National Transitional Jobs Network Conference

Restoring the Promise of Work

Opportunities for Older Workers

Experience Works Programs

Senior Community Service Employment Program

Wider Opportunities for Women Elder Economic Security Initiative

The Walmart Putting Experience to Work Program

Community partnerships in 30 states and Puerto Rico

Employer partnerships

Real people, real lives, and real communities

Senior Community Service Employment Program

Jobless people, age 55 and over, remain

unemployed an average of 53 weeks.

U.S. Labor Statistics

Age and Economy are Barriers

38% had already retired

They did not plan to be here

46%46 percent of older job seekers say they sometimes have to choose between paying rent, purchasing food, or purchasing medication.

Reasons for Working

Employment & Unemployment

Nearly 7 in 10 American workers plan to continue to work full-time or part-time following retirement from their main jobs

The future American workplace

Labor shortage is ahead, thanks to a lower birth rate and baby boomers

retiring.

Low Income/LowSkilled Workers

Aging Network

Rural Communities

Training & Education

Workforce/Economic Development

Community Service/CivicEngagement

Older Workers

• Every county in every US state and territory

• Dual mission community service and employment

• Effective jobs program even in difficult economy

• Rapid response to low income older workers desperate for work

• Cut 45% this year

• Sequestration would create additional cuts

The Senior Community Service Employment Program

Senior Community Service Employment Program

Authorized Positions for National and State Grantees and Territories

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20,000

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Difference between PY 2010 & PY 2012 SCSEP Positions

Supporting a family of five, Jose lost his job after 30 years. The Senior Community Service Employment Program helped him find work as a security guard.

“I am grateful to the Experience Works SCSEP for giving me training, motivation and hope.”

Jose E. Santiago Perez, Jr., age 58 Salinas, Puerto Rico

Success Stories

“Tom” had been living at a Mission in Norfolk, Nebraska for a long time. Once he was enrolled in the SCSEP, he got an apartment and attended Job Club.

After just 3 short months on the program he got a job with a plumber making $18.00 an hour.

Success Stories

“I was ready to give up, but the Experience Works Senior Community Service Employment Program provided a light a the end of a very long tunnel. My life has been turned transformed.”

Abingdon, Virginia

Success Stories

Employers Value Older Workers

Experience Works

Lita Levine Kleger

Director of Communications and Outreach

lita_kleger@experienceworks.org

703-682-2528

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