Abuse in Later Life Program [Department of Justice] Law and Legal Definition
The Abuse in Later Life Program refers to the Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life Program that creates a unique opportunity for providing or enhancing training and services to address elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, involving victims who are 50 years of age or older. The program is administered by the Office on Violence Against Women.
The Abuse in Later Life Program grants are used for:
a. training programs to assist law enforcement, prosecutors, governmental agencies, victim assistants, and relevant officers of Federal, State, tribal, territorial, and local courts in recognizing, addressing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking against victims who are 50 years of age or older;
b. providing or enhancing services for victims of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, who are 50 years of age or older;
c. creating or supporting multidisciplinary collaborative community responses to victims of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, who are 50 years of age or older; and
d. conducting cross-training for victim service organizations, governmental agencies, courts, law enforcement, and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations serving victims of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, who are 50 years of age or older. [42 USCS § 14041a]
Legal Definition list
- Abuse in Later Life Program [Department of Justice]
- Abuse Excuse
- Abuse Defense
- Abuse
- Abus de Droit
- Abuse of Discretion
- Abuse of Process
- Abuse of Public Office
- Abuse of Rights
- Abuse of the Elderly
- Abuse-of-the-Writ Doctrine
