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2000 Grantees

Partnerships in Law and Aging Program

Co-sponsored by the Marie Walsh Sharpe Endowment and the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging
Administered by the American Bar Association ABA Commission on Law and Aging

 

2000 Grantees

West Virginia Senior Legal Aid, Inc.
Morgantown, WV

Develop handbook for professionals on legal capacity standards for decisionmaking as they relate to guardianship, conservatorship, DPA and advance directives.

Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.
Baltimore, MD

Provide education and training to small assisted living facilities throughout the state on new Maryland assisted living regulations, to promote quality, affordable facilities.

Legal Services of Eastern Oklahoma, Inc.
Bartlesville, OK

Establish a 2-day per week, five county Elder Law Hotline (800 number); train hotline "facilitator" in elder law issues and intake for more in-depth legal assistance; develop elder law community education materials for Washington County with the county bar association.

Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association
Boston, MA

Recruit and train pro bono attorneys to provide community legal education and outreach, including written (English and Spanish) consumer informational sessions on legal issues of homeownership, and to handle foreclosure cases for low-income aginghomeowners in Greater Boston.

Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN

Support volunteer coordinator for senior attorney volunteer project, through which retired attorneys do intake, individual casework, and possibly mediation.

Multi-Cultural Legal Center
Salt Lake City, UT

Foster collaboration among community organizations, adult protective services and legal services to target outreach on abuse, neglect and exploitation to agingUtah residents with language and cultural barriers.

Susquehanna Legal Services
Williamsport, PA

Design and implement an elder mediation project in a rural community to increase access to dispute resolution options.

Senior Citizen Judicare Project
Philadelphia, PA

Legal representation, advice, information and referral services to low-income senior Hispanic community at a community clinic; community education and outreach in Spanish at community, family and senior centers; training on legal issues to professionals working with Hispanic aging.

Legal Aid Services of Oregon
Hillsboro, OR

Legal Advice for North Coast Elders (LANCE), a dedicated senior legal phone line for older residents of two rural counties; provide information, advice, brief services including document reviews and letters; offer community education forums, recruit pro bono attorneys to whom cases can be referred.

Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake
Salt Lake City. UT

Represent alleged incapacitated persons in petitions for appointment of the Office of the Public Guardian.

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