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U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)7 measures

Hours (in the aggregate) of community service employment

Requiredoutput20 CFR 641.700(b)(1)

Tier 1: Collect today

A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

(a) “Hours of community service employment” is defined as the total number of hours of community service provided by SCSEP participants divided by the number of hours of community service funded by the grantee's grant, after adjusting for differences in minimum wage among the States and areas. Paid training hours are excluded from this measure.

Instrument
20 CFR 641.700 core measures of performance
Target
Target is negotiated
Source document, 20 CFR 641.700(b)(1); definition 641.710(a)

The percentage of project participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after exit from the project

Requiredoutcome20 CFR 641.700(b)(2)

Tier 1: Collect todayTier 3: Needs a partner

The outcome sits in a record another agency holds. You hold the participant list and count it.

You count your own participants; the state wage record confirms the outcome.

Partner routes for wages and employment
  • National: SCSEP post-exit employment and earnings Held by State wage agencies; Kansas Department of Commerce and DOL through CRIS/SWIS. Lag: CRIS-specific delivery lag NR. Measures concern employment in the second and fourth quarters after exit and second-qua…
  • CA: employment and quarterly earnings Held by Employment Development Department, UI wage records. Lag: EDD says wage abstracts are usually five months behind; a standard abstract covers up to five quarters.
  • WA: employment and quarterly earnings Held by Employment Security Department. Lag: State-specific event-to-delivery lag NR. Quarterly records; do not treat application acknowledgment as data availabili…

Routes, caveats and templates for this measure

(b) “The percentage of project participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after exit from the project” is defined by the formula: The number of participants who exited during the reporting period who are employed in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after the exit quarter divided by the number of participants who exited during the reporting period multiplied by 100.

Instrument
20 CFR 641.700 core measures of performance
Target
Target is negotiated
Source document, 20 CFR 641.700(b)(2); definition 641.710(b)

The percentage of project participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the fourth quarter after exit from the project

Requiredoutcome20 CFR 641.700(b)(3)

Tier 1: Collect todayTier 3: Needs a partner

The outcome sits in a record another agency holds. You hold the participant list and count it.

You count your own participants; the state wage record confirms the outcome.

Partner routes for wages and employment
  • National: SCSEP post-exit employment and earnings Held by State wage agencies; Kansas Department of Commerce and DOL through CRIS/SWIS. Lag: CRIS-specific delivery lag NR. Measures concern employment in the second and fourth quarters after exit and second-qua…
  • CA: employment and quarterly earnings Held by Employment Development Department, UI wage records. Lag: EDD says wage abstracts are usually five months behind; a standard abstract covers up to five quarters.
  • WA: employment and quarterly earnings Held by Employment Security Department. Lag: State-specific event-to-delivery lag NR. Quarterly records; do not treat application acknowledgment as data availabili…

Routes, caveats and templates for this measure

(c) “The percentage of project participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the fourth quarter after exit from the project” is defined by the formula: The number of participants who exited during the reporting period who are employed in unsubsidized employment during the fourth quarter after the exit quarter divided by the number of participants who exited during the reporting period multiplied by 100.

Instrument
20 CFR 641.700 core measures of performance
Target
Target is negotiated
Source document, 20 CFR 641.700(b)(3); definition 641.710(c)

The median earnings of project participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after exit from the project

Requiredoutcome20 CFR 641.700(b)(4)

Tier 1: Collect todayTier 3: Needs a partner

The outcome sits in a record another agency holds. You hold the participant list and count it.

You count your own participants; the state wage record confirms the outcome.

Partner routes for wages and employment
  • National: SCSEP post-exit employment and earnings Held by State wage agencies; Kansas Department of Commerce and DOL through CRIS/SWIS. Lag: CRIS-specific delivery lag NR. Measures concern employment in the second and fourth quarters after exit and second-qua…
  • CA: employment and quarterly earnings Held by Employment Development Department, UI wage records. Lag: EDD says wage abstracts are usually five months behind; a standard abstract covers up to five quarters.
  • WA: employment and quarterly earnings Held by Employment Security Department. Lag: State-specific event-to-delivery lag NR. Quarterly records; do not treat application acknowledgment as data availabili…

Routes, caveats and templates for this measure

(d) “The median earnings of project participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after exit from the project” is defined by the formula: For all participants who exited and are in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after the exit quarter: The wage that is at the midpoint (of all the wages) between the highest and lowest wage earned in the second quarter after the exit qua…

Instrument
20 CFR 641.700 core measures of performance
Target
Target is negotiated
Source document, 20 CFR 641.700(b)(4); definition 641.710(d)

Indicators of effectiveness in serving employers, host agencies, and project participants

Requiredoutcome20 CFR 641.700(b)(5)

Tier not determined

No rule matched this measure, so no tier is guessed.

