The enhanced training and services to end abuse in later life program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 12421

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement to Alexandra House Inc. 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 Alexandra House Inc. and its project partners to continue providing a multidisciplinary collaborative community response to address elder abuse in Blaine, MN through September 2023. Specifically, the recipients will conduct a critical assessment of initial project outreach efforts and service delivery to older abuse victims. They will also expand existing victim services to improve outcomes. The funding will allow the continuation of cross-training and collaboration between victim service providers, governmental agencies, courts, law enforcement, and nonprofit organizations serving older victims as started under the initial award.

The program's purpose 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 assault against older individuals; provide or enhance services for older victims; create or support multidisciplinary collaborative community responses to older victims; and conduct cross-training for victim service providers, governmental agencies, courts, law enforcement, and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations serving older victims. With this supplemental funding, the grantee will continue the collaboration started during its initial award with its project partners to address elder abuse in their community. The grantee and its partners will continue to support a multidisciplinary collaborative community response to elder abuse. They will conduct a critical assessment of the initial project's outreach efforts and service delivery and expand upon existing victim services to improve outcomes for older victims. The timing for performance of this supplemental award is 24 months.