Located in:
- Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)
(OMB Control No. 1205-0040)
b. 1. C. Planned actions to coordinate SCSEP with other private and public entities and programs that provide services to older Americans, such as community and faith- based organizations, transportation programs, and programs for those with special needs or disabilities. (20 CFR 641.302(i))
Current Narrative:
Colorado abides by, and follows, the Charitable Choice philosophy. The provision in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) enacted in 1996, and its later revisions, allows the opportunity to contract and work directly with faith-based and community-based organizations. Additionally, it allows these organizations to work with workforce clients who are in need of services.
Colorado will continue to actively participate in the identification, recruitment, education, and training of faith-based and community-based organizations (FBOs/CBOs) in order to build better partnerships with WFCs. Thus far, Colorado has been successful using Charitable Choice to partner with faith-based and community-based organizations in helping to serve Colorado’s workforce clients.
Colorado State sub-grantees will continue to maximize WFCs’ ability to serve SCSEP clients, as well as expand and enhance services by utilizing websites that provide comprehensive tools for FBOs/CBOs. The WFCs have assembled a list of service providers in Colorado in the form of an on-line catalog. The catalog has the capacity to search for 50 specific services by region and provider, and currently contains over 800 providers.