Senior Community Service Employment Program of the Cape Fear Area

03/30/2026

The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) celebrates the success of three of its job seekers who recently completed 10 weeks of intensive digital skills training.

Gennetta Corbett, Jacqueline Jacobs, and Shinita Taylor graduated March 26 with multiple professional certifications through SCSEP’s Digital Certification Program (DCP).

The DCP provides trainees with a laptop computer, pre-paid internet access, and a personal coach to guide them through training in various digital skills, including Windows 11, Microsoft Office applications, the internet, Google applications, information literacy, and social media. Those who complete the program get to keep the laptop and are offered additional skills and career learning through the online platform Coursera.

Ms. Corbett joined SCSEP in May 2024 and is assigned to Pender Christian Services in Burgaw. Ms. Jacobs enrolled in October 2023 and is a trainee with the Columbus County Department of Aging in Bolton. Ms. Taylor joined in January 2025 and serves as an administrative assistant with Habitat for Humanity in Wilmington.

United Way of the Cape Fear Area sponsors the SCSEP for low-income residents 55 and older in Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow, and Pender counties by providing job training through paid community service work at local non-profit and government organizations.

Funding originates with the U.S. Department of Labor and is distributed through a grant from the non-profit CWI Works, Inc., of Silver Spring, MD.

United Way of the Cape Fear Area
CWI Works
Pender County Christian Services, Inc.
Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity

11/05/2025

Big News for Older Job Seekers in the Cape Fear Region!

United Way of the Cape Fear Area has been awarded $514,392 to help low-income adults age 55+ get back to work through the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)!

After a four-month pause in federal funding, we are thrilled to restart paid, community-based job training for older adults across Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow, and Pender counties.

💼 Up to 87 older job seekers will receive:
✅ Paid job training
✅ Community work experience
✅ Support to re-enter the workforce
✅ Pathways to self-sufficiency and confidence

SCSEP is the only federal job-training program dedicated solely to helping older adults with low income re-enter the workforce — and United Way has proudly offered this program locally since 1977 in partnership with 50+ nonprofits and government agencies.

Thank you to our grant partner, CWI Works, Inc., and everyone who advocated to restore this critical funding. Together, we're helping older adults thrive through the power of work. 💙

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