Multidisciplinary Team Resources
All across the state, multidisciplinary teams operate to ensure the physical and mental wellbeing and safety of elders across the state of Kansas. On this page you'll find tools, guidance, and support to strengthen collaborative efforts across the state.
Elder Justice Initiative - U.S. Department of Justice
The Elder Justice Initiative through the U.S. Department of Justice aims to support and coordinate the enforcement and programmatic efforts to combat elder abuse and neglect. This resource houses information and services for financial exploitation, prosecutors, law enforcement, victim specialists, guardianship, multidisciplinary teams, and public outreach.
The Prosecutor's Resource - Elder Abuse
In-depth resource providing strategies and tools to evaluate, investigate, charge, prosecute, and resolve elder abuse cases. Aimed at prosecutors but an excellent overall guide to elder justice issues.
USC Center for Elder Justice
Provides a wide range of solutions, research, and projects that raise awareness about elder mistreatment and abuse. Good source of information about upcoming trainings and events.
NW3C - Bureau of Justice Assistance
Provides training to law enforcement on a wide range of financial crime issues, including an excellent 100-level series on financial investigations. Other courses include digital forensics, cyber investigation, intelligence analysis, and economic crimes.
Elder Abuse Guide for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) - USC
The EAGLE resource should be the first stop for law enforcement officers investigating elder abuse. Includes evidence collection checklists, state-by-state statutes, and investigation guides. Links to EAGLE Tactical Training, NW3C EAGLE Training, and EAGLE in-person training.
Elder Justice Resources
Training portal for elder justice. Helpful “pocket guide” for law enforcement on legal issues related to elder abuse, plus tribal- and rural- elder justice information, toolkits, and dispatch guides and reports.
Alzheimer's Initiatives - IACP
Information and training to help first responders improve their response to community members living with Alzheimer’s Disease. Resources include comprehensive information and materials, roll-call training videos, webinars, and additional helpful links.
Give an Hour
Provides mental health support and resources for people impacted by humanmade trauma. Specific resources related to: financial fraud survivors, military and veterans, rare disease community, suicide prevention, and violent crime.
National Clearinghouse on Abuse Later in Life (NCALL)
Comprehensive resource providing program development, policy, technical assistance, and training on the connection between domestic violence, sexual assault, and elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Includes a video library and a publications library.