Program Year 2019 Planning Guidance and Allotments for SCSEP (Senior Community Service Employment Program)

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is releasing grant planning guidance for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) for Program Year 2019. The guidance provides SCSEP state, territorial, and national grantees with the PY 2019 SCSEP allotments and instructions for PY 2019 grant submissions. Grantees must submit a complete grant package, including a budget narrative, program narrative, and programmatic assurances, to receive PY 2019 funds. The grant package must include information on participant wages and fringe benefits, administrative costs, and infrastructure contributions to the workforce system. • The grant is for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), which provides community service employment and other authorized activities to eligible individuals. • The grant is for Program Year 2019, which runs from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020. • The grant is open to current SCSEP state and national grantees. • The grant has a maximum allowed administrative cost of 13.5 percent of the federal grant funds. • The grant requires grantees to provide a detailed budget narrative and program narrative. • The grant requires grantees to submit a complete grant package, including all required documents and information.