For more than 50 years, AARP Foundation Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) has provided people over age 55 with opportunities to fill entry-level and mid-level positions with employers in their communities.

SCSEP trainees are placed in a variety of community service activities at nonprofit and public facilities, like daycare and senior centers, schools, and hospitals. This on-the-job training experience can be a bridge to find employment opportunities outside of the program. Participants work an average of 20 hours a week and are paid the highest federal, state, or local minimum wage.

You must be 55 or older, unemployed, and financially qualified. Please contact your local office to learn more about the financial qualifications.

We provide participants with training and support services that are important for finding future employment. The services include Individual Employment Plan (IEP) development, specialized training to prepare for placements, wages, and fringe benefits, annual physicals, and assistance with securing future employment.

You could be placed in a wide variety of community service positions at both nonprofit and public facilities, including daycare and senior centers, governmental agencies, schools, hospitals, and libraries. These training assignments help build the skills and experience needed to obtain future employment. Additional training through lectures, seminars, one-on-one instruction, training programs, and community colleges may be provided.

SCSEP is funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration.

“AARP’s Senior Community Service Employment Program gave me the motivation to get out there and apply for the job. I just feel there’s nothing that’s put before me that I couldn’t do” (AARP Foundation Senior Community Service Employment Program Participant).

44 E. Broad Street, Suite 205, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Lehigh, Northampton, Bucks, and Montgomery Counties

610-865-3002 | aarpfoundation.org