Program areas at NICOA
Senior community service employment program (scsep) is a community service and work based job training program for older americans. Authorized by the older americans act, the program offers paid training through part time community service assignments for unemployed, low-income elders. While in training, participants received wages for part-time community service employment
National consortium on Aging resources for elders equity - technical assistance center (ncaree-tac) - the National consortium was established by the administration for community living, department of health and human services and is composed of five National Aging organizations. Consortium partners include representative organizations for each of the four major racial or ethnic minorities and lgbt older populations. The organizations are National asian pacific center on Aging (napa), National association for hispanic elderly asociacion nacional pro personas mayores (an ppm), National caucus & center on black Aging (ncba), services & advocacy for lgbt elders (sage) and the National Indian Council on Aging (nicoa). The primary goal of the nicoa's ncaree-tac is to serve as an interconnected resource center. This center is focused on providing education and outreach to the Aging network as well as american Indian, Alaska native, and native Hawaiian elders 55 and over. The ncaree-tac will provide expertise in the design, development, and sharing of culturally competent information on financial exploitation that can improve delivery of services to american Indian, Alaska native, and native Hawaiian elders across the country.
The administration for community living/administration on Aging funded the acl tarc to achieve the following: 1) to educate National, regional, state, and local service providers on the protocol for collaborating with tribes; 2) to increase the skill level of service providers on needs, services, and resources for ai/an elders with disabilities; 3) to expand nicoa's existing electronic resources available to tribes, native, and other service organizations, caregivers, and volunteers on service provisions for ai/an elders.our trainings focus on: understanding the history and traditions of native eldersbest practices for success in Indian country finding creative ways to support and advocate alongside our elders learning more about ai/an people living with disabilities and the resources available to themnicoa's tarc houses new materials and resources on the nicoa website. This clearinghouse offers reliable information for native elders and those interested in supporting them.