Senior Community Service Employment Program State of Georgia Directory Updated 4/7/2010 Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services "A partner in the Aging Network" DHS B.J. Walker, Commissioner Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services Dr. James J. Bulot, Division Director Two Peachtree Street, NW Suite 9-398 Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3142 404-657-5258 Fax: 404-657-5285 GEORGIA'S SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM What is the purpose of the Senior Community Service Employment Program? The SCSEP provides part-time community service work and training for unemployed low-income older persons and helps them obtain paid employment. Who is eligible for SCSEP? The SCSEP serves persons age 55 and older who have family incomes at or below 125% of the poverty income guidelines set by the U.S. Office of Management & Budget. A disabled person may be treated as a "family of one" for eligibility purposes. Program applicants must reside in Georgia. What are the enrollment priorities? The following eligible applicants are given priority for enrollment: unemployed persons having the greatest economic need; veterans; persons age 60 and older; and persons seeking re-enrollment following termination from unsubsidized employment through no fault of their own. Within all enrollment priorities, persons with poor employment prospects are given preference. What are the benefits of enrollment? Enrollees are paid minimum wage for an average of 20 hours of community service per week. They are paid at the same rate while in classroom training. Enrollees develop marketable job skills by performing community service work in host agencies such as schools, libraries, senior centers, day care centers, OneStop Career Centers, and health and recreation centers. They serve as clerical aides, receptionists, data entry assistants, drivers, cooks, maintenance aides, food service staff, library aides and school paraprofessionals. Other benefits include annual physical examinations, career assessments and counseling, and the development of an employment plan. After a period of community service and skills development, enrollees receive assistance in obtaining unsubsidized, paid employment. Where are Senior Community Service Employment Programs located? There is a SCSEP in every region of the state. The Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services contracts with Area Agencies on Aging which administer senior employment programs in the Atlanta Region, Southeast Georgia, Southwest Georgia, Middle Georgia, Northeast Georgia, Northwest Georgia and the Southern Crescent areas. National sponsors of the SCSEP also operate senior employment programs in various areas of the state in cooperation with local Area Agencies on Aging. For more information contact your local Area Agency on Aging. If you need assistance from the Division of Aging Services, contact Sarah Collins, Director, Senior Community Service Employment Program, (404) 657-5332 or slcollins@dhr.state.ga.us. Serving Older Georgians and Their Families An Equal Opportunity Employer Senior Community Service Employment Program State of Georgia DIRECTORY State and Sub-Grantees Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services Sarah Collins, Director Senior Community Service Employment Program Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services 2 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 9.398 Atlanta, GA 30303-3142 Phone: 404-657-5332 Fax: 404-657-5285 Email: slcollins@dhr.state.ga.us To return SCSEP Customer Satisfaction Survey that may come to us for whatever reason, forward to the following address: The Charter Oak Group Suite 240 97 South Street West Hartford, CT 06110 Atlanta Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging Cathie Berger, AAA Director ** Atlanta Regional AAA 40 Courtland Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30303-2538 Phone: 404-463-3100 Fax: 404-463-3264 Email: cberger@atlantaregional.com Charles