Employment Assistance
The Senior Community Service Employment Program is an employment training program for individual’s ages 55 years and better. The program provides participants 20 hours per week of on-the-job training opportunities, at local nonprofits or government agencies, which assist in the development of new and marketable job skills to help you re-enter the workforce. All program participants receive a subsidized hourly wage for training to help offset costs associated with travel to and from their training sites.
SCSEP Eligibility Requirements:
- Age 55 and up
- Unemployed
- Annual family income less than 125% of federal poverty level
- Capable of performing tasks involved in the proposed job assignment
2024 Federal Poverty Level (FPL) – Dollars Per Year
Household/Family Size | 125% FPL |
1 | $18,825 |
2 | $25,550 |
3 | $32,275 |
4 | $39,000 |
SCSEP Providers
AgeGuide
www.ageguide.org
(800) 528-2000
National Able Network
DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall & Will counties
www.nationalable.org
(855) 994-8300
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA)
Lake & McHenry counties
www.napca.org/scsep-senior-community-service
(312) 564-4904
Illinois workNet/American Jobs Centers
DuPage County
workNet DuPage Career Center
2525 Cabot Drive, Suite 302
Lisle, IL 60532
(630) 955-2030
Grundy & Kankakee County
Kankakee Workforce Services
Kankakee Community College
450 N Kinzie
Bradley, IL 60915
(815) 802-8960
Kane & Kendall County
workNet Batavia
143 First Street
Batavia, IL 60510
(630) 762-2120
Lake County
Job Center of Lake County – Waukegan
1 North Genesee, 1st Floor
An Illinois workNet Center
Waukegan, IL 60085
(847) 377-3450
McHenry County
McHenry County Workforce Center
500 Russel Court
An Illinois workNet Center
Woodstock, IL 60098
(815) 338-7100 ext. 2771
Will County
Workforce Center of Will County
2400 Glenwood Avenue
Joliet, IL 60435
(815) 727-4444