PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To support activities to develop, strengthen, and carry out programs for the prevention and treatment of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including: (1) Providing for public education and outreach to identify and prevent elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (2) ensuring the coordination of services provided by area agencies on aging with services instituted under the State adult protection service program; (3) promoting the development of information and data systems, including elder abuse reporting systems, to quantify the extent of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation in the State; (4) conducting analyses of State information concerning elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation and identifying unmet service, enforcement, or intervention needs; (5) conducting training for individuals, professionals, and paraprofessionals, in relevant fields on the identification, prevention, and treatment of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, with particular focus on prevention and enhancement of self determination and autonomy; (6) providing technical assistance to programs that provide or have the potential to provide services for victims of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation and for family members of the victims; (7) conducting special and on going training, for individuals involved in serving victims of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, on the topics of self determination, individual rights, State and Federal requirements concerning confidentiality, and other topics determined by a State agency to be appropriate.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. INCOME SECURITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES;
- Old Age Assistance;
- Specialized Services;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Senior Citizen (60+);

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);