This Cooperative Agreement award of $595,501 was provided by 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 award will fund the Center for Excellence in Aging and Geriatric Health, a non-profit organization in Williamsburg, Virginia, to collaborate with project partners in addressing abuse against individuals aged 50 and older in their community. Key...
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...
This $250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) supports the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL) program, implemented by the non-profit organization End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin. The award provides funding for a 24-month project under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to convene the National Institute for the Prosecution of Elder Abuse and deliver technical assistance to prosecutors on...
Empowered Aging will receive $375,000 through a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582). The grant will fund Empowered Aging's Expanded Solano County Multidisciplinary Team (E-MDT) to strengthen elder justice efforts across Solano County, California through September 2024. As the OVC's discretionary grant program aims to support demonstration projects and...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs awarded a $750,000 cooperative agreement to Healing Justice Project under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to address the lack of post-conviction victim services. The three-year project will develop recommendations, training models, and tools to expand post-conviction victim services for those impacted by conviction and sentence review processes. Healing Justice will conduct an environmental scan and needs...
The Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, awarded Weill Medical College of Cornell University a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582). The project, titled "Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams (EMDTs) - Expanding Reach and Impact Nationally", aims to enhance the effectiveness of EMDTs in addressing elder abuse. The funding will enable Weill Medical College to provide innovative strategies, technologies, and...
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 $5 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime will support the Crime Victims Advocacy Program, launched by Equal Justice Works. Over three years, the program will place 21 attorney fellows and 21 summer law student fellows with competitively selected legal services organizations across the U.S. The attorney fellows will expand the capacity of partner organizations to provide civil legal assistance to victims of crime in...
The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life Program (CFDA 16.528) to the Hope Justice Project, a non-profit organization located in Presque Isle, Maine. The award will fund comprehensive efforts to increase training for law enforcement, prosecutors, and the judiciary in recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting abuse, neglect, exploitation,...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, will fund the Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life Program (CFDA 16.528). The $449,980 grant will enable the non-profit organization Cris Healthy Aging, located in Danville, Illinois, to collaborate with project partners to address abuse against individuals aged 50 and older in their community. Key activities include: providing...