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 $700,000 to Legal Aid Of Western Ohio Inc. 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 recipient will address abuse in later life across 23 rural counties in Ohio through training, community collaboration, and victim services. Deliverables include training curricula for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, governmental agency personnel, nonprofit staff, and judges to recognize and respond to abuse of people age 50 and older, covering domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, neglect, abandonment, economic abuse, and willful harm. The recipient will also develop and review policies and protocols for identifying, investigating, prosecuting, and adjudicating abuse-in-later-life cases, and will coordinate community responses to improve safety for older adults.

Performance takes place in Toledo, Ohio. The period of performance runs from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2030. This is a Project Grant assistance type. Legal Aid Of Western Ohio operates as part of a required multidisciplinary partnership that includes law enforcement, prosecution, victim service providers, and organizations with experience serving populations age 50 and older.

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 rural areas of 23 counties in ohio 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.