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This federal program trains older workers. The Trump administration wants to cut it

Cnbc · · 2482 words · By Lorie Konish
Federal Budget Priorities Elderly Poverty and Employment Political Ideology in Social Services
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15 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Goodwill's job training program receives funding through the federal Senior Community Service Employment Program, also known as SCSEP.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Goodwill participates in and is funded by the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New Year Honours are appointments by King Charles III among the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_Year_Honours
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Easterseals (formerly known as Easter Seals; founded in 1919 as the National Society for Crippled Children) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing disability services, with additional support ar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easterseals_(U.S.)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Steven C. Preston (born August 4, 1960) is the president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International. He formerly served as the 14th United States secretary of housing and urban development from 2008…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Preston
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“SCSEP provides both job training and community service opportunities for older adults through grantees, including state agencies and national nonprofit organizations such as Goodwill.”
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Multiple sources confirm SCSEP provides job training and work experience for older adults through various grantees, including nonprofits and government agencies.
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web search NEUTRAL — Employment services are provided in Job Service offices across Montana in several communities.Job training for older workers (3%). Unemployed people age 55 or older often have difficulty finding emplo…
https://archive.org/stream/qkmontanajobtraini00montrich/qkmo…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) provides an opportunity for unemployed seniors to return to the competitive job market through work experience and job training programs.
https://lacity.gov/jobs
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web search NEUTRAL — The federal Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) provides on-the-job training to people 55 years and older with incomes at or below 125% of the federal poverty level with multiple barri…
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Stock-and-flow-diagram-o…
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“Participants are paid the highest of the state, federal or local minimum wage and work an average of 20 hours per week, according to the Department of Labor.”
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While the program's existence is verified, the specific details regarding the 'highest of state, federal or local minimum wage' and the 'average of 20 hours per week' were not found in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Beattyville is a home rule class city in, and the county seat of, Lee County, Kentucky, United States. The city was formally established by the state assembly as "Beatty" in 1851 and incorporated in 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beattyville,_Kentucky
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is part of the U.S. Department of Labor. Its mission is to provide training, employment, labor market information, and income maintenance services. ETA…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_and_Training_Admini…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is a program of the United States Department of Labor, its Employment and Training Administration, to help more senior citizens get back into or…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senior_Community_Service_Emplo…
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“To qualify to take part, individuals must be at least 55 years old and unemployed and have family income that is no more than 125% of the federal poverty level.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm the eligibility requirements: age 55+, unemployed, and income at or below 125% of the federal poverty level.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization and nonpartisan organization of retired trade union members affiliated with the AFL-CIO, which founded it in 2001. The g…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_Retired_Americans
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) was founded in 1979 and is a Seattle, Washington-based non-profit and American advocacy and service organization for elderly Asian Americans and Paci…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Asian_Pacific_Center_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is a program of the United States Department of Labor, its Employment and Training Administration, to help more senior citizens get back into or…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senior_Community_Service_Emplo…
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“SCSEP had more than 42,000 participants in 2023, according to the Labor Department's most recent progress report on the program.”
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The provided search results for this claim are irrelevant (YouTube videos, medical journals, etc.) and do not contain the participant numbers for 2023.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization and nonpartisan organization of retired trade union members affiliated with the AFL-CIO, which founded it in 2001. The g…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_Retired_Americans
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) was founded in 1979 and is a Seattle, Washington-based non-profit and American advocacy and service organization for elderly Asian Americans and Paci…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is a program of the United States Department of Labor, its Employment and Training Administration, to help more senior citizens get back into or…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senior_Community_Service_Emplo…
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“SCSEP, which was created in 1965 through the Older Americans Act”
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Multiple sources confirm the Older Americans Act was signed in 1965 and established programs including SCSEP.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) — now Title V of the Older Americans Act — evolved from Operation Mainstream, a pilot project established under Title II of the Economic Opportu…
https://archive.org/stream/ERIC_ED306424/ERIC_ED306424_djvu.…
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web search NEUTRAL — Providing part-time community service employment and training, including the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), which has helped millions of low-income older Americans to enter the w…
https://www.aarp.org/about-aarp/history/older-americans-act-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Older Americans Act (OAA), which was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 14, 1965, established a wide range of social support and health-related services and programs for older adu…
https://www.goodwill.org/blog/advocate/older-americans-act-t…
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“federal funding — totaling around $405 million in fiscal year 2025 and $395 million in 2026”
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The provided evidence contains general budget information for other programs or countries, but no specific funding figures for SCSEP in FY2025 or FY2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — The purchase would be funded by the roughly $600 million received from those emergency sales.The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, enacted in December 2017, calls for the sale of 7 million barrels over t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Petroleum_Reserve_(U…
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web search NEUTRAL — Effective Federal Funds Rate. Overnight Bank Funding Rate.Each business day, the New York Fed publishes the SOFR on the New York Fed website at approximately 8:00 a.m. ET.
https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/reference-rates/sofr
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web search NEUTRAL — The Budget tax guide 2026 will be published on 25 February 2026 when the Minister of Finance delivers his budget speech – keep an eye on the Budget webpage. On this page you will see Individuals’ tax …
https://www.sars.gov.za/tax-rates/income-tax/rates-of-tax-fo…
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“the Congressional Budget Office projects total federal outlays will be $7.4 trillion in 2026.”
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) explicitly projects federal outlays in 2026 to total $7.4 trillion.
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web search NEUTRAL — In CBO’s projections, federal outlays in 2026 total $7.4 trillion, or 23.3 percent of GDP.Total Outlays and Revenues. Measured as a percentage of GDP, federal outlays exceed their 50-year average by a…
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62105
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web search NEUTRAL — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that outlays will grow from $3.7 trillion in 2015 to $6.4 trillion in 2026.In total, the federal government is projected to rack up an additional $9.4 tr…
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/19000000000000-reason…
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web search NEUTRAL — "Outlays for net interest on the public debt rose by $41 billion (or 7%) because the debt was larger than it was in the first seven months of fiscal year 2025."
https://fortune.com/2026/05/11/us-treasury-debt-3-billion-da…
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“Last year, the Department of Labor held up more than $300 million of the SCSEP funding.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim that the DOL held up $300 million in funding.
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“the Trump administration's 2027 budget proposal, released in April, calls for the full elimination of the program's funding.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a 2027 budget proposal calling for the elimination of SCSEP.
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“Congress... authorized $395 million in funding toward the program for 2026, about $10 million less than it set aside the year before.”
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“people up to age 64 face new work requirements for Medicaid and for SNAP benefits... as part of President Donald Trump's 'big beautiful bill' enacted last year.”
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“eligibility for Social Security retirement benefits starts at age 62.”
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“A September report from the House Committee on Appropriations... said SCSEP has 'led to unsubsidized employment for less than half of program participants available for employment'”
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“In 2024, the U.S. had more people over age 62 than under age 18”
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