The Senior Community Service Employment Program serves low-income adults age 55 years and older to re-enter today’s workforce.
Participants are placed in temporary training assignments where they gain valuable on-the-job work experience and training needed to gain meaningful employment. On-the-job training sites offer 20 hours of work per week at minimum wage. Other training and services are available to help older adults find meaningful employment when they complete the program.
To qualify for this program, you must:
- Be unemployed;
- Be 55 years of age or older and a resident of Connecticut; and
- Have an annual family income that is not more than 125% of the federal poverty income guidelines.
For more information, find a provider in your area:
Greater New Haven Area:
Associates for Training and Development
Whitneyville Cultural Commons
1253 Whitney Ave
Hamden, CT 06517
Rashanda Brivett
203-461-2154
email: rbrivett@a4td.org
Litchfield County:
Associates for Training and Development
62 Commercial Blvd
Torrington, CT 06790
Rashanda Brivett
203-461-2154
email: rbrivett@a4td.org
Greater Stamford Area:
Associates for Training and Development
198 Selleck St
Stamford CT 06902
Rashanda Brivett
203- 461-2154
email: rbrivett@a4td.org
For Other Senior Community Service Employment Programs in Fairfield, Hartford, Middlesex, New London, Tolland and Windham Counties, contact:
The WorkPlace Inc.
www.workplace.org/maturityworks
1000 Lafayette Blvd 5th Fl
Bridgeport, CT 06604
203-953-3752
John Szymanski
email: jszymanski@workplace.org
601 Norwich New London Tnpk, Suite 1
Montville, CT 06382
203-610-6554
Elizabeth Acevedo
email: eacevedo@workplace.org
60 Weston St
Hartford, CT 06105
203-610-8119
Alfred Henderson
email: ahenderson@workplace.org
458 Grand Ave, Rm 110
New Haven, CT 06513
203-767-4744
John Szymanski
email: jszymanski@workplace.org
109 Watertown Ave
Waterbury, CT 06708
203-767-7143
Esley Alicea
email: ealicea@workplace.org
Information for SCSEP Providers
For information about SCSEP in your town use the contact information above, or contact:
Jennifer Gorman
860-424-5643
email: Jennifer.Gorman@ct.gov.
*The total cost Connecticut State Senior Community Service Employment Program grant is $971,660. Of that, 90 percent (874,494) is funded by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration. The other 10 percent ($97,166) is funded through non-Federal resources..