Program areas at NAPCA
Napca is one of 19 National grantees for the senior community service employment program (scsep) administered by the us department of labor. The scsep is focused on serving low-income older adults (age 55+) by providing participants with community service training while receiving a subsidized wage based on the highest minimum wage of the local area, this training helps participant to transition to permanent full-time or part-time employment. In fy2023, napca has provided community service and employment training to 1096 low income, immigrant, and refugee older adults with barriers to employment in 56 counties across 6 states.
Napca (1) handled over 3700 calls in mandarin, cantonese, korean, vietnamese, and english regarding benefits counseling for medicare, medicaid, affordable care act, social security, ssi, etc. (2) organized 4 open enrollment health benefits outreach events in 2022: 300+ attendees, 63 media outlets with 2,403,000 impressions and (3) hosted 3 "ask napca" columns: 301 media outlets with 11,113,000 impressions.
Napca operates the senior environmental employment (see) program through grants awarded by the environmental protection agency (epa). The purpose of the see program is to utilize the talents and skills of us citizens over the age of 55 in programs to provide technical assistance to federal, state, and local environmental agencies. This provides vital support to the overall epa goal of protecting our environment. Assignments range from general clerical and secretarial support to highly technical positions such as chemical engineers, public relations specialists, and environmental investigators. In fy2023, napca worked with 111 see enrollees to support their positions in 11 states throughout the us.
Napca organized first vaccine outreach event in new york in april 2023: 100+ attendees, 9 media outlets with 494,000 impressions; and over 30 events around the country in fall & winter 2023.