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 Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice awarded Shepherds Center of Hamilton $450,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life program (CFDA 16.528).

The award funds training for criminal justice professionals, victim service staff, and court personnel in recognizing and addressing abuse of people age 50 and older, along with coordinated community responses and direct services to victims in Hamilton County, Indiana. The training curricula, developed by OVW, reaches law enforcement officers, prosecutors, government agency personnel, nonprofit staff, and federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local court officers. The recipient will collaborate with project partners to develop and review policies and protocols for identifying, investigating, prosecuting, and adjudicating cases of abuse in later life, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, neglect, abandonment, economic abuse, and willful harm.

Performance is scheduled through July 31, 2029, with work conducted in Noblesville, Indiana. The assistance type is a project grant.

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 hamilton county, indiana, 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.