Located in:
- Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)
At minimum, in the SCSEP stand-alone submission and the SCSEP portion of the Combined State Plan, States should comprehensively cover the following elements.
- b. Service Delivery and Coordination
States must:
- b. Service Delivery and Coordination
b. 4. List Needed Community Services and the Exact Places Where These Services Are Most Needed. Specifically, the Plan Must Address the Needs and Location(s) of Those Individuals Most in Need of Community Services and the Groups Working to Meet Their Needs. (20 Cfr 641.330)
Current Narrative:
Alabama is comprised of sixty-seven counties with a 2015 population estimate of 4,858,979 residents. The most populated counties include Jefferson, Mobile, Madison, Montgomery, and Shelby County. Fifty-one of the 67 counties in Alabama meet the threshold for persistent unemployment, which is met when the annual average unemployment rate for a county is more than twenty percent higher than the national average for two out of the last three years. The following counties have persistent unemployment indicating a significant barrier to employment:
Barbour County, AL Bibb County, AL Bullock County, AL Butler County, AL Calhoun County, AL Chambers County, AL Choctaw County, AL Clarke County, AL Clay County, AL Cleburne County, AL Coffee County, AL Colbert County, AL Conecuh County, AL Coosa County, AL Covington County, AL Crenshaw County, AL Dale County, AL Dallas County, AL DeKalb County, AL Escambia County, AL Etowah County, AL Fayette County, AL Franklin County, AL Geneva County, AL Greene County, AL Hale County, AL Henry County, AL Houston County, AL Jackson County, AL Lamar County, AL Lauderdale County, AL Lawrence County, AL Lowndes County, AL Macon County, AL Marengo County, AL Marion County, AL Mobile County, AL Monroe County, AL Montgomery County, AL Perry County, AL Pickens County, AL Pike County, AL Randolph County, AL Russell County, AL Sumter County, AL Talladega County, AL Tallapoosa County, AL Walker County, AL Washington County, AL Wilcox County, AL Winston County, AL