The training and services to end abuse in later life (abuse in later life) program funds training for criminal justice professionals to improve investigation and prosecution of crimes involving…

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded Gwinnett County, Georgia $750,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life program (CFDA 16.528) to address abuse of people age 50 and older in Gwinnett County through training, collaboration, and community response.

The recipient will deliver training curricula to law enforcement officers, prosecutors, court personnel, nonprofit staff, and other criminal justice professionals to improve recognition and response to abuse in later life, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, neglect, abandonment, economic abuse, and willful harm. The award also funds development and review of policies and protocols for identifying, investigating, prosecuting, and adjudicating such cases, as well as direct services to victims. Work is performed in Lawrenceville, Georgia, with a period of performance from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2030. The recipient operates as a local government entity and is required to work with multidisciplinary project partners including law enforcement, prosecution, victim service providers, and organizations with experience serving older adults.

The training and services to end abuse in later life (abuse in later life) program funds training for criminal justice professionals to improve investigation and prosecution of crimes involving abuse of people age 50+, training for professionals who work with older victims, coordinated community responses, and services for victims. The recipient will work with its project partners to address abuse in later life in gwinnett county, georgia, through training, collaboration, and services. The OVW-sponsored training curricula aid law enforcement officers, prosecutors, other personnel from governmental agencies, staff of nonprofit organizations, and officers of federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local courts in recognizing and addressing abuse in later life, serving victims of such crimes, and working together to make their communities safer for older adults. The project will also involve development and review of policies and protocols for identifying, investigating, prosecuting, and adjudicating cases of abuse in later life, including domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, neglect, abandonment, economic abuse, or willful harm committed against victims who are 50 years of age or older.