PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
The Telemarketing Fraud Against Senior Citizens program is designed to reduce the incidence of telemarketing scams perpetrated against the elderly through training and technical assistance programs, demonstration sites, public awareness initiatives, and reporting of fraud. BJA has supported a variety of initiatives and demonstration sites to combat telemarketing fraud.

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. LAW, JUSTICE AND LEGAL SERVICES;
- Law Enforcement - Planning and Operations;
- Law Enforcement - Research, Education, Training;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- State;
- Local;
- Public nonprofit institution/organization;
- Other public institution/organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization;
- Other private institution/organization;
- Senior Citizen (60+);

WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Other public institution/organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Other private institutions/organizations;