Welcome, CEJW!

The California Elder Justice Workgroup has found a new home at WISE & Healthy Aging.

It's Here!

Click here to download a PDF of Improving California's Response to Elder Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation:
A Blueprint
 (2.1 MB) For the Executive Summary only, click here.

Welcome to the new California Elder Justice Workgroup site!

The California Elder Justice Workgroup (CEJW) was created to protect the rights, independence, security, and well being of vulnerable older adults in California by improving the response of the legal, protective services and long term support systems. Its goals are to:
  • Serve as a united voice for elder justice advocates in California;
  • Create dynamic partnerships among service providers, researchers, advocacy groups, commissions, educators, stakeholders, and policy makers to improve service delivery and coordinate response systems;
  • Offer expert consultation and technical assistance to policy makers, program developers, academic institutions, advocacy groups, and foundations to ensure that abuse prevention services and policy meet critical needs and are informed by research and practice experience;
  • Create mechanisms and opportunities for information sharing, discussion, problem solving, consensus building, collaboration, and collective advocacy;
  • Collect, evaluate, and disseminate practice and policy-focused articles, reports, and best practices; and
  • Identify unmet needs for services and policy, and offer promising solutions.

News & Updates

Below are highlights of the latest news and updates on ongoing issues. To read a fuller brief on these topics, click here.

California News

  • Lawsuits Halt Cuts to ADHCS and IHSS
    • ADHC
    • IHSS
  • What Funding Cuts Will Mean
    • UCLA Health Policy Brief -- Independence at Risk: Older Californians with Disabilities Struggle to Remain at Home as Public Supports Shrink
    • Ethnic Media Consortium Collaborates With USC to Cover California Cuts
  • Office of Victim and Survivor Rights and Services (OVSRS) Outreach Efforts on Unclaimed Restitution
  • Mary Joy Quinn, Pioneer in Elder Abuse and Guardianship, Retires

National News

  • JEAN has New Editors
  • Advocates in Vermont Sue State For Slow APS Response
  • AP Report Raises Questions About Criminal Background Checks
  • The Year in Guardianship
  • Focus on Restitution
  • Bob Blancato, EJC Coordinator, Weighs in on OAA reauthorization
  • Journalist Jane Gross Asks: Are Family Caregivers "Mad As Hell?"

Reports & Publications

  • Transforming California’s Long-Term Services and Supports System Summit Report SCAN Foundation
  • New from NIJ
    • Collaboration Toolkit for Community Organizations: Effective Strategies to Partner with Law Enforcement
    • A Blueprint for Advocates: Recommended Next Steps to Advance California's Implementation of the Supreme Court's Olmstead Decision. Californians for Olmstead
  • "Identity Theft Reported by Households, 2005-2010," National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

Second Chances. If You Missed the Following Events, You Can Still Benefit:

  • Stopping Elder Financial Abuse: Promising Practices and How to Bring Them to Your Community
  • The State and Future of Financial Fraud — Connecting Research and Practice Conference. Transforming California’s Long-Term Services and Supports System Summit

Upcoming Events

  • NASW-CA Legislative Lobby Days
  • ASA Capitol Hill Advocacy Day