National Council of Senior Citizens
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National Council of Senior Citizens (NCSC), now known as Senior Service America, was founded in 1961 by the AFL-CIO. The organization’s history begins in 1965 with the development of the Economic Opportunity Act under Title V of the Older Americans Act. Title V created funding to develop a program called "Operation Mainstream," which provided part-time employment to people age 55 and over with poor employment prospects. Once the Department of Labor was authorized to distribute Title V funds for this program in 1967, Operation Mainstream became known as the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).
In 1968, SSAI, the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC), was chosen by the Department of Labor as one of three organizations to administer SCSEP. The organization officially began operating SCSEP with 400 participants in 10 cities. Today, SSAI’s Senior Community Service Employment Program, with the help of its network of more than 100 partnering community organizations, provides employment and training opportunities to more than 10,000 older adults in counties within 23 states and the District of Columbia.
The NCSC was a grass-roots organization that trained senior citizens to be effective lobbyists based on a senior-related issues. The NCSC published Senior Citizen News and The Retirement Newsletter on a monthly basis for members and retirees.
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Contact Information
Senior Service America
8403 Colesville Road
Suite 1200
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Telephone: 301-578-8900
Former address:
National Council of Senior Citizens (NCSC)
1331 F Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
Telephone: 202-347-8800
External Links
- Senior Service America
- U.S. Consumer Interest Groups: Institutional Profiles By Ardith L. Maney - Google books online
- U.S. Consumer Interest Groups: Institutional Profiles by Loree Bykerk and Ardith Maney - order from Amazon
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