Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§3058aa–1 Grants to promote comprehensive State elder justice systems

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XI— - ALLOTMENTS FOR VULNERABLE ELDER RIGHTS PROTECTION ACTIVITIES › Part Part B— - Native American Organization and Elder Justice Provisions › § 3058aa–1

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each year the Assistant Secretary may award competitive grants to states to create and run a comprehensive elder justice system. That means a connected, team-based approach to prevent, find, and respond to elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation. The system must give people easy access to information and services, get health, social service, law enforcement, and other groups to work together, use the same way to collect and share data, and include any other parts the Assistant Secretary requires. States must apply for a grant when and how the Assistant Secretary asks and include the required information. The Assistant Secretary decides how much each grant will be. States that get money must use it to build formal partnerships among public and private providers, support a management information system with standard data elements, provide education, training, and technical help, and take any other steps the Assistant Secretary approves. Grant money must add to, not replace, other federal, state, or local funds for these activities.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §3058aa–1

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(a)For each fiscal year, the Assistant Secretary may make grants to States, on a competitive basis, in accordance with this section, to promote the development and implementation, within each such State, of a comprehensive elder justice system, as defined in subsection (b).

(b)In this section, the term “comprehensive elder justice system” means an integrated, multidisciplinary, and collaborative system for preventing, detecting, and addressing elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation in a manner that—

(1)provides for widespread, convenient public access to the range of available elder justice information, programs, and services;

(2)coordinates the efforts of public health, social service, and law enforcement authorities, as well as other appropriate public and private entities, to identify and diminish duplication and gaps in the system;

(3)provides a uniform method for the standardization, collection, management, analysis, and reporting of data; and

(4)provides such other elements as the Assistant Secretary determines appropriate.

(c)To be eligible to receive a grant under this section for a fiscal year, a State shall submit an application to the Assistant Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information and assurances as the Assistant Secretary determines appropriate.

(d)The amount of a grant to a State with an application approved under this section for a fiscal year shall be such amount as the Assistant Secretary determines appropriate.

(e)(1)A State that receives a grant under this section shall use funds made available through such grant to promote the development and implementation of a comprehensive elder justice system by—

(A)establishing formal working relationships among public and private providers of elder justice programs, service providers, and stakeholders in order to create a unified elder justice network across such State to coordinate programmatic efforts;

(B)facilitating and supporting the development of a management information system and standard data elements;

(C)providing for appropriate education (including educating the public about the range of available elder justice information, programs, and services), training, and technical assistance; and

(D)taking such other steps as the Assistant Secretary determines appropriate.

(2)Funds made available to States pursuant to this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local funds expended to support activities described in paragraph (1).

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42 U.S.C. § 3058aa–1

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73