ACL recently awarded grants totaling $4,877,699 to Adult
Protective Services systems in 14 states. The three-year grants will be
used to enhance statewide APS systems, evaluate and improve practices, and
improve data collection and reporting to ACL’s National
Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS).
State
APS systems investigate reports of abuse and exploitation of older adults
and people with disabilities. They provide support and case-management, and
connect people facing abuse to a variety of protective, emergency, and
support services.
Find
out how each state will use their APS enhancement grant:
- Arizona will link data from APS,
Aging and Disability Services, and local Area Agencies on Aging;
utilize technology to enhance data collection and reporting; and use
predictive analytics to improve planning and budgeting for service
needs.
- Arkansas’ project seeks to improve
the experiences and outcomes of those served by APS by improving the
state’s ability to document and report APS cases, clients, and
offender characteristics and services in a manner that is consistent
with NAMRS. They will also be supporting the education of APS staff,
stakeholders, and the community.
- California will implement an APS
Leaders Institute to increase the capacity of APS managers to
coordinate, plan, and implement APS system improvements. The project
includes the development and evaluation of a stipend program for
graduate social work education paired with a commitment to work in APS.
- Idaho will be evaluating and deploying new resources
including new screening and assessment tools, a case management and
Goal Attainment Scaling intervention, and new methods to capture APS
case, client, and perpetrator data.
- Maine will implement and evaluate an evidence-based APS
service-planning and intervention model that utilizes practices
including motivational interviewing, supported decision making,
teaming, restorative justice, and goal attainment scaling. They will
also update their information systems in order to report complete case
component data to NAMRS.
- Massachusetts will use technology to
create a common data reporting system that covers APS programs for
adults of all ages. They will also partner with stakeholders to create
an enhanced technology-based abuse education and reporting system
called “Recognize, Report, Respond (R3)” for use by people with
intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Minnesota seeks to improve APS data
quality, increase APS case-level reporting capacity, and promote
consistency in adult protection assessment and screening response for
vulnerable adults. The state will develop new quality assurance
environments and implement customized reporting.
- Montana's APS program will
integrate the reporting of suspected abuse and exploitation into the
licensing and certification process for facilities, standardize risk
and safety assessments and data collection, implement new tools to
track the outcomes of interventions, work with Montana Tribal entities
to improve data reporting, and track cases involving illicit drugs,
alcohol, and opioid abuse.
- Nevada will expand its Elder
Protective Services program into a full APS program that serves adults
with disabilities between the ages 18 and 59. They will use the grant
to train APS staff, create program materials, and enhance NAMRS data
collection and reporting capability.
- Ohio seeks to improve APS efficiency and data quality,
increase awareness of elder abuse within the community, and to improve
community supports for elders in need of community services or being
considered for guardianship. The project will result in products that
include a mandatory reporter training and online referral system,
public awareness materials and resource guides, and a strategic plan
for local teams.
- Oklahoma will develop an enhanced
self-neglect practice that includes care planning, training, and
service coordination. The project will also strengthen technology to
improve NAMRS reporting and facilitate interviews and assessments with
self-neglect clients, including Native Americans.
- Pennsylvania will expand the
multi-disciplinary team approach to support older adults experiencing
self-neglect, identify and resolve service gaps for older adults in
need of protective services, and improve the quality and quantity of
data reported to NAMRS. The state will also educate older adults
living in the community on how to identify and report abuse and
maintain health and wellness.
- Rhode Island will partner with the
state's behavioral health agency to provide direct services to APS
clients in need of highly targeted intervention and utilize statewide
APS case management software and assistive technology to make field
work more efficient. They will also increase internal training and
host APS state conferences.
- Virginia will provide improved
integrated e-learning to new APS workers and supervisors and
proactively review caseload trends and best practice. Virginia will
also improve their data collection and increase NAMRS participation
with agency, key indicator, and case component level data.
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