The purpose of the Elder Justice Innovation Grants program is to support the development and advancement of new and emerging issues related to elder justice.
Funded projects will contribute to the improvement of the field of elder abuse prevention and intervention at large, such as by developing
credit:
materials, programs, etc that can be widely disseminated and/or replicated, or by establishing and/or contributing to the evidence-base of knowledge.
For FY 2016, the following have been identified as priority areas:
self-neglect, abuse in guardianship, elder abuse forensic centers, and elder abuse in Indian Country.