Start Date: 9/12/2024 3:00 PM EDT
End Date: 9/12/2024 4:00 PM EDT
Location:
United States
Event Website: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_H5OhSe5EQ4COphrVTBrwxQ#/registration
Organization Name:
Housing and Services Resource Center
Contact:
Housing and Services Resource Center
Email:
hsrc@acl.hhs.gov Phone: (202) 872-0888
Older adults now represent the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population, with nearly half of all unhoused older adults experiencing homelessness for the first time after age 50. Addressing homelessness requires collaboration across systems, including housing, health care, and social care systems, and legal assistance providers can be a valuable addition to these partnerships.
This webinar will highlight how legal assistance providers can reinforce a valuable rights-based perspective and ensure older adults receive equal treatment and access to housing. Speakers will share practical examples of how legal assistance providers can integrate into an existing social service network fighting for housing rights. Representatives from Justice in Aging will present on legal assistance providers’ role in housing matters, while presenters from CCSI Case Coordination, LLC and Prairie State Legal Services (which receive funding from ACL’s Legal Assistance Enhancement Program) will provide real-world examples of how the aging network can form sustainable collaborations with legal assistance providers.
Through the Older Americans Act (OAA) and the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act), ACL funds programs that provide legal assistance to uphold the rights of older adults and people with disabilities. Each state and territory has a DD Act-funded Protection and Advocacy system, and there are approximately 1,000 OAA-funded-funded legal services providers nationwide.
This webinar is hosted jointly by ACL’s Office of Elder Justice and Adult Protective Services and the Housing and Services Resource Center. ACL’s Office of Elder Justice and Adult Protective Services administers programs which ensure that the rights of older adults are protected.
ASL interpretation and live captioning will be available. Please notify hsrc@acl.hhs.gov if you will need further accommodation.
