Located in:
- Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)
At minimum, in the SCSEP stand-alone submission and the SCSEP portion of the Combined State Plan, States should comprehensively cover the following elements.
c. 4. C. Serves Individuals Afforded Priority for Service Under 20 Cfr 641.520. (20 Cfr 641.302(a), 641.365, 641.520)
Current Narrative:
A. Recruitment and Selection of Participants
The Contractor will ensure the following:
1. The recruitment of sufficient numbers of eligible individuals to maintain the established number of authorized;
2. To provide job training assignments for eligible participants with the greatest economic need, greatest social need, poor employment history or prospects, and over the age fifty-five.
B. Enrollment Priorities Include:
1. Veterans and qualified spouses at least aged sixty;
2. Other eligible individuals at least sixty years old;
3. Veterans and qualified spouses aged fifty-five to fifty-nine; and
4. Other eligible individual aged fifty-five.
Other Special Considerations are:
1. Incomes below the poverty level;
2. Poor employment prospects;
3. Greatest social or economic need;
4. Minorities;
5. Limited English Speaking; and
6. Native Americans.
C. SCSEP ELIGIBILITY SHALL BE DETERMINEDUSINGTHE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
(A) Age - not less than 55 years of age; no upper age-limit may be applied
(B) Income - family income may not exceed 125% of the Federal Poverty Level
(C) Residence - at the time of initial enrollment, participants must reside in the state in which the project is authorized (homeless people may qualify).