Senior Community Services Employment Program

Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) seeks to provide subsidized, parttime, community service work-based training to low-income District residents, 55 years of age and older, with poor employment prospects and income less than 25% over the federal poverty level. Enrollment priority is given to persons over the age of 60,

veterans, and qualified spouses of veterans.

Who qualifies for this program?

District of Columbia residents who are 55 or older

Employer Benefits

• SCSEP offers businesses a pool of pre-screened and trained candidates with the right attitude and aptitude to help companies increase productivity and profitability.

• Recruitment & Staffing: We remove the cost, time, and frustration of finding the right employee for positions avail­able in your company.

• Free Training: We subsidize training for SCSEP participants to ensure they are qualified and prepared to work at your business.

• Upfront Performance Evaluation: Our two-week subsidized job placement allows you to monitor the work ethic of your mature workers before you commit to hiring them

• permanently.

• Employee Retention: We provide customized social and technical support to our mature workers to help eliminate the threat of high turnover rates and to ensure continued onthe-job productivity.

For more information on the SCSEP, please contact DOES:

Contact the SCSEP office at (202) 698-5700 to speak to the Program Coordinator or email [email protected].