Senior Community Employment Program (SCSEP)

The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is funded under Title V of the Older Americans Act. This program is building work and job readiness skills and putting seniors back to work into the community. SCSEP has two purposes: To provide useful community services and to foster individual economic independence through training and realistic job placements.

To qualify:

• You must be over the age of 55
• Family income must not be more than 125% of the federal poverty guidelines
• Live in Montgomery, Macon, Autauga, Elmore or Pike Counties
• Have dismal employment prospects
• May or not be disabled

Program participants train up to 20 hours a week in a community service assignment at
an approved SCSEP host agency. The host agency must be a governmental or a 501c(3)non-profit organization. Program participants are paid the federal minimum wage.

Some examples of training assignments include, but are not limited to:

• Assistant or support positions in health care facilities or office setting
• Serving meals to the elderly
• Childcare or teacher's assistants
• Data entry clerks
• Grounds maintenance
• Industrial sub-contracting assistants 

For additional information contact:

Frankie Thomas, SCSEP Program Manager
2125 E. South Boulevard
Montgomery, Alabama 36116
(334) 288-0240 Ext. 257

Quotes from SCSEP participants:

"By doing many things in the office I became more sure of myself and I now do the office work with confidence."

"[The Teachers] have inspired me to renew my old skills while learning new skills more suited to my health and aging body...I now feel like a very useful person ready to get back into society with new found hope and confidence."

"The program helps to build confidence and motivate seniors to stay active through work."

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