Explanation:
Title VIII of Division A of the Recovery Act makes available $120 million to the Department of Labor for use by SCSEP to serve additional unemployed low-income senior citizens. SCSEP grantees are expected to expand the number of SCSEP participants assigned to community service work, especially in the growth industries emphasized in the Recovery Act and in expanded community service activities that utilize Recovery Act funds. The system's implementation of the Recovery Act should yield not only increased services and training for unemployed low-income seniors, but also provide increased community services that will invigorate and advance prosperity in the communities in which they live. For grantees who are currently overenrolled, the Department will approve a limited number of SCSEP participants enrolled between January 1, 2009 and the present to be served with Recovery Act funding. However, the overall intent of Recovery Act funding is to supplement, not supplant, current SCSEP activities. |
