Programs and projects

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• Date: 01 November 2024

CURRENT PROJECTS

Empowering Every Voter Project

Nine webinars were created with the Standing

Committee on Election Law.

Provided information to voters on the nuances

and challenges of navigating the voting process.

The project was funded through a grant from the

Herb Block Foundation.

New Website

Collaboration by the ABA Commission on

Homelessness and Poverty and the ABA

Commission on Law and Aging.

Provides a resource hub to equip attorneys

and other advocates representing and/or

supporting older adults at risk of poverty

and homelessness.

Other Programs, Publications and Initiatives

1. Maryland Elder Justice Innovations Grant – “Healthcare to Guardianship Pipeline”

2. National Center on Law and Elder Rights – Training, materials development, and technical

assistance

3. AARP Public Policy – Consulting on state law reform

4. National Aging and Law Conference

6. Publications – Guardianship Defense Handbook and Reprinting the

Elder Law Ethics Brochure

7. Advocates of Aging Podcast

8. BIFOCAL, journal of the Commission on Law and Aging

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