"ReServe" Program Connects Retirees to Nonprofit Agencies for Stipend-Paying Jobs in New York City
Creating partnerships between nonprofit agencies and skilled older workers
Staff at ReServe: Next Steps for Older Adults, an organization that connects experienced older adults with stipend-paying jobs that challenge them to use their lifetime skills for the public good, recruited, placed and trained skilled older adults in stipend-paying jobs at nonprofit agencies in New York City from 2006 to 2007.
The project reported here supported ReServe's goal to create a replicable program model offering adults the satisfaction of using their career skills after retirement and enabling agencies to undertake projects too costly at market rates.
Key Results
- Inquiries about ReServe's program: 1,265
- Applications for job placements: 567
- Interviews with candidates: 445
- Skilled workers qualified for placement: 397
- ReServists placed at a host agency: 139
Funding
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) provided $25,000 for this unsolicited project in a grant to the Vera Institute of Justice as fiscal agent for ReServe Elder Service (ReServe).