Vermont Associates for Training & Development, Inc.

Vermont Associates for Training & Development, Inc., DBA Associates for Training and Development (A4TD), is a Vermont nonprofit social enterprise in workforce development and has been an administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) since 1983. We are now also administering the SCSEP in CT, ME, NY and PA. The SCSEP is a community service and work-based job training program for older Americans. Authorized by the Older Americans Act, the program provides training for low-income, unemployed seniors. SCSEP participants gain work experience in a variety of community service activities at non-profit and public facilities, including schools, hospitals, day-care centers, and senior centers. The program provides over 40 million community service hours to public and non-profit agencies, allowing them to enhance and provide needed services. This training serves as a bridge to unsubsidized employment opportunities for participants. To be eligible for this program individuals have to be at least 55 years of age, unemployed, and have a family income of no more than 125% of the federal poverty level. Enrollment priority is given to veterans and qualified spouses, then to individuals who are over 65, justice involved persons, have a disability, have low literacy skills or limited English proficiency, reside in a rural area, are homeless or at risk of homelessness, have low employment prospects or have failed to find employment after using services through the American Job Center system - https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/seniors . The population served in SCSEP also includes those who meet SCSEP’s priority of service criteria and/or who experience barriers to employment e.g. those who have mental health challenges, substance abuse, homelessness / housing instability, refugees (participants don’t have to be a US citizen to be eligible for the SCSEP), and many of the people we are serving have been victims of domestic violence.

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