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ETA News Release: [06/05/2003]
Contact Name: Lorette
Post
Phone Number: (202) 693-3984
Secretary of Labor
Awards $342 Million for Older Worker Employment Program
WASHINGTON—Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today announced
that grants totaling more than $342 million are being awarded to 13
organizations to provide community service experience and training to
low-income workers age 55 and older. The grants will help subsidize part-time
employment in community service positions that train older workers for
placement in unsubsidized jobs.
"This Administration is committed to helping older workers achieve
self-sufficiency," said Chao. "The hundreds of millions of dollars in grants we
are announcing today are targeted to help these workers with few employment
prospects to gain the experience they need to move into better-paying,
unsubsidized jobs."
Authorized by Congress through 2005, the Senior Community Service
Employment Program (SCSEP) provides funding for at least 60,000 positions
through which 100,000 participants are served each year.
The 13 grantees were selected through a competitive process based on the
technical merit of each application. As required by the Nov. 8, 2002
solicitation for grant applications, one award each was made to an Asian and
Pacific Island organization and an Indian and Native American organization.
Most of the grantees have held grants or subgrants under the SCSEP
before, but a few are new to the program. As grantees assume their
responsibilities beginning July 1, current participants will continue to be
served.
"The Urban Institute projects that, by 2005, there will be 1.4 million
more economically disadvantaged adults over the age of 55 than there were ten
years earlier," said Emily Stover DeRocco, assistant secretary of labor for
employment and training. "Those statistics highlight the urgency of our job -
to provide the best possible service for the largest number so that no older
worker is left behind."
The SCSEP is the only federal workforce program targeted to older
workers. Congress reauthorized the SCSEP, Title V of the Older Americans Act,
in 2000. The program is administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's
Employment and Training Administration through grant agreements with states and
eligible organizations.
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SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (SCSEP)
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Awardee
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Amount
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AARP Foundation Programs
601 E St. NW, Room B5-321
Washington, DC 20049
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$74,974,900
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Asociacion Nacional Pro Mayores Personas
234 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 300
Pasadena, CA 91101
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$7,793,500
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Easter Seals, Inc.
230 W. Monroe St., Suite 1800
Chicago, IL 60606
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$16,180,084
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Experience Works, Inc.
2200 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22201
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$86,150,732
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National ABLE Network
180 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60601
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$5,462,600
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National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
1511 Third Ave., Suite 914
Seattle, WA 98101
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$6,120,400
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National Caucus & Center on Black Aged, Inc.
1220 L St., NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
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$15,272,400
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National Indian Council on Aging
10501 Montgomery Blvd., NE, Suite 210
Albuquerque, NM 87111
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$6,165,886
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Senior Service America, Inc.
8403 Colesville Rd., Suite 1200
Silver Spring, MD 20910
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$50,128,650
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SER-Jobs for Progress National, Inc.
1925 W. John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 575
Irving, TX 75063
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$26,319,150
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The National Council on the Aging, Inc.
300 D St., SW, Suite 801
Washington, DC 20024
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$21,900,450
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USDA Forest Service
14th & Independence Ave., SW
P.O. Box 96090
Washington, DC 20090
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$20,463,300
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Mature Services, Inc.
415 S. Portage Path
Akron, OH 44320
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$5,491,200
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