| Last updated on June 8, 2007 |
The Senior Community Services Employment Program, SCSEP, was authorized by Congress in 1965 as a U.S. Dept. of Labor Title V program to provide subsidized, part-time community service work based training for lower-income persons 55 and over who have poor employment prospects due to: age, isolation and / or a lack of current job skills.
SCSEP is a participant centered program designed to provide and promote useful work experience opportunities for income eligible persons aged 55 or better and to facilitate the transition of job-ready participants into unsubsidized employment in public organizations and private-sector businesses and industries.
Workers are matched to jobs in voluntarily participating organizations or companies and their progress and performance are followed by program monitors. Follow-up with persons supervising SCSEP workers and with the workers provides ongoing channels for support, training, correction and advocacy.
Description:
National Able Network is the Non Profit US Dept of Labor contractor selected to administer the Title V Funded Senior Community Services Employment Program (SCSEP) in New Hampshire. Headquarters are in Manchester; Able maintains a presence in all 10 New Hampshire counties via outreach programs within NH Works and the Second Start / Working Futures offices statewide. Able is near by, no matter where you live in NH.
Grace Jenkins is President and CEO of National able Network, Inc. which includes nine offices in the Chicago metropolitan area, as well as offices in Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Able has a staff of more than 130 full time employees with an 11 member Board of Directors. Sharon Stephens is the New Hampshire State Director
History:
National Able Network, Inc. was founded (Operation Able) in 1977 to provide employment and training opportunities for older workers.
Public Funding Sources Include:
The City of Chicago Human Resources Dept; City of Chicago Mayor's Office of Workforce Development; State of Illinois Department of Aging; The US Dept of Labor; The Workforce Board of Northern Cook County, Illinois; Work Net Chicago;
Private Funding Partners Include:
AARP Foundation; The Chicago Community Trust; Harris Bank; IBM; LaSalle Bank; Merrill Lynch; NBC5; The Retirement Research Foundation; The Sarah Lee Foundation; The United Way.
Contact people:
Office fax number: (603) 623-5277
Address:
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997 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03101
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Web Site: http://www.nationalable.org/
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nashua humane society. my volunteer experience was wonderful! i worked with the feral cat program which is a trapping- spay- release program. I also have volunteered for the united way back in the 1970's. MY experiance with the animal shelter was so rewarding yet disturbing to see all the poor feral homeless cats kittens.
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