Employment
Employers are recognizing the advantages of hiring older workers. Your local office for the aging is a resource for help in finding work and can connect you with other services in the community. The following programs employ or train low-income senior citizens.
Older American Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP or Title V)
This program fosters and promotes useful part-time community service assignments for persons with low incomes who are 55 years old or older, while promoting transition to unsubsidized employment. Services provided include up to 1,300 hours per year of parttime community service assignments, job training and related educational opportunities, and opportunities for placement in unsubsidized jobs.
Community service assignments include social, health, welfare and educational services; library, recreational and other similar services; conservation; community betterment and beautification; weatherization activities; legal and other counseling services.
Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) assists job seekers and persons looking to further their careers to access the employment, education, training and information services they need at One-Stop Centers in their neighborhoods.
The centers consist of two areas, "core services" (available to all adults with no eligibility requirements) and "intensive services" for those individuals who are unable to find jobs through core services alone. The core services will include job search and placement assistance (including career counseling), labor market information (which identifies job vacancies, skills needed for in-demand jobs and local, regional and national employment trends); initial assessment of skills and needs; information about available services; and follow-up services to help employees keep jobs once they are placed.
These and other employment and training services, including Title V, literacy and adult education are accessible through the One-Stop Centers. Contact your local Department of Labor office
for the center nearest you.