Senior Community Service Employment Program ... - Mature Services

28 Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) Handbook• Soliciting or selling political party tickets;• Engaging in partisan political activities in which they represent themselves as aspokesperson of the SCSEP program of the Ohio Department of Aging (ODA) orMature Services, Inc.;• Campaigning by writing literature, distributing materials, or making speeches onbehalf of a candidate for partisan political office;• Engaging in activities at the polls, such as soliciting votes;• Lobbying to influence in any way any member of Congress or the Ohio GeneralAssembly.Participants are permitted to participate in any of the following when they are not at the Work-Training Site:• Registration and voting;• Expressing their personal opinion;• Voluntarily contributing to candidates or organizations;• Attending open political rallies;• Signing nomination petitions in support of individuals;• Displaying signs or wearing political badges or buttons.Participants may work on Election Day at the polls for a County Board of Elections only if thisprocedure is followed:1. The Participant does not perform his/her Work-Training Assignment at the HostAgency at any time on that day;2. The Participant advises his/her Work-Training Assignment Supervisor and the localProject Director in advance.Political Activities and Participant involvement are governed by Chapter 15 of Title V of theUnited States Code and by the Policies and Procedures of the Ohio Department ofAdministrative Services, Division of State Personnel. Questions concerning the United StatesCode should be made in writing to the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor,Washington, D.C. All other questions concerning partisan politics or involvement with anycandidate for partisan elected office should be addressed to the local Project Director prior toany involvement.Prohibited Additional CompensationNo reward, gift, or other form of compensation shall be received from any source for a SCSEPParticipant’s performance of his/her duties. This means that SCSEP Participants are prohibitedfrom accepting additional work hours (with or without pay) or any other form of bonus. Again,this would be considered employment and would require the exit of the Participant from SCSEPas employed.