USA: Ten mini-grants to be awarded to elder abuse prevention agencies

. NEWARK, Delaware (National Center on Elder Abuse), September 2, 2008: On behalf of the NCEA, the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (NCPEA) will be accepting requests for funding through September 22, 2008 to assist organizations in developing new, local multidisciplinary elder justice networks. The NCEA will award ten, $10,000 mini-grants. This project is administered by NCPEA, the NCEA grantee charged with fostering multidisciplinary efforts to prevent and address elder abuse. “Because individual agencies alone cannot fully address the problem, communities nationwide have increasingly focused their efforts on elder abuse detection, intervention, and prevention strategies through formal or informal collaborations or partnerships. "Such partnerships have evolved into elder justice community collaborations and elder abuse prevention coalitions, networks, and alliances. These collaborations have heightened public awareness through community outreach and education, and some have been able to affect strident laws for reporting and prosecuting elder abuse. "Other benefits of collaborating include improved communication and cooperation among coalition member agencies and increased responsiveness to elder abuse cases, improved access to a wider range of services, and improved quality of care for clients….” Application deadline: Monday, September 22, 2008, 5:00 PM EST. The RFP and application instructions can be found on the NCEA web site. Source: National Center on Elder Abuse