Center For Excellence

CARES ACT FUNDS FOR STUDENTS DISRUPTED BY CORONAVIRUS.

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND-IHE/INSTITUTION

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND - IHE/INSTITUTION

CARES ACTI GRANTS FOR STUDENTS DISRUPTED BY CORONAVIRUS

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND-IHE/INSTITUTION

FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY

FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY

FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY

ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT

DEVELOPING A PALLIATIVE CARE PATHWAY: AN INNOVATIVE STANDARD OF CARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR CARE TEAM

ENHANCING FAMILY-CENTERED APPROACHES TO DEMENTIA CARE THROUGH WELLNESS AND TRAINING

CARES ACT GRANT FOR STUDENTS DISRUPTED BY CORONAVIRUS.

ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT

ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT

ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT

TRAINING AND SERVICES TO END ABUSE IN LATER LIFE PROGRAM IS AUTHORIZED BY 34 U.S.C. 12421. THE PROGRAM'S PURPOSE IS TO INCREASE AND STRENGTHEN TRAINING FOR POLICE, PROSECUTORS, AND THE JUDICIARY IN RECOGNIZING, INVESTIGATING, AND PROSECUTING INSTANCES OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, EXPLOITATION, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST OLDER INDIVIDUALS; PROVIDE OR ENHANCE SERVICES FOR OLDER VICTIMS; CREATE OR SUPPORT MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO OLDER VICTIMS; AND CONDUCT CROSS-TRAINING FOR VICTIM SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, COURTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND NONPROFIT, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS SERVING OLDER VICTIMS. THE GRANTEE WILL COLLABORATE WITH ITS PROJECT PARTNERS TO ADDRESS ABUSE IN LATER LIFE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THE GRANTEE AND ITS PARTNERS WILL PROVIDE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTORS, GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, VICTIM ASSISTANTS, AND RELEVANT OFFICERS OF FEDERAL, STATE, TRIBAL, TERRITORIAL, AND LOCAL COURTS IN RECOGNIZING, ADDRESSING, INVESTIGATING, AND PROSECUTING INSTANCES OF ABUSE IN LATER LIFE; PROVIDE OR ENHANCE SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF ABUSE IN LATER LIFE; CREATE OR SUPPORT MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO VICTIMS OF ABUSE IN LATER LIFE; AND CONDUCT CROSS-TRAINING FOR VICTIM SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, COURTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND NONPROFIT, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS SERVING VICTIMS OF ABUSE IN LATER LIFE, INCLUDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, NEGLECT, ABANDONMENT, ECONOMIC ABUSE, OR WILLFUL HARM COMMITTED AGAINST VICTIMS WHO ARE 50 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. THE GRANTEE AND ITS PARTNERS WILL ALSO ENGAGE IN A REVIEW OF THEIR POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS AND AGREE TO PUT IN PLACE A BODY OF POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS, BASED ON MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION, DESIGNED TO AID IN IMPROVING IN THE IDENTIFICATION, INVESTIGATION, PROSECUTION AND ADJUDICATION OF CASES OF ABUSE IN LATER LIFE, INCLUDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, NEGLECT, ABANDONMENT, ECONOMIC ABUSE, OR WILLFUL HARM COMMITTED AGAINST VICTIMS WHO ARE 50 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND-IHE/INSTITUTION

