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CONTACT: MILISSA REIERSON
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| May 3, 2004 |
(615) 741-2257 (OFFICE)
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Senior
Community Employment Representatives
Now Accessible At Local Tennessee Career Centers Grant
SCSEP
Reps Help Seniors Begin Again
NASHVILLE
- Tennessee seniors can now receive specialized employment services at
local Tennessee Career Centers. Six Senior Community Service Employment
Program representatives will spend one day a week at Tennessee Career
Centers from Memphis to Johnson City to help seniors with job training,
job placement and personal assistance.
"The
Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Senior Community
Service Employment Program representatives provide the right approach
for Tennessee's seniors," said Commissioner James Neeley. "They
will be on hand at our friendly Tennessee Career Centers to help seniors
get back into the workforce and train for new positions. It has been our
goal to provide these much needed services at our convenient one-stop
career centers to this often overlooked job seeker."
The Senior
Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), funded under Title V of
the Older Americans Act, serves persons with low incomes who are 55 years
old or over and have poor employment prospects. The program has two purposes:
to provide useful community services and to foster individual economic
self sufficiency through training and job placement in unsubsidized jobs.
Services
provided include:
- up to
20 hours a week of part-time employment in community service
- assignments
job training and related educational opportunities
- opportunities
for placement into unsubsidized jobs
The following
is a list of Tennessee Career Centers offering the SCSEP program and
the hours the representatives will be available to seniors.
Senior
Services Career Center
4700 Poplar Avenue, Suite 400, Memphis, (901) 766-0600
Jean Mason, Title V Project Director
Senior Services Inc.
(901) 766-0600
Everyday, 8:00-4:30
West Tennessee Career Center
416 East La Fayette St., Jackson, TN (731) 423-5860
Ophelia Parks, Title V Project Director
Hardeman County Literacy Council
(731) 658-4106
Tuesdays or Thursdays, 10:30-2:30
Clarksville Career Center
Veterans Plaza, 350 Pageant Lane, Suite 406
Clarksville, (931) 648-5530
John Governor, Title V Project Director
Mid-Cumberland Community Services Agency
(615) 333-.5412
Tuesdays, 10:00 - 2 :00
Tennessee Career Center, Cumberland County
60 Ridley Street, Crossville, (931) 484-7456
Virginia Donaldson, Title V Project Director
Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency
(931) 528-1127
Wednesdays, 8:00 - Noon
Tennessee Career Center, Campbell County
1016 Main Street, Jacksboro, (423) 566-3300
Polly Byrd, Title V Project Director
East Tennessee Human Resource Agency
(865) 691-2551
Tuesdays, 10:00 - 2:00
Northeast Tennessee Career Center
2515 Wesley Street, Johnson City, (423) 610-0222
Jacqueline Sensabaugh, Title V Project Director
Upper East TN Human Development Agency
(423) 246-6180
Wednesdays, 8:30 - 12:30(04-056)
(04-056)
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ANDREW JOHNSON TOWER, 8TH FLOOR
710 JAMES ROBERTSON PARKWAY
NASHVILLE, TN 37243
615.741.2257
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