(e) “Indicators of effectiveness in serving employers, host agencies, and project participants” is defined as the combined results of customer assessments of the services received by each of these three customer groups.

Instrument
20 CFR 641.700 core measures of performance
Target
Target is negotiated
Source document, 20 CFR 641.700(b)(5); definition 641.710(e)

The number of eligible individuals served

Requiredoutput20 CFR 641.700(b)(6)

Tier 1: Collect today

A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

(f) “The number of eligible individuals served” is defined as the total number of participants served divided by a grantee's authorized number of positions, after adjusting for differences in minimum wage among the States and areas.

Instrument
20 CFR 641.700 core measures of performance
Target
Target is negotiated
Source document, 20 CFR 641.700(b)(6); definition 641.710(f)

The number of most-in-need individuals served (the number of participating individuals described in OAA sec. 518(a)(3)(B)(ii) or (b)(2))

Requiredoutput20 CFR 641.700(b)(7)

Tier 1: Collect today

A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

(g) “Most-in-need” or the number of participating individuals described in OAA sec. 518(a)(3)(B)(ii) or (b)(2) is defined by counting the total number of the following characteristics for all participants and dividing by the number of participants served. Participants are characterized as most-in-need if they: (1) Have a severe disability; (2) Are frail; (3) Are age 75 or older; (4) Meet the eligibility requirement…

Instrument
20 CFR 641.700 core measures of performance
Target
Target is negotiated
Source document, 20 CFR 641.700(b)(7); definition 641.710(g)

How grantees did

Results are attainment: actual divided by the promised value, for rows where the source gives both. Medians mix every measure a program reports; the measure pages split them.

Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)

Grantee-level resultsDOL Senior Community Service Employment Program, grantee performance
88grantees
11measures
15periods
7,908results
100%median of target (88% to 112%)
50%of results at or above target
0%target200%+

Results by kind of promised value: 6,352 with a goal set before the period; 1,556 with a goal revised after the fact.

Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking)

5 shown

  • Kansas · PY2022

    Community Service (community-service hours as a fraction of paid hours)

    0.62 → 0.5971 (96% of target) · rate (fraction)

    Source document

  • Oklahoma · PY2010

    Service Level

    1 → 1.561 (156% of target) · ratio (participants served / authorized positions)

    Source document

  • Maine · PY2015

    Service Level

    1.533 → 1.208 (79% of target) · ratio (participants served / authorized positions)

    Source document

  • Senior Service America · PY2017

    Entered Employment Rate (common measure)

    0.456 → 0.417 (91% of target) · rate (fraction)

    Source document

  • Massachusetts · PY2024

    Median Earnings 2nd Quarter After Exit

    3452 → 3683 (107% of target) · $

    Source document
Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking), 5 shown
GranteePeriodMeasurePromisedActualUnit% of targetSource
KansasPY2022Community Service (community-service hours as a fraction of paid hours)0.620.5971rate (fraction)96%document
OklahomaPY2010Service Level11.561ratio (participants served / authorized positions)156%document
MainePY2015Service Level1.5331.208ratio (participants served / authorized positions)79%document
Senior Service AmericaPY2017Entered Employment Rate (common measure)0.4560.417rate (fraction)91%document
MassachusettsPY2024Median Earnings 2nd Quarter After Exit34523683$107%document

Senior Employment Services

Program-level summary, not granteesIllinois Comptroller Public Accountability Reports
6measures
4periods
35results
63%median of target (58% to 96%)
26%of results at or above target
0%target200%+

Results by kind of promised value: 20 with a target printed beside the result; 15 with a goal set before the period. These are agency-reported program figures, not individual grantees.

Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking)

1 shown

  • Department on Aging · FY2025

    Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands)

    $ 5,948.1 → $ 3,452.6 (58% of target) · $

    Source document
Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking), 1 shown
Reporting entityPeriodMeasurePromisedActualUnit% of targetSource
Department on AgingFY2025Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands)$ 5,948.1$ 3,452.6$58%document

Senior Community Service Employment Program

Program-level summary, not granteesOMB PART assessments (ExpectMore.gov archive)
3measures
2periods
6results
104%median of target (88% to 111%)
67%of results at or above target
0%target200%+

Results by kind of promised value: 6 with a target printed beside the result. These are agency-reported program figures, not individual grantees.

Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking)

1 shown

  • Senior Community Service Employment Program · 2005

    Retention in Employment: Percentage of program participants employed in 1st quarter after program exit who remained employed in the 2nd and 3rd quarters after exit (Note: New Measure; Targets to be determined.)

    65% → 73% (112% of target) · %

    Source document
Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking), 1 shown
Reporting entityPeriodMeasurePromisedActualUnit% of targetSource
Senior Community Service Employment Program2005Retention in Employment: Percentage of program participants employed in 1st quarter after program exit who remained employed in the 2nd and 3rd quarters after exit (Note: New Measure; Targets to be determined.)65%73%%112%document

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