ACL’s Office of Elder Justice and Adult Protective Services is awarding nine new grants through the Elder Justice Innovation Grant funding opportunity. These three-year grants, totaling $2.63 million, support the development and advancement of knowledge and approaches related to new and emerging issues in elder justice. Projects aim to improve the outcomes of individuals experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, adult maltreatment. Through this opportunity, ACL sought applications for new ideas, programs, or approaches that have a high likelihood of resulting in measurable outcomes for individuals experiencing or at risk of experiencing abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Grant recipients
- Lifespan of Greater Rochester, Inc.
- Jewish Association of Services for the Aged
- Guidance Carolina (formerly known as Corporation of Guardianship)
- Vulnerable Elder Services, Protection, and Advocacy team at the University of Colorado, Denver
- Veterans Health Foundation
- Iowa Legal Aid
- Fountain House, Inc.
- Benjamin Rose Institute
- Wisconsin Department of Health Services Division of Public Health
Each award recipient will focus on at least one of the following outcomes:
- Prevent adult maltreatment from occurring or prevent further harm by intervening early in a situation of adult maltreatment.
- Reduce the number of adults experiencing or at risk of experiencing adult maltreatment.
- Seek measurable improvements in preserving autonomy, reducing or ameliorating harm.
- Mitigate the risk of recurrence for individuals experiencing abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation, and efficiently and effectively restore adults who have experienced abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation.
- Increase the health and well-being of those experiencing abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation.