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 the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe $449,936 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 in later life on the Muckleshoot Reservation and off-reservation trust land.

The recipient will deliver training to criminal justice professionals, nonprofit staff, and court personnel to improve investigation and prosecution of crimes involving abuse of people age 50 and older, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, neglect, abandonment, economic abuse, and willful harm. The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe will work with project partners to develop and review policies and protocols for identifying, investigating, prosecuting, and adjudicating such cases and to provide coordinated community responses and services for older victims. Training curricula will serve law enforcement officers, prosecutors, personnel from governmental agencies, nonprofit organization staff, and officers of federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local courts.

The award period runs from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2029. Place of performance is Auburn, Washington.

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 on the muckleshoot reservation and off-reservation trust land. IT will do this 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.