trainee may be paid for more than 1300 hours annually.
Trainees also develop marketable skills through performing
community service assignments at training sites such as schools, libraries,
health centers, senior centers, home delivered meals programs, homemaker
services, day care centers, Departments of Family and Children's Services, Boys
and Girls Clubs, Community Action Agencies, and recreation centers. They serve
in positions such as clerical aides, secretaries, receptionists, data entry
assistants, maintenance aides, food service staff, cooks, drivers, library
aides, and school paraprofessionals.
Other benefits include the opportunity to co-enroll in the
Workforce Investment Act or Adult Training Programs to develop or
increase occupational skills; annual physical examinations; development of
job-seeking skills; counseling and referral on personal and job-related
problems; consumer information such as Social Security and Medicare; a renewed
sense of self-esteem through involvement in community service activities; and
assistance in obtaining unsubsidized employment.
How is the community service assignment or
classroom training program determined?
Upon enrollment, each individual is assessed to
determine the most suitable community service assignment and to identify
appropriate employment, training and support service objectives. The assessment
is made in partnership with the trainee, and considers that person's preference
of occupational category, work history, skills, interests, talents, physical
capabilities and potential for transition to unsubsidized employment.
What kind of plan is made with trainee?
The assessment is used as a basis for developing an
individual development plan in partnership with trainee. The IDP reflects the
needs, interests and desires of the trainee, and establishes a time frame for
the achievement of stated training and employment objectives. It includes the
desired community service assignment, classroom training, and the obtainment of
needed community services. It will always state a job goal and a plan for
transitioning into unsubsidized employment.
Who and where is the Area Agency on
Aging for Georgia Mountains Area?
The Legacy Link, Inc. is the Area Agency on Aging for thirteen (13) counties
in the Georgia Mountains Area. Get directions to our main office by clicking HERE.
Address:
The Legacy Link, Inc
Area Agency on Aging
P.O. Box 2534
508 Oak Street -- Suite #1
Gainesville, GA 30503
phone (770) 538.2650
fax (770) 538.2660
Pat Freeman, Executive Director
If you or someone in your
family believe SCSEP is the program for them then call us at the numbers above.
