Title I Funding
Senior Community Services Employment Program
SCSEP fosters and promotes part-time employment opportunities in community service activities for low income senior citizens who are fifty-five (55) years of age or older.They also assist older workers in transitioning to unsubsidized employment.
Basic SCSEP Eligibility Requirements:
- Unemployed.
- 55 years or older.
- Resident of Maui County.
- Gross income of the family in which the applicant is a member of the household shall not exceed 125% of the poverty levels established by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
Community Services Block Grant
Participants are referred to Maui Economic Opportunity for services because this is not a stand-alone service. Collaborates with the Maui Homeless Alliance and other social service agencies to maximize existing funding Advocates for affordable housing initiatives and projects and maintains the County Rental Assistance Program to provide
- Rental assistance like security deposits to stabilize conditions for people in financial emergency eviction, homelessness, and back payments on utilities (low-income energy assistance program)
- Provides assistance through the Legal Services program that provides legal assistance for low-income seniors sixty and older.
- Referrals to Paratransit services and works to identify and eliminate barriers for disabled riders
National Farmers Job Program
NFJP is a job training and employment assistance program for farmworkers and their families.
Our Case Managers provide
- Assistance in finding employment
- Job training
- Educational opportunities
- Support services.
This assistance is offered at no cost to the participants