SCSEP is a community service and work-based job training program for mature workers. Participants build skills and self-confidence, while earning a modest training stipend, and use the opportunity as a bridge to find permanent employment. Training includes transferable and employability skills that provide a competitive edge during interviews and future careers.

Applications for Crisis Assistance are being accepted November through mid-March. This program helps eligible households (Fairfax County and the Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church) to offset heating expenses. Assistance applies to heating emergencies and can be used to pay bills for utilities that are in danger of being disconnected.

In the most recent Pocket Dad Video, learn ways to better connect with your teenager, create safe spaces to have conversations, effectively communicate and set boundaries. Through this, parents can gain more insight into what is happening in their teens' life, who their friends are and how to help them to have healthy friendships.

Are you raising a child for a family member or friend? If you answered “yes,” you are a kinship caregiver. The Kinship Family Institute (KFI) connects kinship families to supportive services and offers seminars, trainings and workshops to help build a community network of kinship caregivers. Check out upcoming events.

The Fairfax County Department of Family Services division of Domestic and Sexual Violence Services wants to know what you think about the resources they provide. Help make a difference in your community; take the survey in one of the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese. The survey is available until Friday, Feb. 28, 2020.

In the latest edition of GG, a memoirist describes a boyhood story in Vienna, the FTC shares how to avoid romance scams, and Chef Das shares a recipe for hot chocolate fondants and berries. Don’t miss articles on where to find caregiver support programs, the library’s wellness events, genealogy presentations on African American Heritage, and free AARP tax preparation assistance programs.