National Legal Assistance Support: Strengthening the Leadership Role of State andArea Agencies on Aging

摘要

This project strengthened the leadership capacity of state and area agencies onaging to develop responsive public/private systems of legal assistance which are linked to and integrated with other segments of the legal, judicial and community-based service systems, and improved the quality of legal resources for the elderly by: (1) fostering the development of continuing legal education and resources on law and aging issues, particularly for private attorney Title III providers; (2) providing substantive legal assistance on housing, protective services, and health care decisionmaking; (3) aiding in the development of legal assistance delivery systems, by encouraging the development of model legal assistance standards, increasing private bar involvement in the delivery of legal services to older people, and promoting linkages among the aging network, public and private bars, judicial system, and state attorneys general.