Block Grant 2019V3GX0014

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...

Metropolitan Family Services will receive $375,000 from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024 to support the ENHANCED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS (E-MDTS) FOR OLDER VICTIMS OF FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE project. The project aims to deliver enhanced multi-disciplinary teams to provide services for older victims of financial exploitation and...

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime awarded a $375,000 Project Grant under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to the County of Onslow, North Carolina. The funding will be used to improve collaboration and communication among government, public, and private agencies providing services to the elderly and assisting victims of elder abuse in Onslow County. Key activities include hiring a dedicated Elderly Multidisciplinary Team (E-MDT)...

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,...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, supports the Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life Program (CFDA 16.528). The $595,501 grant, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028, will enable the Center for Excellence in Aging and Geriatric Health to collaborate with project partners to address abuse against individuals aged 50 and older in the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women provides $750,000 in funding under the Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life Program (CFDA 16.528). The project aims to increase and strengthen training for law enforcement, prosecutors, and the judiciary in recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of abuse, neglect, exploitation, domestic violence, and sexual assault against older...

The Center For Elder Law & Justice, Inc. was awarded a $400,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions 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 three-year award running from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024 will support the Niagara County Enhanced Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Project. Under this project, the Center...

The Mid-Florida Area Agency On Aging, Inc., doing business as Elder Options, was awarded a $590,393 cooperative agreement 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 (CFDA 16.528) federal grant program. The award will support Elder Options' continuation of collaboration with project partners to address elder abuse through a multidisciplinary community response in Gainesville,...

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 Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs received a $750,710 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 develop, implement, and evaluate successful or promising practices and programs to prevent elder abuse, neglect, and...