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Verde Valley Caregivers Offers Paid Training for Seniors

Verde Valley Caregivers logoSedona AZ (August 26, 2013) – The Verde Valley Caregivers Coalition (VVCC) has become a host agency for NACOG Area Agency on Aging paid work training program, Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). The program offers useful part-time training opportunities for unemployed, income eligible persons 55 years of age or older with poor employment prospects. At the end of the training, seniors will have skills necessary for non-subsidized employment.

The SCSEP training takes place in a non-profit or public agency. No costs are incurred by the hosting agency and any organization interested in the opportunity to provide for senior training may contact the Area Agency on Aging-NACOG. Funding is allocated on a regional basis from the Arizona Department of Economic Security Aging & Adult Administration to Area Agencies on Aging.

“This federally funded program is an opportunity for seniors to learn but also to give back to their community. By being part of this program, they support the mission of the host agency and help them meet their goals,” said Marki McCormick of the Area Agency on Aging NACOG.

Since 1992, VVCC has provided volunteers, programs, and services to support adults in need of assistance to maintain their independence and quality of life at home. In its first year of service, 50 volunteers provided transportation to 80 adults in need. Last year, 300 volunteers provided services to over 1,700 neighbors in need. Verde Valley Caregivers is the only program in the country that offers services for free.

“Requests for services are ever increasing. Fortunately, we have great staff and wonderful volunteers,” said VVCC Operations Manager Natalia Molina. “Still, to meet the demands of the nearly 1,900 neighbors, we are currently serving – and to support our volunteers we need more infrastructure. NACOG’s employment program offers an innovative solution to that need while addressing the needs of seniors who are looking for paid training opportunities.”

VVCC and other organizations in the Verde Valley area are actively seeking seniors who meet the employment training program guidelines and are willing to learn.

“We have exciting opportunities at VVCC to support its One-Call Center, the Guardian Angel Medical Alert Program, repairing our medical alert units, supporting the Care Transitionshospital to home program, our volunteer program, and much more. It is a great training environment and I am hoping to make VVCC a premiere work training site for both NACOG and the Verde Valley community,” said Molina.

To date, VVCC has enrolled one senior to assist with data entry of its volunteer records.

To find out more about work training opportunities at Verde Valley Caregivers Coalition, call Natalia Molina, Operations Manager at 928-204-1238 or email nataliamolina@vvcaregivers.org. To inquire about other training opportunities in the Verde Valley area, contact Marki McCormick at 928-213-5236.

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2 Comments

  1. Only five years to go until I officially become a senior! Can’t wait for all the goodies. Still feel like a teenager.

  2. Great idea. Hope it works.

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