CARES GRANT FOR STUDENTS DISRUPTED BY CORONAVIRUS

ELDER FINANCIAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION IS AN UNFORTUNATE AND GROWING TREND, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS THE BABY BOOMER POPULATION AGES. ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 60 REPRESENT 15.2% OF THE POPULATION, WITH AT LEAST ONE IN EVERY SEVEN AMERICANS IN THIS AGE CATEGORY. FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION BY STRANGERS COMES IN THE FORM OF FRAUDS OR SCAMS, BUT ALSO BY TRUSTED FAMILY MEMBERS THROUGH MISUSE OF POWER OF ATTORNEY PRIVILEGES OR BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY. FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION AFFECTS THE VICTIM’S DIGNITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. THERE ARE FINANCIAL COSTS AS WELL AS NON-FINANCIAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS KIND OF EXPLOITATION. THE VIOLATION OF TRUST AND THE IMPACT OF MONETARY LOSS CAN BE TRAUMATIC. PENINSULA ELDER ABUSE FORENSIC CENTER (PEAFC) WAS FORMED TO FIND COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ALLEVIATE ABUSE, NEGLECT AND FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF OLDER ADULTS. IT IS AN ENHANCED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT HEARS COMPLEX CASES OF ELDER ABUSE, CONVENING LOCAL RESOURCES TO PROVIDE A 360 DEGREE VIEW OF ELDER ABUSE CASES. THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO ENHANCE TRAUMA-INFORMED SERVICES FOR OLDER VICTIMS OF ABUSE AND FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION. THE PROPOSED PEAFC PROJECT ADDRESSES AN IDENTIFIED GAP IN SERVICES IN COMPLEX FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION CASES OF ABUSE. THERE ARE FOUR OBJECTIVES OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. FIRST, PEAFC WILL PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES TO 25 OLDER ADULT VICTIMS OF FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION USING TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES THAT EMPOWER OLDER ADULT VICTIMS OF FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION. THIS SERVICE ALLOWS THEM TO MOVE PAST THE VICTIMIZATION AND STOP OR ALLEVIATE THE FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION THAT HAS OCCURRED BY PROVIDING PRIVATE COUNSELING SESSIONS TO THEM AT NO COST. SECOND, THE FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PEAFC MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM MEMBERS WILL DEVELOP AND DISSEMINATE PROACTIVE EDUCATION MATERIALS TO ASSIST HIGH-RISK POTENTIAL OLDER VICTIMS OF ABUSE (BEFORE OVERT ELDER ABUSE DEVELOPS OR OCCURS). THIRD, THE FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT, A FORENSIC DOCUMENT EXAMINER (FOR POTENTIAL FORGERIES) AND A NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST WILL AID IN THE PROSECUTION OF FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION CASES AND ULTIMATELY RESULT IN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. FOURTH, PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED EACH YEAR TO THE PEAFC MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM (MDT) MEMBERS AND OTHER AGING SERVICE PROFESSIONALS ON VARIOUS TOPICS RELATED TO ASSISTING VICTIMS OF FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION. BY UTILIZING THIS FOUR-PRONGED APPROACH, THE DESIRED OUTCOME IS FOR OLDER ADULT VICTIMS OF FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION TO BE RESTORED EMOTIONALLY AND MONETARILY TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE AND TO HAVE AN MDT WELL-VERSED IN ALL ASPECTS OF FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION AND VICTIM RESPONSE.

HEALTH JOURNALISM 2011, NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH CARE JOURNALISM

HEALTH JOURNALISM 2010 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH CARE JOURNALISM

HEALTH JOURNALISM 2013, NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH CARE JOURNALISM

ANNUAL RSI

THE FLORIDA AIR MUSEUM, A DIVISION OF THE AEROSPACE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE, WILL DIGITIZE AND PRESERVE 11,000 PAPER SCHEMATICS AND BLUEPRINTS OF AIRCRAFT, AIRFRAME, POWERPLANT COMPONENTS, AND ARMAMENT DESIGNED AND PRODUCED BY HOWARD HUGHES AND HIS ENGINEERING TEAM. THE SCHEMATICS ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED AT THE MUSEUM, BUT THEIR FRAGILE STATE PROHIBITS PUBLIC ACCESS. THE DIGITIZATION AND PRESERVATION PROJECT WILL ENABLE THE MUSEUM TO PROCURE A LARGE DOCUMENT SCANNER TO CAPTURE STILL IMAGES OF THE OVERSIZED SCHEMATICS, ARCHIVAL MATERIALS TO PROPERLY HOUSE THE SCHEMATICS, AND EQUIPMENT TO ORGANIZE AND CATALOGUE THE ASSETS. THE PROJECT WILL YIELD OPTIMAL PRESERVATION AND ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION FOR MUSEUM PATRONS, AVIATION HISTORIANS, AIRCRAFT ENGINEERS, AND THE PUBLIC VIA CURATED DIGITAL KIOSK AND ONLINE ARCHIVE.

THE PROGRAM WILL IMPLEMENT AL MA DA ELEMENTARY STEM PROGRAM IN EAST AND WEST JERUSALEM

CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION 2012 SUMMER PROGRAM

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