Form 1 Resource Support Request

CHAPTER SUMMARY

U niform Resource Support Request Tool

Please return the completed request form to [email protected].

This tool is designed to help Model Approaches states request training and resource support to enhance their legal/elder rights advocacy on the most critical legal issues affecting older persons with the greatest social and economic needs.

What kind of training and resource support can NCLER provide?

NCLER can provide both remote and onsite support for legal and aging/disability services professionals. The training and resource support are designed to combine technical assistance for legal services systems development with substantive legal training, with special focus on the priority legal issues outlined in the Older Americans Act (OAA). Most assistance will be delivered remotely. Remote assistance can be delivered via videoconference, webinar, telephone and/or email.

How does NCLER work together with state and local partners?

NCLER brings special expertise on federal statutory and regulatory issues. NCLER remote and on-site training is designed to be held in conjunction with state and local legal subject matter experts, as well as legal assistance developers and others involved with the legal services delivery system.

Why combine legal assistance development with substantive training?

Legal providers within the aging and disability networks need robust statewide legal services delivery capacity to meet the legal needs of their older residents. As a result, NCLER works to build leadership, knowledge, and overall systems capacity through technical assistance in systems development issues as well as substantive legal training. These complementary forms of resource support help states serve older adults with the greatest social and economic needs, on the priority legal issues most important to their independence, health and financial security.

How do you select states for on-site training?

On-site training provided through NCLER is results oriented and designed for optimal impact. Therefore, strongest preference will be given to those states that have a clearly defined goal for achieving some significant enhancement in legal assistance/elder rights advocacy services or policy, and that provide assurance they will commit the time and resources needed to achieve it. On-site training availability is limited.

What other consultation assistance does NCLER provide?

NCLER also provides case consultation assistance to aging and disability network professionals. Case consultations are specifically tailored to the requestor’s individual circumstances and may consist of brief service, legal research, extended services or an in-depth consultation. To request assistance, contact [email protected].

Uniform Resource Support Request Tool

Basic Information

Name:

Organization:

Title:

State: E-mail:

Are you a Legal Assistance Developer (LAD)? Yes No

If you are not a LAD, are you in coordination with your state’s LAD? Yes No

Needs and Goals of Training/Resource Support

Briefly describe your training/resource needs, explain the impact the training/resource support will have on older adults and/or legal services in your state, and how you will measure and report on anticipated impact:

Anticipated Subject Matter

NCLER Trainers have expertise in the core priority issues detailed in the Older Americans Act and in issues critically important to protecting the needs of the most economically and socially vulnerable older adults. Please indicate both the substantive and legal service delivery areas the training should cover:

Substantive Area of Law:

Economic Security

Health Care and Long-Term Services and Supports

Elder Abuse

Advanced Care Planning

Supported Decision-Making

Guardianship (i.e. representing an older adult)

Consumer Protection

Housing

Other

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Within the above categories, what sub-issues should be covered in the training?

Legal Services Development Area of Focus:

Assessing Legal Needs of Older Persons

Assessing the Capacity of the Legal Delivery System to Meet Critical Needs

Priority Setting, Targeting, and Outreach

Data Collection/Reporting on Legal Services

Development of Statewide Standards for Delivery of Legal Assistance

Low Cost Components: Helplines and Pro-Bono

Supported Decision-Making Partnerships in Elder Justice

Logistical Information for On-Site Requests

This part is for preliminary planning purposes.

1. When and where would you like this training to occur?

NCLER will provide:

 1-2 national expert trainers;  Trainer travel expenses; and  Training materials.

Your agency(ies) will need to provide and commit to the following: Space for the training, recruit and register participants, audio-visual equipment (as necessary), CLE or continuing education credit as needed by participants.

Please return the completed form to [email protected]. Thank you!

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