Wednesday, January 15, 2025
1/15/2025
California's Senior Legal Hotline (SLH), the Department of Aging (CDA), and the Legal Aid Association of California (LAAC) is continuing a three-year partnership to better meet the legal needs of many more seniors, targeting the most needy among the state's huge, diverse population and reducing serious disparities in the existing availability of legal help. The project goal is to increase the availability of low-cost, high-quality legal assistance to seniors through improved coordination among the hotline, local senior legal services providers, the Department of Aging, and others. Objectives include conducting assessments of seniors¿ legal needs and gaps in the existing delivery system; setting policies that will improve efficiency through service coordination and reduced duplication; increasing volunteer participation, focusing especially on the State Bar¿s Pro Bono Practice Program; harnessing the aging and legal services networks and media for targeted outreach; establishing a permanent body of stakeholders to provide feedback and advocate for expansion of senior legal services; and striving to increase support for sustainability and growth of the hotline and senior legal services providers. Proposed project outcomes include: 1) better access to senior legal services; 2) more pro bono volunteers; and 3) greater efficiency and better results through increased coordination and collaboration. Products will include reports from the needs and gap assessments, updated standards and reporting protocols, agreements on provider coordination, client self-help materials, advocate resources, and outreach plan and materials.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).