Legacy Link Covers a 13-county area surrounding Gainesville, Cumming, Clarkesville, Toccoa, Hiawassee
55+ and need to work? Help is available!
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o, is it “back into the (labor) pool” for you or someone you know over the age of 55? It’s happening more and more these days — and with some difficulty for mature workers. Not every human resources director or supervisor believes a mature person might be able to do the job required in a particular business. Or perhaps that HR director doesn’t believe a younger boss will want to supervise an older employee. Not all mature job-seekers believe they are capable of entering the workforce
again, after having been retired for a few years. But now, due to the loss of retirement income and rising costs of EVERYTHING, there are many retirees who need to go back to work. What do you do to get back into the workforce? For some people, a simple “dusting off”
Staff will discuss work history, possible need for training and other factors. of a resume with an updated look and wording will be all that’s needed to start a sucessful job hunt. But for many older persons needing employment, it will take much more effort to land a job. Legacy Link, Inc. in Gainesville operates
the Senior Community Service & Employment Program, funded by the NCOA. The program helps mature job-seekers find employment. Staff will discuss work history, possible need for training and other factors. Legacy can make training placements in public, private nonprofit and profit-making businesses to allow the mature person to gain training on-the-job. The goal is a JOB! Help is available. Give us a call. For further information, contact Legacy Link, P.O. Box 2534, Gainesville, GA 30503-2534; 770-538-2650 or toll-free 1-800-845-LINK.
LEGACY LINK ENCOMPASSES THESE COUNTIES: Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White
Southern Crescent Covers a 10-county area surrounding Franklin, Newnan, LaGrange, Griffin, Carrollton Link — Americorps, which utilizes a registered nurse supervisor and certified nursing assistants to perform this much needed hands-on service. In just five ith additional Federal funding from months, the program has been a huge sucthe Older Americess in the cans Act, the Southern three counties Crescent Area Agency on presently being Aging has begun a pilot served. program to expand perAs required sonal care services in by federal and Carroll, Coweta and Troup state regulacounties. Personal care tions, the services provide personal SCAAA must assistance to homebound bid this service, seniors who might have as well as other difficulties eating, dressMs. Eula Bolton, of Coweta County, benefits from services that Personal Care Services. ing, bathing, walking, the AAA toileting or transferring administers, independently. using federal and state procurement proceThe SCAAA has contracted with Care dures. This procurement process is well
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underway, with six agencies requesting the proposal package. On December 18, 2002, the SCAAA conducted a bidders’ conference to answer any questions the potential providers had concerning personal care services. The SCAAA is excited about expanding this vital service area-wide via federal, state and local funding. This service helps many seniors remain in their homes, often preventing premature institutionalization. For further information, contact Southern Crescent AAA, P.O. Box 1600, Franklin, GA 30217-1600; 706-675-6721, 770-854-6026, or toll-free 1-866-854-5652.
SOUTHERN CRESCENT ENCOMPASSES THESE COUNTIES: Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup, Upson
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