C. Krautler, Executive Director Atlanta Regional Commission Address & Phone Same As Above Fax: 404-463-3105 Email: ckrautler@atlantaregional.com Fulton County Gary Miller, Executive Director ** Jewish Family & Career Services 4549 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road Atlanta, GA 30338 Phone: 770-677-9330 Email: gmiller@jfcs-atlanta.org Celinda Roberts ** SCSEP Subproject Director Jewish Family and Career Services 4549 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road Atlanta, GA 30338 Phone: 770-677-9408 Fax: 770-677-9404 Email: croberts@jfcs-atlanta.org Counties served: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett AAA Monitor: Maureen Kelly ** Atlanta Regional AAA 40 Courtland Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30303-2538 Phone: 404-463-3222 Fax: 404-463-3264 Cell: 770-317-3917 MKelly@atlantaregional.com Three Rivers Area Agency on Aging (a.k.a. Southern Crescent) Joy Shirley, AAA Director ** Email: jyshirley@threeriversrc.com Three Rivers AAA P.O. Box 1600 Franklin, GA 30217-1600 Phone: 706-404-0016 or 678-552-2853 Fax: 706-675-9210 or 770-854-5402 Actual Address: 13273 Hwy. 34 East Franklin, GA 30217 Lanier E. Boatwright Jr. Executive Director Three Rivers Regional Commission P.O. Box 818 Griffin, GA 30224-0818 Phone: 770-227-6300 Fax: 770-227-6488 Email: lboatwright@threeriverssrc.com Spalding County Actual Address: 120 North Hill Street Griffin, GA 30224 Deloris Wood ** SCSEP Subproject Director Three Rivers Area Agency on Aging P.O. Box 1600 Franklin, GA 30217-1600 Phone: 706-407-0026 Fax: 706-675-9210 Email: dbwood@threeriversrc.com Counties served: Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup, Upson Actual Address: 13273 Hwy. 34 East Franklin, GA 30217 AAA Monitor: Elizabeth East, Program Monitor** Three Rivers AAA (Southern Crescent AAA) P.O. Box 1600 Franklin, GA 30217-1600 Phone: 770-552-2840 or 706-407-0020 or 1-866-854-5652, ext. 214 Fax: 770-854-5402 or 706-675-9210 eeast@threeriversrc.com or www.scaaa.net Griffin Office: Effective January 1, 2010 Phone: 678-692-0510 Fax: 678-692-0513 Coosa Valley/Northwest Georgia Area Agency on Aging Debbie Studdard, AAA Director ** Northwest Georgia AAA P.O. Box 1798 Rome, GA 30162-1798 Phone: 706-295-6485 Fax: 706-295-6126 Email: dstuddard@nwgrc.org Actual Address: 1 Jackson Hill Drive Rome, GA 30161 William R. Steiner, Executive Director Northwest Georgia Regional Commission P.O. Box 1793 Rome, GA 30162-1793 Phone: 706-295-6485 Fax: 706-295-6126 Email: wsteiner@nwgrc.org Floyd County Rita Lawler, Executive Director of Mercy Senior Care, Inc. ** (Same Address as Dixie Cook's) Dixie Cook ** SCSEP Subproject Director Mercy Senior Care, Inc. P. O. Box 866 Rome, GA 30162-0866 Phone: 706-291-2128 Fax: 706-291-2386 Email: dcook@sjha.org Counties served: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Walker, Whitfield Actual Address: 212 West 3rd Street Rome, GA 30165 AAA Monitor: Carol Lockett ** Northwest Georgia Regional Commission P.O. Box 1793 Rome, GA 30162-1793 Middle Georgia Area Agency on Aging Geri Ward, AAA Director ** Middle Georgia AAA 175 Emery Highway, Suite C Macon, GA 31217-3679 Phone: 478-751-6466 Fax: 478-752-3243 Email: gward@mg-rc.org Ralph Nix, Executive Director Middle Georgia Regional Commission 175 Emery Highway, Suite C Macon, GA 31217-3679 Phone: 478-751-6160 Fax: 478-369-6517 Email: rnix@mg-rc.org Bibb County Winnie Hinton, Executive Director of Meals on Wheels ** (Same Address as Javonna Latimore's) Javonna Latimore ** SCSEP Subproject Director Meals on Wheels 1212 Gray Highway Macon, GA 31211 Phone: 478-745-4400 Fax: 478-745-5968 Email: mowscsep@bellsouth.net Counties served: Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Twiggs AAA Monitor: Sandra Carson ** Middle Georgia AAA 175 Emery Highway, Suite C Macon, GA 31217-3679 scarson@mg-rc.org Data Entry: Nita Norris personnel@accaging.org Northeast Georgia Area Agency on Aging Peggy Jenkins, AAA Director ** Northeast Georgia AAA 305 Research Drive Athens, GA 30610 Phone: 706-369-5650 Fax: 