Project Grant 2019V3GX0010

The Joan & Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University will deliver national elder abuse multidisciplinary team (MDT) training and technical assistance services under a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime. The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The awardee will operate the National Elder Abuse MDT Training and Technical Assistance Center under the Crime Victim...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $450,000 from the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life Program (CFDA 16.528) will enable the Center For Domestic Peace, doing business as Marin Abused Women's Services (MAWS), to provide comprehensive training, services, and collaborative community responses to address abuse against individuals aged 50 and older in Marin County, California. The grantee...

The Northridge Hospital Foundation received a $375,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crime under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to expand and enhance services for victims of elder abuse and financial exploitation. The grant will allow the foundation's Center for Healthier Communities (CHC) to expand its existing Local Elder Abuse Prevention Enhanced Multidisciplinary Team (LEAP EMDT), which coordinates care,...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $450,000 Cooperative Agreement to the County of Boulder, Colorado under the Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life Program (CFDA 16.528). This 3-year award will enable the county and its project partners to continue strengthening training for law enforcement, prosecutors, and the judiciary in recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting elder abuse, as well as enhance...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin. This 24-month project, beginning October 1, 2024, will continue the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL) initiative to convene the National Institute for the Prosecution of Elder Abuse and provide technical assistance to prosecutors on prosecuting cases of abuse in later life,...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to Futures Without Violence, a national nonprofit organization. The 36-month project, titled "Strategies to Advance Greater Elder Safety 3.0: Pathways Project (STAGES Pathways)", aims to build the capacity of community-based organizations and their partners to provide enhanced services for older adult survivors of...

The Cris Healthy Aging Center was awarded a $449,980 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life Program (CFDA 16.528). The purpose of this 4-year project is to increase and strengthen training for police, prosecutors, and the judiciary in recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of abuse, neglect, exploitation, domestic violence, and sexual...

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $1.25 million cooperative agreement to the Wisconsin Department of Justice under the Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life program (CFDA 16.528). The award will support continued collaboration with project partners to address elder abuse through a multidisciplinary community response. Services include training for law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, and service providers on...

The Maryland Department of Aging received a $625,394 Formula Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living on August 1, 2022 to implement elder abuse prevention interventions through September 30, 2025. The funding supports the Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions Program (CFDA #93.747), which aims to demonstrate effective practices and programs to prevent elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including adult protective services. As the...

The U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) a $1,499,885 Project Grant under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The award funds the "Elder Abuse Survivor Equity (EASE) Study," a 5-year longitudinal research project to examine experiences of elder abuse and polyvictimization among diverse older adult populations, including racial/ethnic...