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

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life Program (CFDA 16.528) to Livesafe Resources, Inc., a non-profit organization in Marietta, Georgia. The funding will enable Livesafe Resources and its partners, including the Cobb County Police Department, Cobb Senior Services, and the Cobb District Attorney's Office, to continue a multidisciplinary collaborative community response to address abuse, neglect, exploitation, domestic violence, and sexual assault targeting individuals aged 50 and older. Key activities include providing enhanced training for law enforcement, prosecutors, and the judiciary, creating or supporting multidisciplinary community responses, and expanding victim services to improve outcomes for older survivors. The 36-month award period began on October 1, 2023 and will be completed by September 30, 2026.

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 organizations, governmental agencies, courts, law enforcement, and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations serving older victims. With this continuation funding, livesafe resources, INC. Will continue the collaboration started during its initial award with its project partners to address abuse in later life in their community. Livesafe resources, INC. And its partners, the cobb county police department, cobb senior services, and the cobb district attorney, will continue to support a multidisciplinary collaborative community response to abuse in later life. They will conduct a critical assessment of the initial projects outreach efforts and service delivery and expand upon existing victim services to improve outcomes for older victims. The timing for performance of this continuation award is 36 months.