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State officials were in Springfield this afternoon to announce that Missouri has received more than $600,000 in federal funding to help older adults find jobs. Another $2.2 million will go directly to contractors that help with job placement. KSMU’s Missy Shelton reports.
The Senior Community Employment program helps train and place qualifying older adults in jobs. Adults age 55 and over with low to moderate income receive paid training for more than 2 years and then have help getting a job.State officials say the new funding will result in the creation of 300 jobs for older adults.Margaret Donnelly is director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
She says, "The number of Missourians who are age 55 and older and unemployed and looking for work is up 14% in the past year. So it's very important that we have a particular emphasis on helping those who want to re-enter the workforce because of the difficult economic times or may have been laid off and it's just more difficult for them to find a job as they get older."
Donnelly says older adults have found work through the Senior Community Employment Program at a variety of organizations including hospitals, schools and senior centers.
