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Brenda

(1,708 posts)
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 04:59 PM 16 hrs ago

'Extra Cruel': Trump Admin Ends Job Program for Seniors as Work Requirements Loom

The Trump administration has reportedly terminated the Department of Labor's only job training program for low-income seniors, a decision that came as older Americans braced for new work reporting requirements under the Republican budget law enacted earlier this month.

Bloomberg Law reported Friday that the Labor Department "quietly ended" its Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), which helped low-income Americans aged 55 or older find part-time employment or job training at nonprofits and government agencies. The program, described as a bridge to full-time employment, served tens of thousands of people across the country.


Groups that received funding under SCSEP, such as the National Council on Aging and Goodwill Industries, "say the program stopped giving them money after June 30," according to Bloomberg Law, which reported that the Labor Department "hasn't made available the roughly $300 million set aside for national grant recipients."

The Trump White House has proposed zeroing out funding for SCSEP in its budget request for fiscal year 2026, smearing the program as an "earmark to leftist, DEI-promoting entities."

In a July 17 letter to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, a group of Democratic lawmakers led by Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) warned that the withholding of SCSEP funds has already had "devastating impacts," pointing to program grantees in several states that have been forced to furlough thousands of low-income seniors.


Oh look another $300 million disappeared. And blaming it on DEI is the most fucked up thing of all, you filthy Nazis.




https://www.commondreams.org/news/senior-job-training-program
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'Extra Cruel': Trump Admin Ends Job Program for Seniors as Work Requirements Loom (Original Post) Brenda 16 hrs ago OP
Please, can this guy do us a real favor and stroke out? I think JD will be just as bad or worse as president... wcmagumba 16 hrs ago #1
My neighbor still has a Harris/Walz campaign sign in her front yard. Brenda 16 hrs ago #4
The bad side is Codifer 13 hrs ago #20
It's a shame that many seniors markodochartaigh 16 hrs ago #2
FINDING OUT, though B.See 12 hrs ago #24
Denying Medicaid without employment, House of Roberts 16 hrs ago #3
There is absolutely no fucking room for misinterpretation AT ALL Brenda 16 hrs ago #5
Eungenics rears its head again pfitz59 15 hrs ago #6
I think there's enough evidence to show Brenda 15 hrs ago #8
Cult, and they support it. rubbersole 15 hrs ago #7
The work requirement does not apply to those 65 & older Wiz Imp 14 hrs ago #16
Well, good. Maybe they can survive from 55 to 65 without healthcare. House of Roberts 12 hrs ago #22
"Ha ha. Senior suckers. So many suckers and losers. Ha ha." - Krasnov (R-felon) & GOP BoRaGard 15 hrs ago #9
dammed if u do , dammed if u dont. AllaN01Bear 15 hrs ago #10
and this bill dosnt care if u r retired. AllaN01Bear 15 hrs ago #11
There is no such thing in the minds of Republicans. You're here to make money for rich people and die. That's it. Karasu 15 hrs ago #13
Kick dalton99a 15 hrs ago #12
I'm ready to wake up now Seinan Sensei 14 hrs ago #14
I think there are those in the Trump administration who actually get pleasure doing stuff like this. Fil1957 14 hrs ago #15
All nazis are sadists; it comes with the territory. MLWR 14 hrs ago #19
Of course... Godot51 14 hrs ago #17
The work requirements do not apply to those 65 & older. Wiz Imp 14 hrs ago #18
We'll get there. Several people in this regime are already on record saying we should do away with the retirement age, Karasu 11 hrs ago #26
It boggles my mind just what they expect most seniors to do Warpy 12 hrs ago #21
Trump who's never worked a day in his life... Kid Berwyn 12 hrs ago #23
Doesn't matter if the work requirement B.See 11 hrs ago #25

wcmagumba

(4,371 posts)
1. Please, can this guy do us a real favor and stroke out? I think JD will be just as bad or worse as president...
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:03 PM
16 hrs ago

but I'm so sick of seeing Trump's ugly mug in the news all the time...Just a small request to the world...

Brenda

(1,708 posts)
4. My neighbor still has a Harris/Walz campaign sign in her front yard.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:14 PM
16 hrs ago

She is white and her husband is black and we live in a very red state.

