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 awarded Hope And Healing Survivor Resource Center $600,000 under the Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life program (CFDA 16.528) on August 1, 2026, to address abuse in later life in Summit County, Ohio through training, coordinated community responses, and victim services.

The recipient will deliver training curricula to criminal justice professionals, including law enforcement officers, prosecutors, court personnel, and nonprofit staff, to improve investigation and prosecution of crimes involving abuse of people age 50 and older. The award also funds development and review of policies and protocols for identifying, investigating, prosecuting, and adjudicating cases of abuse in later life, encompassing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, neglect, abandonment, economic abuse, and willful harm. Hope And Healing Survivor Resource Center, doing business as Battered Women's Shelter, is a nonprofit organization based in Akron, Ohio, operating the largest emergency domestic violence shelter in the state with a 154-bed facility.

The period of performance runs from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2030. Place of performance is Akron, Ohio. The recipient will work with project partners within a multidisciplinary partnership framework to coordinate community responses and services for older abuse victims. The Assistance Listing program funds training, services, and collaboration to address the needs of victims of abuse in later life across multiple abuse categories.

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 summit county, 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.