706-425-3370 Email: pjenkins@negrc.org James R. Dove, Executive Director Northeast Georgia Regional Commission 305 Research Drive Athens, GA 30605 Phone: 706-369-5650 Fax: 706-369-5792 Email: jdove@negrc.org Clarke County Jennie Deese, Executive Director of Athens Community Council on Aging ** (Same Address as Michelle Brinson) Email: jdeese@accaging.org Michelle Brinson ** SCSEP Subproject Director Athens Community Council on Aging 135 Hoyt Street Athens, GA 30601 Phone: 706-549-4850 Fax: 706-549-7786 Email: seniorjobs@accaging.org Counties served: Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton AAA Monitor: Pearlie Love-Yearby ** Northeast Georgia AAA 305 Research Drive Athens, GA 30610 plyearby@dhr.state.ga.us Nita Norris, Personnel Director Athens Community Council on Aging, Inc. 135 Hoyt Street Athens, GA 30601 nnorris@accaging.org Phone: 706-549-4850 Fax: 706-549-7786 Southeast Georgia/South Georgia Area Agency on Aging Wanda Taft, AAA Director ** Southern Georgia AAA 1725 South Georgia Parkway, West Waycross, GA 31503-8958 Phone: 912-285-6097 Fax: 912-285-6126 Email: wttaft@sgrc.us John L. Leonard, Executive Director Southeast Georgia Regional Commission P.O. Box 1223 Valdosta, GA 31603-1223 Phone: 229-335-5277 Fax: 229-333-5312 Email: jleonard@sgrc.us Ware County Dan Walker, Executive Director of ETC Schools ** P.O. Box 282 Blackshear, GA 31516 Elizabeth Veal ** SCSEP Subproject Director ETC Schools Dept. of Labor 221 S. Ashley Street Valdosta, GA 31601 Phone: 229-249-4885 Fax: 229-333-5301 Email: bethus64@yahoo.com Counties served: Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift, Turner AAA Monitor: Ryan Thomas ** Southern Georgia AAA 1725 South Georgia Parkway, West Waycross, GA 31503-8958 Southwest Georgia Area Agency on Aging Kay Hind, AAA Director ** SOWEGA AAA Kay Hind, Executive Director SOWEGA Council on Aging, Inc. 1105 Palmyra Road Albany, GA 31701-1933 Phone: 229-432-1124 Fax: 229-483-0995 Billy Wooten, Director ** Experience Works, Inc. P.O. Box 2768 Richmond Hill, GA 31324 Phone: 912-756-7708 Email: kayhhind@gmail.com Dougherty County Candee Harris, Office Administrator Georgia and South Carolina Experience Works, Inc. P.O. Box 2768 Richmond Hill, GA 31324 Phone: 912-756-7708 Fax: 912-756-7739 candee_harris@experienceworks.org Jayne Hood ** SCSEP Subproject Director Experience Works, Inc. 1608 South Slappey Blvd. Albany, GA 31706 Phone: 229-430-1901 Fax: 229-430-5027 Cell: 229-891-6776 Email: Jayne_Hood@Experienceworks.org Counties served: Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas, Seminole, Thomas, Worth AAA Monitor: Sue Corbin ** SOWEGA AAA 1105 Palmyra Road Albany, GA 31701-1933 Phone: 229-432-1124 suewcorbin@gmail.com Senior Community Service Employment Program National Grantees in Georgia AARP Foundation SCSEP John L. Matthews, Jr. Area Supervisor AARP Foundation SCSEP 2386 Clower Street, Suite C-210 Snellville, GA 30078 Phone: 770-982-9626 Fax: 770-982-9490 Email: scjmatthew@aol.com Jerome Webb Project Director AARP Foundation SCSEP Peachtree 25th Bldg., Ste. 991 South 1718 Peachtree St., N.W. Atlanta, GA 30030 Phone: 404-892-4446 Fax: 404-892-4464 Email: scjwebb@aol.com Crystal Wesley-Laskey Project Director 2754 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30030 Phone: 404-292-1330 Fax: 404-292-1331 Email: cwesley-laskey@corp.org Email: scdekalb@aol.com Counties served: Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding, Polk Counties served: DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett Experience Works, Inc. Billy Wooten, CWDP: MS Regional Director FL/GA/PR/SC Experience Works, Inc. P. O. Box 2768 Richmond Hill, GA 31324 Phone: 912-756-7708 Fax: 912 - 756-7739 Email: billy_wooten@experienceworks.org Updated: Sept. 30, 2009 Wanda Gonzalez, Regional Manager 10140 Ford Avenue P.O. Box 2768 Richmond Hill, GA 31324 * 912 - 756-7708 FAX 912 - 756-7739 Email: wanda_gonzalez@experienceworks.org Jayne Hood Employment & Training Coordinator Experience Works, Inc. Albany Career Center 1608 S. Slappy Blvd. Albany, GA 