I was talking to her the other day and just blurted out "I wish he would just fucking die!" She slowly shook her head left to right and said but the system....I interrupted and said "I know there are many horrible people in this administration. But only CHUMP is the MAGA cult leader. When he's gone, they will fracture and lose all power!"

She said, "Okay, yeah, you are probably right about that."



Codifer

(1,015 posts)
20. The bad side is
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:11 PM
13 hrs ago

that tsf is but a token, a mannequin who does the bidding of the real fascist powers lurking behind in the shadows. Vance will not be effective at that task.

Those evil powers in the shadows, however, will find some loon to be their symbol and point person; after all, they found (groomed) reagan, both bushes, and the current ass clown.

markodochartaigh

(3,368 posts)
2. It's a shame that many seniors
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:07 PM
16 hrs ago

who are routinely discriminated against in the job market couldn't make the connection that diversity,equity, and inclusion was about them as well.

House of Roberts

(6,124 posts)
3. Denying Medicaid without employment,
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:13 PM
16 hrs ago

then denying job training and placement means only one thing: You don't deserve any aid and we're not going to help you, even if you WANT TO WORK.

Brenda

(1,708 posts)
5. There is absolutely no fucking room for misinterpretation AT ALL
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:23 PM
16 hrs ago

These white christian nationalists (Project 2025), just like NAZIS, are making sweeping changes in order to harm and really, to kill certain people. People they deem unnecessary and unworthy of not only getting a hand up in a racist, sexist world but unworthy of being allowed to live.

How can MAGA Americans NOT SEE THIS SHIT as normal people do???

Yeah, I know. Cult.

pfitz59

(11,638 posts)
6. Eungenics rears its head again
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 06:10 PM
15 hrs ago

The oligarchy wants to eliminate the 'weak' and 'undesirable'.

Brenda

(1,708 posts)
8. I think there's enough evidence to show
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 06:15 PM
15 hrs ago

that what you said is true.

These policies were rammed into place in the first 6 months. Chump friendly Supremes are allowing it to happen.

Who can really stop them?

rubbersole

(10,120 posts)
7. Cult, and they support it.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 06:11 PM
15 hrs ago

Totally unaware they're just as useless as anyone not a billionaire to the billionaires. It has never been more obvious.

House of Roberts

(6,124 posts)
22. Well, good. Maybe they can survive from 55 to 65 without healthcare.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 09:21 PM
12 hrs ago
Bloomberg Law reported Friday that the Labor Department "quietly ended" its Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), which helped low-income Americans aged 55 or older find part-time employment or job training at nonprofits and government agencies.

Karasu

(1,638 posts)
13. There is no such thing in the minds of Republicans. You're here to make money for rich people and die. That's it.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 06:46 PM
15 hrs ago

Fil1957

(139 posts)
15. I think there are those in the Trump administration who actually get pleasure doing stuff like this.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 07:25 PM
14 hrs ago

Godot51

(555 posts)
17. Of course...
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 07:29 PM
14 hrs ago

... hurry up and die poor, inconsequential old people and get out of our hair.

Karasu

(1,638 posts)
26. We'll get there. Several people in this regime are already on record saying we should do away with the retirement age,
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 10:04 PM
11 hrs ago

and a lot more Republicans want to do it without being stupid enough to actually fucking say it out loud.

But these are ALSO the same people who want to go all-in on AI, so...they really need to make up their fucking fascist minds already.

Warpy

(113,701 posts)
21. It boggles my mind just what they expect most seniors to do
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:53 PM
12 hrs ago

I have visions of old people hunched over their walkers, doing stoop work in the fields since these fucking assholes eliminated most farm workers.

Kid Berwyn

(21,339 posts)
23. Trump who's never worked a day in his life...
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 09:30 PM
12 hrs ago

…gets his rocks off hurting others.

No wonder his own mother feared him.

B.See

(5,891 posts)
25. Doesn't matter if the work requirement
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 10:02 PM
11 hrs ago

doesn't apply to those 65 or older.

Bottom line, it's a despicably heinous act to impose work requirements on people who, by virtue of their age, are more likely to need Medicaid, may have medical issues that preclude or may make employment more difficult, and then shut down an agency whose purpose is to find placement for these individuals,

as if it isn't already difficult for people above a certain age to find a job. There IS no defence for this kind of shit.

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