Partnerships in Law and Aging Program
Co-sponsored by the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging
and the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging
with support from the Marie Walsh Sharpe Endowment

2003-2004 Grantees

Connecticut Legal Services, Inc.
62 Washington Street
Middletown, CT 06457
Project Director: Kevin Brophy
Contact: Mimi Peck-Llewellyn, Legal Services Developer, Connecticut Dept. of Social Services, 25 Sigourney Street, Hartford, CT 06106
Marie.peck.llewellyn@po.state.ct.us

Regional Kinship Care Legal Issues Seminars for Professionals
Convene quarterly educational seminars on kinship care legal issues in four regions of state for attorneys, social workers, court and state agency personnel; distribute informational materials. Seminars hosted by regional area agency on aging and located at institution of higher education.

Partners: Kinship Care Legal Issues Task Force; area agencies on aging; Medical Legal Partnership Project of Connecticut Children’s Medical Center; Greater Hartford Legal Aid; Probate Courts; Connecticut Bar Association Children’s Law Section.

Dispute Resolution Center of Yakima and Kittitas Counties
1106 B. West Lincoln Avenue
Yakima, WA 98902
Project Director: Bev Goodman
Contact : same
drcyakima@ewa.net

Senior Mediation Program
Use faciliative mediation to assist seniors in rural, culturally diverse area with disputes related to landlord/tenant, neighborhood, caregiver, etc.

Partners: Office of Aging and Long-Term Care, Family Caregiver Program and Information and Assistance.

Midwest Bioethics Center
1021-1025 Jefferson Street
Kansas City, MO 64105-1329
Project Director: Don Reynolds
Contact: same
Reynolds@midbio.org

Kansas City Regional Long-Term Care Ethics Committee
Recruit, organize, train and make available to all long-term care providers in seven counties in Kansas and Missouri that comprise greater Kansas City, a model multidisciplinary ethics committee to address end-of-life issues of seriously ill and dying residents.

Partners: Kansas City Regional Long-Term Care Consortium, Missouri Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program; LIFE Project of Kansas.

Vermont Bar Association
35-37 Court Street, PO Box 100
Montpelier Vermont 05601-0100
Project Director: Kevin Ryan
Contact: Brian Sawyer, Vermont Legal Aid, 56 Main St., Ste. 301, Springfield, VT 05156
bsawyer@vtlegalaid.org

Taking Control to Plan for Future Financial Decisions
Create booklet and outreach forums to educate seniors, professionals and other consumers about the impact of new state laws that protect older persons from financial abuse and improve financial decision-making.

Partners: Vermont Legal Aid, AARP, Attorney General’s Office, Dept. of Aging and Disabilities, Community of Vermont Elders; Alzheimer’s Associaiton of Vermont and New Hampshire.

Prairie State Legal Services, Inc.
975 N. Main Street
Rockford, IL 61103
Project Director: David Wolowitz
Contact: Gail Walsh
gwalsh@pslegal.org

Elder Law Education Initiative
Provide educational programs targeted to private attorneys to encourage increased pro bono services to seniors, for social service providers to faciliate early identification of legal issues for elderly, and for senior citizens to prevent legal problems caused by high medical costs and predatory lending practices.

Partners: Illinois State Bar Association Elder Law Committee.

Institute on Aging - Consortium for Elder Abuse Prevention
3330 Geary Blvd.
San Francisco, CA 94118
Project Director: Mary Twomey
Contact: same
mtwomey@ioaging.org

Predatory Lending Prevention Collaboration
Use pro bono attys to provide advice and consultant to low-income seniors at three day-long legal clinics; create consumer education materials; train social service professionals.

Partners: Bar Association of San Francisco Volnunteer Legal Services Program; Department of Aging Adult Protective Services and Senior Information and Referral; Consortium for Elder Abuse Prevention.

SeniorLAW Center
100 South Broad St., Ste. 1810
Philadelphia, PA 19110
Project Director: Karen C. Buck
Contact: same
kbuck@seniorlawcenter.org

Pro Bono Internet Matching Project for Vulnerable Elders
Use internet technology to provide much-needed legal services and education to poor elders by matching clients with interested volunteers through listserve postings of pro bono opportunities, on-line volunteer registration and email communications.

Partners: Philadelphia Bar Association Section on Probate and Trust Law Public Servie Committee; area law firms.

Needs of the Elderly Committee, Utah State Bar
Utah Law & Justice Center
645 South 200 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Project Director: Mary Jane Ciccarello
Contact: same
mciccarello@utah.org

Senior Law Help
Pro bono program to train volunteer lawyers on elder law basics and aging network resources; conduct legal consultations with seniors at senior centers and senior housing units; publish in hard copy and on the internet an elder law manual for advocates and consumers.

Partners: Utah State Bar; Salt Lake County Aging Services; University of Utah Quinney Law School Pro Bono Initiative.

New Hampshire Legal Assistance
PO Box 778
Portsmouth, NH 03802-0778
Project Director: Judith Jones
Contact: same
jjones@nhla.org

Long Term Care Education
Trainings and educational material specifically targeted to increase statewide awareness about the legal rights of individuals receiving long term care and those making long term care choices.

Partners: New Hampshire Bar Association; State of New Hampshire Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.