31701 Phone: 229-430-1901 Fax: 229-430-5027 Email: jayne_hood@experienceworks.org Counties served: Baker, Clay, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas, Worth Emily Leckie Employment & Training Coordinator Experience Works, Inc. 337 Telfair Street Augusta, GA 30901 Phone: 706- 722-4700 Fax: 706-722-2270 Email: emily_leckie@experienceworks.org Counties served: Burke, Columbia, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Wilkes Nedra Brooks Employment & Training Coordinator Experience Works, Inc. Columbus Career Center 700 Veterans Parkway Columbus, GA 31901 Phone: 706-596-0490 Fax: 706-649-1049 Email: nedra_brooks@experienceworks.org Counties served: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Talbot, Taylor, Troup, Upson Verna Knight Employment & Training Coordinator Experience Works, Inc. Savannah Career Center 5520 White Bluff Road Savannah, GA 31405 Phone: 912-356-2773 Fax: 912-351-3800 Email: verna_knight@experienceworks.org Counties served: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Long, Liberty, McIntosh Kendria Clark Employment & Training Coordinator Experience Works, Inc. 761 Poplar Street, Suite B-7 Macon, GA 31201 Phone: 478 - 742-3205 Fax: 478 - 742-3206 Email: kendria_clark@experienceworks.org Counties served: Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Monroe, Putnam, Taliaferro, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson Brenda Smith CWPD Employment & Training Coordinator Experience Works, Inc. c/o GA D.O.L. 2450 Mt. Zion Parkway Jonesboro, GA 30236-2500 Phone: 678-479-5886 ext. 213 Fax: 678-479-1884 Email: brenda_smith@experienceworks.org Counties served: Carroll, Clarke, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Greene, Henry, Jackson, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale Darryl Anderson CWPD Employment & Training Coordinator Experience Works, Inc. 417 South Dixon Street Alma, GA 31510 Phone: 912 - 632-6227 Fax: 912 - 632-6227 Email: darryl_anderson@experiencworks.org Counties served: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Ware, Wayne Jessie Nesmith Employment & Training Coordinator Experience Works, Inc. Statesboro Career Center 62 Packinghouse Road Statesboro, GA 31405 Phone: 912 - 681-5156 Fax: 912- 681-5228 Email: jessie_nesmith@expericenceworks.org John Heinis Employment & Training Coordinator Experience Works, Inc. Houston Career Center 96 Cohen Walker Drive Warner Robins, GA 31088 Phone: 478-988-7130 Fax: 478-988-7140 Email: john_heinis@experienceworks.org Counties served: Bullock, Candler, Emanuel, Evans, Jenkins, Johnson, Montgomery, Screven, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler Counties served: Ben Hill, Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach, Pulaski, Sumter, Terrell, Turner, Wilcox Legacy Link, Inc. Pat Viles Freeman, AAA Director Faye Christopher Project Director Legacy Link, Inc. 508 Oak Street, #1 P.O. Box 2534 Gainesville, GA 30503-2534 Phone: 770-538-2650 Fax: 770-538-2660 Email: flchristopher@legacylink.org Email: pvfreeman@legacylink.org Counties served: Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Murray, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, White Whitfield. LEGACY LINK EMAIL ADDRESS Updated: September 23, 2009 The initials and last names of the person and all end with...legacylink.org The list is as follows: Health Program Manager Diane Currans Care Coordinators Lora Thomas Diane Howard Norma Richards Tabor McCoy Jan Cooker Linda Allen Sharon Sneed Christina Todd Jean Waller Registered Nurses mdcurrans@ Dianne Dodgins dddodgins@ Jo Chamblee jachamblee@ Vera Dodgins vldodgins@ lgthomas@ Marcia Abernathy mlabernathy@ dnhoward@ Karen Blackmer kablackmer@ njrichards@ Marilyn Emmett maemmett@ tymccoy@ Donna Malone djmalone@ jlcoker@ Deb McGarth demmcgrath@ lmallen@ Nan Peeples ndpeeples@ slneed@ or slsneed@ (the 1st was on sheet, but I think should be latter) cftood@ jswaller@ Staff Support Receptionists Teresa Chapman btchapman@ Amy O'Dell alodell@ QA Specialist Barbara Hooper bahooper@