Our MissionProvide job training and placement for individuals age 55 or older with limited financial resources and to provide employers with trained, motivated workers.

Caritas Family Solutions SCSEP is operated under a USDOL grant in cooperation with Senior Service America, Inc. SCSP is funded by a 45.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. This funding provides 90% of the support for SCSEP with SSAI providing 10% match of $5 million. SCSEP is an equal opportunity program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

Welcome to Senior Service Employment Program (SCSEP)

Happy Fiscal New Year!

The program results show Caritas SCSEP did an outstanding job throughout the 2019-20 fiscal year; and we couldn’t have done it without our exceptional participant staff.

Participant Staff members are SCSEP enrollees who are assigned to the Project Office as their training assignment.

Our program is able to bring on credentialed staff who can provide skilled job development and case management services. The needs of our program come first, so we try to pick the best!

I would like to acknowledge our team that included: Betty Gengler, Susan Jones, Donna Stacker, Denise Coleman, Robynne Moore, Maria Stockley, Sharon Dumas, William Tintera, Kathie Gluck, and Velda Peals. We thank you for your effort and hard work!

Gary D. WoodsSCSEP Program Manager

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JULY 2020

Inside This IssueFrom the Manager. . . . 1Happy Fiscal New Year . . . . . . . . . . . . 2SSAI National Training Webinar . . . . . 2

Caritas SCSEP Facilities An SSAI National Training Webinar

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the program’s hiatus in March; we at SCSEP knew our participants’ job skills might be getting a little “rusty” without training. So, the Center for Workforce Inclusion (Formerly SSAI) presented a SCSEP Participant Training Webinar Series. Each week the Center facilitated two exciting workshops on Tuesday and Thursday at 1:00 p.m. Topics varied, and things were kept interesting.

Due to the strong performance measures Caritas SCSEP has been able to achieve, our site was asked to provide a workshop on Thursday, June 25, entitled, “How to Inspire The Mature Worker.” The webinar was conducted via ZOOM, with over 500 program

participants and staff on the call. The program started with “Music for All Occasions” providing music and entertainment for the listening and viewing audience. Participants “brought their own lunches;” and the festivities concluded with an inspiring testimony on the contributions of seniors, and how to be an asset to whomever you associate yourself.

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Caritas Family Solutions SCSEP Wishes You a Happy Fiscal New YearThe month of July marks the beginning of our fiscal “New Year;” and Caritas Family Solutions SCSEP finished the last year on a very strong note. Our program ended the year with 27 Unsubsidized Employments, or Ding, Ding, Dings, which was 2 more than the goal established by SSAI and the Department of Labor.

Additionally, we currently have 54 participants on our active roster in the 11 counties we service.

“This program delivers a triple win for older adults and the whole community,” said Gary Huelsmann, Caritas CEO. He continued, “First, SCSEP participants are helping more than 40 local community, faith-based, and public agencies carry out their mission. Second, older workers are receiving on-the-job training to enhance their skills. And third,

older workers are keeping healthy by remaining connected and not isolated in their community.”

“2019-20 was a good program year; despite the COVID-19 pandemic. And, many low-income older adults still want and need paid work,” says Donna Satterthwaite, Senior Service America, Chief Operating Officer. “By serving their community, older workers receive renewed skills as well as renewed hope, knowing that they are not forgotten. Older Illinoisans are fortunate to be given the opportunity through SCSEP and the dedicated staff of Caritas Family Solutions.

For more information about SCSEP, contact 618-688-1180.

July BirthdaysSherri Cappellano, Sandra Cox, Linda Reed, and Emily Baker

New JobRaymond Williams

Employed One YearDelores Young, Lucretia Lewis, Patricia McKinney, and Arlene Martin

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