A large nationwide job training program for seniors has not received its regular funding from the Department of Labor, without any explanation. The Senior Community Service Employment Program helps ...

ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — The Department of Labor has yet to release funds for this year’s Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), leaving some senior citizens without a job. SCSEP ...

For Gaston County resident Diane Monico, a federal funding cut took away her grocery money. "My budget's gonna be tough," she said. "If I have food, I have food. If I don't, I don't." Monico is one of ...

ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — The Democracy Forward Foundation has filed a federal class action lawsuit against the Department of Labor to restore funding for the Senior Community Service Employment ...

Goodwill, Easterseals and other nonprofit organizations say thousands of low-income seniors could soon be unemployed because funding hasn't come through for a decades-old federal job training and ...

Federal funding freezes are impacting the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) in Gaston County. 53 senior participants face a work furlough and loss of income starting July 1. For some ...

During the pandemic, workers 55 and older lost jobs earlier, were rehired slower and faced higher unemployment rates than younger workers, according to an October 2020 study by The New School for ...

The Department of Labor has refused to release more than $300 million in funding for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), leaving thousands of low-income seniors at risk of losing ...

(CNN) — Goodwill, Easterseals and other nonprofit organizations say thousands of low-income seniors could soon be unemployed because funding hasn’t come through for a decades-old federal job training ...