Paid Job Training through Community Service

Important Program Update

The Department of Labor allowed SCSEP National Grant funding to expire on June 30^th without providing the promised funding for the new program year. We still don't know if or when they will release these funds. As a result, AARP Foundation has been forced to suspend SCSEP national grant activities and furlough staff and participants. If the Department of Labor does not act soon, we will have no choice but to shut down the program. Everyone, regardless of age or income, deserves the opportunity to work, contribute, and support themselves and their families.

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About AARP Foundation SCSEP

SCSEP matches eligible jobseekers with local nonprofits and public agencies — day care centers, senior centers, schools, and hospitals — in paid training assignments.

If you qualify, you’ll be matched with a part-time training assignment, where you’ll get:

●      Work experience you can put on your résumé

●      On-the-job training in new computer or vocational skills

●      Professional job placement assistance to find full-time or part-time employment

●      An average of 20 hours per week of paid work

Put Our Expertise to Work for You

For more than 50 years, SCSEP has provided people age 55 and older with opportunities to work in a variety of community service roles at local nonprofits and public facilities — people like Joyce Lindberg. 

“If it wasn’t for SCSEP, I wouldn’t be where I’m at; I’d still be on disability,” Joyce says. “It shows that getting older doesn’t mean you are through living. There is still so much to offer.” In her new job, Joyce discovered that her passion was managed care: guiding older adults through the Medicaid waiver program, handling insurance billing, and providing Medicare counseling. She also started a program that supplies heaters, blankets, air conditioners, and fans to older adults who can’t afford them.

Take a Step Toward Getting a Better-Paying Job

Learn more about key resources to help older adults achieve their career goals in the evolving world of work, explore workforce development initiatives.

AARP Foundation SCSEP is funded by a $46,889,529 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. This funding provides 90% of the support for SCSEP, with AARP Foundation matching 10%.