Located in:
- Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)
(OMB Control No. 1205-0040)
b. 1. A. Planned actions to coordinate activities of SCSEP grantees with WIOA title I programs, including plans for using the WIOA one-stop delivery system and its partners to serve individuals aged 55 and older. (20 CFR 641.302(g), 641.325(e))
Current Narrative:
West Virginia’s statewide SCSEP network includes the State Grantee and one National Grantee operating in WV. Communication with this network is accomplished through email and teleconference as needed throughout the Program Year. The State Grantee is the West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services, which provides a multitude of services for older Americans in West Virginia under the Older Americans Act (OAA). As the designated State Unit on Aging, the Bureau administers all OAA services throughout the 55 counties that are tailored to Older West Virginians. The Bureau maintains contracts with each of the 55 County Aging Programs, three (3) Statewide Aging & Disability Resource Centers and four (4) Area Agencies on Aging. The Bureau’s mission is to be West Virginia’s premier advocate for the provision of in-home and community-based services for the state’s seniors and others served by our programs and to be a faithful steward of the federal and state monies entrusted to our care for the provision of services throughout West Virginia.
Through a Memorandum of Understanding, the WV Statewide SCSEP network, a mandated partner, partners with the local Workforce Investment Boards operating the American Job Center (AJC)/ One-Stop Centers. The mission and vision between the AJC and WV SCSEP are to empower area employers, individuals and communities to prosper and grow the region’s economy through a workforce development system that is inherently customer-centered, seamless and effective. The mission is to establish a workforce system that provides data-driven and employer-validated talent solutions through the integration of education, workforce and economic development resources across the systems. Its vision is assisting individuals in obtaining employment.
West Virginia’s American Job Centers (AJC’s)/One-Stops are currently located within the local Workforce centers in West Virginia. All SCSEP information is disseminated throughout the AJC for other programs and to the general public. The WV Statewide SCSEP network will continue to work closely with the AJC’s to utilize the partners’ resources that are tailored to SCSEP’s target audience by co-enrolling and by providing SCSEP’s program eligibility requirements, priorities and training slots availability. SCSEP will continue to have a weekly presence at the AJC/One Stop. The Statewide SCSEP network will continue to require enrollment of SCSEP enrollees into the Local Workforce to ensure that enrollees are abreast of employment opportunities in their areas. The network will also continue to utilize all training, job postings and job fairs that are offered at the Local AJC’s and will also participate/relay information from other resources outside of the AJC’s One-Stop Partners. The WV Statewide SCSEP network will also encourage enrollees who are approaching their durational limit to enroll in other training programs to ensure a continuous improvement of skills that enrollees receive. As needs become prevalent, the WV Statewide SCSEP network will encourage AJC’s to become Host Agencies and/or consider enrollees for employment opportunities.