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Program Overview
The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), funded under Title V of the Older Americans Act, serves persons with low incomes who are 55 years old or over and have poor employment prospects. The program has two purposes: to provide useful community services and to foster individual economic self sufficiency through training and job placement in unsubsidized jobs. Services provided include:
- up to 20 hours a week of part-time employment in community service assignments
- job training and related educational opportunities
- opportunities for placement into unsubsidized jobs
Community service assignments include the following activities:
- social, health, welfare, and educational services (particularly literacy tutoring)
- personal assistance, including tax counseling and assistance and financial counseling
- library, recreational, and other similar services
- conservation, maintenance, or restoration of natural resources
- community betterment or beautification
- anti-pollution and environmental quality efforts
- weatherization activities
- economic development; and
- such other services essential and necessary to the community as the Secretary of the Department of Labor, by regulation, may prescribe.
To locate a program near you, please call Simi Atolagbe at (615) 253-5869.
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- State Contacts - See Below
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Alliance for Business and Training, Inc.
Jackie Sensabaugh
Project Director
TN Career Center
2515 Wesley Street
Johnson City, TN 37601
Ph: 423-610-0222 Ext. 220
E-mail: jsensabaugh@ab-t.org
Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Washington
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East TN Human Resource Agency
Gary Johnson
Project Coordinator
728 Emory Valley Road
Sutie D100
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Ph: 865-590-1052 Ext. 108
E-mail: gdjohnson@ethra.org
Gordon Acuff, Executive Director
Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan, Scott, Union
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Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency
Charles West
Project Director
3111 Enterprise Drive
Cookeville, TN 38506-4281
Ph: 931-528-1127 Ext. 241
E-mail: charlesw31@yahoo.com
Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Putman, Van Buren, White
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Mid-West Community Service Agency
April Curlin/Ginny Manor Coordinator
Project Director
Tennessee Community Service
1604 West Reelfoot Avenue
Union City, TN 38281
Ph: 731-884-2640
E-mail: april.curlin@tncsa.com
Cheatham, Dyer, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart, Obion, Weakley
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Southwest Human Resources Agency
Ophelia Parks
Project Director
1527 White Avenue
Henderson, TN 38340
Ph: 731-989-5111
E-mail: oparks@swhra.org
Chester, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy
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Meritan, Inc.
Casondra Amos
Project Director
4700 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38117-4411
Ph: 901-766-0600
E-mail: casondraamos@meritan.org
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Send comments to Senior Community Employment Program Coordinator
TN Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Simi Atolagbe, Grants Program Manager
Senior Community Employment Program
220 French Landing Drive, 4B
Nashville,TN 37243
(615) 253-5869 Fax (615) 741-3003 |
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