Who We Are
CEJC is a multidisciplinary membership organization providing a voice from the field in elder justice policy and practice. We promote the rights of older adults, including protection against age-based discrimination and elder abuse, and equitable access to resources, health care, and the legal system by those in greatest need. |
Policy
Ageism Violates Human and Civil Rights CEJC advocates for policy reform, raises awareness about elder justice developments, creates opportunities for exchange among advocates and policy makers, and provides consultation, training, and technical assistance. Our work reflects our Principles of Elder Justice. |
Learn
Our educational materials focus on leading edge issues in elder justice with the aim of fostering new ideas and innovations. They include:
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CEJC A*TEAM UpdateDoing a deep-dive into the issue of APS workers' problems accessing bank customer records in elder financial exploitation investigations, CEJC’s A*Team is working to customize The Interagency Guidance on Privacy Laws and Reporting Financial Abuse of Older Adults, which was originally developed by NAPSA and the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging. The Guidelines, which can be used by APS and MDTs, include sample request forms that reflect federal privacy laws as well as state and local legal authorization. Created to study solutions to systemic obstacles identified by local elder abuse MDTs, the A*Team focused on banks’ refusal to comply with investigators’ requests as one of the most common problems cited by MDTs. For more detail on the A*Team process and progress, see the latest update on the CEJC A*Team page: CEJC’s A*Team Tackles MDT/Bank Interactions During Investigations (January 2023) The "A*TEAM" is supported by a grant from the Office for Victims of Crime, US Department of Justice. |
Recording Available of our November 17th WebinarIn case you missed it, or you'd like to share with colleagues, the recording of our November 17th webinar, Locked Away: Human Trafficking of At Risk Adults is available here. If you'd like to hear about future webinars, please sign up on our mailing list on our Contact Us page.
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CEJC Announces New Steering Committee Chair Donna Benton
CEJC's Steering Committee announces our new Chair, Donna Benton, PhD. Donna is a long time CEJC leader, and is a Research Associate Professor of Gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology where she directs the USC Family Caregiver Support Center and the LA Caregiver Resource Center. She is actively involved in the Master Plan for Aging, serving on its Research Subcommittee, the Equity Work Group, and the Stakeholder Advisory Committee. Her skills as an educator, researcher, and innovator in caregiving, elder abuse prevention, and social justice make her the ideal leader as we take on new challenges and opportunities. |
A*TEAM SWITCHES INTO FAST-TRACK MODE TO STOP FRAUD, REVEALING SYSTEM SHORTFALLS AND OPPORTUNITIESIn this post, CEJC A*Team Coordinator Carol Sewell describes how the A*Team was recently able to quickly take action to stop fraud. Read more here. REACTING TO THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTSIn this post, CEJC Executive Director Lisa Nerenberg reacts to the Supreme Court decision on reproductive rights and the threats to privacy and autonomy it poses to all Americans. She offers 5 actions that elder justice advocates can take to counter those threats. 
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Elder & Disability Justice Coordinating CouncilCEJC was well-represented at the third meeting of the EDJCC on July 20, 2022. The meeting focused on three priority areas that the Council will focus on: Adult Protective Services (APS), senior legal assistance, and conservatorship. CEJC Executive Director Lisa Nerenberg and Vivianne Mbaku, Justice in Aging and CEJC Policy Committee Co-chair, framed the issues; Leza Coleman, California Commission on Aging and CEJC co-chair, joined Valerie Smith, Santa Clara County APS, to describe APS; and Steering Committee member James Treggiari, Legal Assistance for Seniors, described legal services. A recording of the meeting is available at: July 20, 2022, CA Elder & Disability Justice Coordinating Council.
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New: Disappointing Outcome for EJ funding in 2023Advocates for elder justice funding were disappointed with the federal Omnibus FY 23 spending bill signed in December. As outlined by Bob Blancato of the Elder Justice Coalition, the final bill’s appropriation of $15 million for APS formula grants falls far short of the President’s requested $58 million and the $80 million proposed by the House. Likewise, the $21.6 million for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman represents only $2 million over previous years’ funding levels at a time when the program needs to rebuild after pandemic losses of volunteers and LTC residents in crisis. Continuing that trend, the federal spending bill retained the 2014 cap on Social Service Block Grant funding at $1.7 billion and did not include reauthorization of the Elder Justice Act. Blancato noted the one positive outcome is that the $15 million is the APS program’s first ever Congressional appropriation. |
