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State Senior Environmental Employment Program

Program Information

Popular name

SEE

Program Number

66.518

Sub-agency

N/A

Program objective

To use the talents of Americans 55 years of age or older to provide technical assistance to Federal, State, and local environmental agencies to achieve the Agency's goals of A Cleaner, Healthier Environment; More Effective Partnerships; and Greater Certainty, Compliance, and Effectiveness. Funding Priorities - Fiscal Year 2025: The Environmental Programs Assistance Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98-313) authorized the Administrator of the EPA "to make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, private, nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary of Labor under Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965." These cooperative agreements are to utilize the talents of older Americans in temporary, full time or part time positions "providing technical assistance to Federal, State, and local environmental agencies for projects of pollution prevention, abatement, and control". "Technical assistance" may include any activity performed for the State in support of its projects ranging from inspections of large capacity cesspools, to support for a State Environmental staff office. This allows for the coverage of all types of SEE program positions from professional to clerical.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    As of June 21, 2016, 1 cooperative agreement/amendment was awarded.

    In Fiscal Year 2016, 2 cooperative agreement/amendments was awarded.

  2. 2017

    As of June 30, 2017, 1 cooperative agreement/amendment was awarded.

  3. 2018

    As of June 30, 2018, 1 cooperative agreement/amendment was awarded.

  4. 2019

    Three (3) cooperative agreements/amendments were awarded (all amendments)

  5. 2021

    FY21 – 2 cooperative agreements/amendments were awarded (all amendments); FY22 - As of July 21, 2022, 0 cooperative agreements/amendments were awarded (0 amendments)

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

This program is subject to the provisions of 2 CFR 1500 - Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and Agreements); 40 CFR Part 33 (Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in United States Environmental Protection Agency Programs).

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Senior Citizen (60+)
  • State

Additional resources