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Why do so many older Americans work past retirement age? Can they not afford to retire or do other factors explain their continued participation in the workforce? To further discussions about policy proposals and program expansions, with the...

Why do so many older Americans work past retirement age? Can they not afford to retire or do other factors explain their continued participation in the workforce? To further discussions about policy proposals and program expansions, with the...

Tests the Short Employment Hope Scale (EHS-14) in capturing the state of a person’s psychological empowerment, motivation, skills and resources, and goal-orientation as a factor in workforce development.

Provides a comprehensive picture of the different Community-Based Job Training Grant-funded initiatives, innovations developed, and implementation successes and challenges.

Explores the struggles and challenges of older workers in today's economy and offers suggestions so that older Americans who want or need to work can do so.

Assesses the Aging Workers Initiative, which aimed to build the capacity of the public workforce investment system to serve older individuals.

Finds that attainment of a credential through participation in WIA’s Dislocated Worker Program resulted in improved employment and wage changes for older workers as compared to those who were not credentialed.

Quantitative study of the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) that analyzed existing administrative data and customer satisfaction survey data for PY 2009 and 2010, and (2) a process study based on interviews with national SCSEP...

Powerpoint that examines the effect the recession of 2007 to 2009 has had on older adults, generally those 55 and older, in terms of employment status, incomes and wealth, costs of medical care, purchasing power of Social Security benefits, and...

Examines the experiences of job seekers aged 55 and older compared to the experiences of younger, or "prime age," job seekers who lost jobs during the recession.