38 man’amko training under Title V Program

The Senior Community Employment Service Program, or the Title V Program, under the Office on Aging presently trains 38 low-income senior citizens, according to Aging director Rose Mondala.

Authorized by the Older Americans Act, the SCSEP or the Title V Program is a community service and work-based training program for low-income persons 55 years or older who are unemployed and have poor employment prospects by providing them with subsidized, service-based training.

Mondala said that of the 38 trainees, 29 are from Saipan, four from Tinian, and five from Rota.

The Aging Office, Mondala said, accommodates six of the trainees on island. The rest are placed in different institutions such as the Commonwealth Health Center, Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center, the Tanapag Youth Center, and various elementary schools under the Public School System.

Mondala disclosed that two more trainees are coming in and will be assigned at day care centers.

Mondala said the program participants receive training and get paid for four hours a day.

She said their current trainees will remain part of the program until December 2011. “They cannot stay beyond four years unless approved by the federal agency,” said Mondala.

All trainees, Mondala said, go through the application process and must meet their income threshold requirement.

Mondala added that they have some 60 Title V applicants in their waiting list.