Established as Green Thumb in 1965 and renamed in 2002, Experience Works is a national, nonprofit organization that offers training, employment, and community service opportunities for mature workers. This includes a variety of programs designed to help mature individuals enter the workforce, secure more challenging positions, move into new career areas, or supplement their incomes.   Some of the highlights of the program are:

• Serves more than 125,000 people each year
• Offices in 38 States and Puerto Rico
• Has more than 400 employees 
• Operates a total budget of more than $100 million
• Is provided funding by more than 70 public and private sources
• SCSEP efforts benefited nearly 29,000 seniors last program year
• Is the largest grantee of the federal government’s Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)

Experience Works Programs:

• Senior Community Service Employment Program
• Experience Works Training Services
• Geezer.com
• Experience Works Prime Time Awards Program
• Local Services

For more information about Experience Works please visit their website at http://greenthu.iserver.net/ .

For more information contact your local Arkansas Workforce Center.