Senior Service America sponsored the Winter 2011 issue of the Gerontological Society of America's Public Policy & Aging Report, which explores the uneven experiences of older workers during the first decade of the 21st century. Included in this 47-page issue are the following articles:

The Future for Older Workers: Good News or Bad? by Bob Harootyan and Tony Sarmiento, Senior Service America Inc.

Rising Demand for Older Workers Despite the Economic Recession: Accommodation and Universal Design for the New American Workforce, by Dr. Neeta P. Fogg and Dr. Paul E. Harrington, Drexel University Center for Labor Markets and Policy.

The Labor Market Experiences and Problems of America's Low Income Older Workers in Recent Years, by Andrew Sum, Ishwar Khatiwada, and Mykhaylo Trubskyy, Northeastern University Center for Labor Market Studies.

Older Workers, The Great Recession, and The Impact of Long-Term Unemployment, by Dr. Carl E. Van Horn, Nicole Corre, and Maria Heidkamp, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Heldrich Center for Workforce Development.

Boomers Sail into Retirement–or Do They? By Dr. Sara E. Rix, AARP Public Policy Institute.

Promoting Employment and Community Service among Low-IncomeSeniors: The Successes and Challenges of the Senior Community Service Employment Program, by Dr. Judith G. Gonyea and Dr. Robert B. Hudson, Boston University School of Social Work.

Policymakers must have the most current and accurate information as they consider the future of the Community Service Employment for Older Adults (also known as the Senior Community Service Employment Program, or SCSEP), the only federal employment and training program mandated to assist low-income older workers. That is why we are providing this update and correction to assessments of SCSEP by the White House Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office.

Statement of 49 organizations urging Congress and the White House to find a way to increase funding for SCSEP.

By Ishwar Khatiwada and Joseph McLaughlin, Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University.

By the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) and SSAI.

By Andrew Sum, director of the Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University.

By Andrew Sum, director of the Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University.

By Sum, Khatiwada, McLaughlin, and Palma, Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University.

Additional analyses commissioned by SSAI examined the perceived psychological and emotional benefit of participating in SCSEP, based on an independent survey of a national sample of over 8,000 SCSEP participants.

Additional analyses commissioned by SSAI examined the perceived psychological and emotional benefit of participating in SCSEP, based on an independent survey of a national sample of over 25,000 SCSEP participants.

Produced in partnership with the Center for Applied Linguistics, this guide offers practical advice, activities and resources to help make workplaces more supportive of older immigrants. Several organizations (including four leading national minority aging organizations) and individuals made significant contributions to this guide.

By Bob Levey (formerly of The Washington Post), this publication tells the stories of older low-income adults in Ohio whose SCSEP service makes them lynchpins of their communities.