DATE	MARCH 20, 2002
DIRECTIVE	OLDER WORKER BULLETIN 02-03
TO	ALL SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (SCSEP) GRANTEES
SUBJECT	Recognition of Grantees for Their Efforts to Achieve Their Program Year (PY) 2000 Unsubsidized Placement Goals

1.        PURPOSE: To share with all SCSEP grantees the results of our unsubsidized placement efforts and the number of participants served for PY 2000 (July 1, 2000 – 30, 2001). Also attached is the SCSEP Summary Report for PY 2000
2.        REFERENCES: Older Worker (OW) Bulletin Nos. 00-27 and 97-2.

3.        BACKGROUND: The 2000 amendments to Title V of the Older Americans Act (OAA) include performance indicators against which actual grantee performance will be compared. Under the amended OAA, national grantees that do not meet established performance measures will receive technical assistance and could have their funding reduced while states may be subject to the imposition of similar sanctions.

Final performance indicators and measures have not yet been determined. There are two program goals under the current SCSEP that are similar to those in the amended legislation. One is a national unsubsidized placement goal of 20 percent, and the other is for each grantee to serve at least 140 percent of the number of positions funded.

4.        RATES OF TRANSITION: For the program year that ended June 30, 2001, the overall SCSEP placement rate was 33.8 percent, and the service percentage was 172.9 percent.

The Department commends the fine efforts of the grantees that have met or exceeded the current program performance goals. We encourage grantees to continue their efforts to meet or exceed their goals as identified in the grant agreement. It is also noteworthy that, as a group, SCSEP grantees exceeded the program performance goals set forth in OW Bulletin No. 97-2.

5.        ACTION REQUIRED: During this program year, it is very important that grantees focus on meeting or exceeding both the unsubsidized placement goal and the service rate goal.


6.         INQUIRIES: Questions should be directed to your Federal Representative at (202) 693-3842.

ATTACHMENT

1. PY 2000 SCSEP Summary Report 2. Grantees Performance Rates

ATTACHMENT

Federal Poverty Income Guidelines

___________________________ ERICH W. ("RIC") LARISCH Chief Division of Older Worker Programs

___________________________ SHIRLEY M. SMITH Administrator Office of Adult Services

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SCSEP GRANTEES PROGRAM PERFORMANCE FOR PY 2000

								PERCENT	PERCENT
GRANTEES								PLACED	SERVED

Utah Division of Aging and Adult Services	67.9	197.5
Vermont Associates for Training and Development, Inc.	61.0	264.4
AARP Foundation	54.3	206.3
New Mexico State Agency on Agency	43.4	200.0
Idaho Commission on Aging	39.6	198.2

California Department of Aging	39.5	172.4
, Inc.	37.9	192.9
Georgia Department of Human Resources	37.8	177.5
D.C. Department of Employment Services	36.6	166.2
National Council on the Aging, Inc.	36.4	171.1

Virginia Governor's Employment
and Training Department	35.3	158.6
Asociacion Nacional Pro Personas Mayores	30.8	155.6
National Urban League, Inc.	30.4	163.5
Tennessee Commission on Aging	29.6	160.0
Louisiana Office of Elderly Affairs	29.4	161.8

Forest Service	29.1	139.8
National Senior Citizens Education and Research Center	28.3	168.6
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services	28.0	162.4
New York State Office for the Aging	28.0	150.7
Pennsylvania Department of Aging	27.4	160.0

National Caucus and Center on Black Aged	27.4	146.6
Alabama Commission on Aging	27.3	181.9
Texas Workforce Commission	27.0	159.1
Arizona Department of Economic Security	26.3	198.1
Delaware Department of Health and Social Services	25.6	150.8

Oregon Senior and Disabled Services	25.0	159.4
Ohio Department of Aging	24.6	171.0
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging	24.6	155.2
Minnesota Department of Jobs and Training	24.4	145.7
Wyoming Division on Aging	24.1	167.2

Kansas Department of Human Resources	24.0	167.2
Illinois Department on Aging	23.9	143.8
North Carolina Division of Aging	23.6	167.6
Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations	22.9	153.4
Oklahoma Office of the Governor	22.8	156.8

Connecticut Department of Social Services	22.8	142.1
Rhode Island Department of Elderly Affairs	22.7	119.7
Nevada Division for Aging Services	21.3	180.3
Indiana Family and Social Services	21.1	146.1
Colorado Department of Human Services	20.9	166.9

Kentucky Office of Aging Services	20.6	133.8
West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services	20.2	136.2
Puerto Rico Department of Social Services	20.2	138.1
Maryland Office on Aging	20.1	139.0
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services	20.0	134.0

Maine Bureau of Elder and Adult Services

20.0

116.0