How the Jobs for Veterans Act (P.L. 107-288) Applies to
THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (SCSEP)
17 BASIC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Applicable to Senior Community Service Employment Program
- Effect on Senior Community Service Employment Program Funding
11SCSEP. Will Senior Community Service Employment Program funding be affected (additional dollars, changes in formulas, allocations, reallocations, etc., where applicable)? If so, how?
RESPONSE:
No. Funding will not be affected by veterans' priority.
12SCSEP. Are "old" but as of yet unexpended Senior Community Service Employment Program funds received, obligated, or committed prior to the passage of the Jobs for Veterans Act subject to the veterans' priority?
RESPONSE:
Yes, "old" but as of yet unexpended SCSEP funds received, obligated, or committed prior to the passage of the Jobs for Veterans Act are subject to the veterans' priority. Unexpended grant funds will be recaptured to use in the SCSEP program. Other funds received, obligated, or committed prior to the passage of the Jobs for Veterans Act will largely be used for finalization of regulations and the training for grantees to implement these changes (including the veterans' priorities).
13SCSEP. Will other non-Department of Labor Federal funds, or non-federal funds used in Senior Community Service Employment Program partnerships or as match be subject to the same veterans' priority?
RESPONSE:
Yes, the ten percent non-federal required share used in the SCSEP program will be subject to the same veterans' priority. The veterans' priority applies to any workforce preparation, development, or delivery program or service that is directly funded, in whole or in part, by the Department of Labor. It specifically applies to any such program or service under the public employment service system, One-Stop Career Centers, the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, a demonstration or other temporary program, a workforce development program targeted to specific groups and those programs implemented by states or local service providers based on Federal block grants administered by the Department of Labor. To the extent these programs are funded at least in part by Department of Labor funds, the veterans' priority applies.
- Effect on Senior Community Service Employment Program Operations
14SCSEP. Is there impact on the ability to co-enroll a participant where this is necessary and feasible? What happens, for instance, if the Senior Community Service Employment Program wants to co-enroll a non-veteran participant into another program, but the other program has veterans ahead of him or her in the eligibility line?
RESPONSE:
The Department of Labor expects SCSEP to co-enroll participants with the state and local workforce investment system programs when necessary, feasible, and prudent in order to eliminate duplication and increase the numbers able to be served. In some instances, however the veterans' priority will impact the ability to co-enroll. There may be situations among some Federal programs (which are not funded by the Department of Labor and not subject to the Jobs for Veterans Act) where individuals whom they refer to SCSEP must defer to eligible veterans who are first in line, or where eligible veterans referred by SCSEP to other statutory or policy mandates not subject to the Jobs for Veterans Act. The expectation is that most co-enrollment situations can be accommodated locally, but there may be rare instances where this is negatively impacted.
15SCSEP. How will registration, record-keeping, and reporting for the Senior Community Service Employment Program be affected?
RESPONSE:
Final SCSEP regulations will require that SCSEP grantees will have new reporting requirements that capture veterans' priority.
16SCSEP. How will the veterans' priority affect any request for proposal (RFPs), Solicitations for Grant Award (SGAs), program sub-grants, subcontracts, or memoranda of understanding or other service provision agreements with Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) vendors, contractors, and partners (required and otherwise)?
RESPONSE:
Solicitation for Grant Awards (SGAs) and program sub-grants will require that grantees use veterans' priorities as they relate to SCSEP when enrolling participants in the SCSEP program.
17SCSEP. Will Senior Community Service Employment Program outreach efforts, written materials on available services and Web sites have to express and implement a priority of service to veterans?
RESPONSE:
SCSEP outreach efforts, written materials on available services and Web sites will be required to express and implement a harmonized priority of service to the mandated targets of SCSEP along with veterans' priority.
QUESTIONS RECEIVED FROM PROGRAM OPERATORS OF
Senior Community Service Employment Program
AND ANSWERS PROVIDED
NOTE: For ease of reference (away from the context of this Web site) the number of each question from program operators is not only followed by the acronym of the asking program, but also by the initials ff (as in "from field"). Example: The first question in the series of those received from a program operator under the WIA Adult and Dislocated Workers program, would be 1ADWff. The first question in the series of those received from a program operator under a National Emergency Grant would appear as 1NEGff.
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