Grants to Highest State Courts to Improve Guardianship - fundsforNGOs

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The Administration for Community Living is accepting applications for its Grants to Highest State Courts to Improve Guardianship.

Donor Name: Administration for Community Living

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State: All States

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 06/18/2024

Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000

Grant Duration: 3 Years

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Details:

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to enhance the fairness, effectiveness, timeliness, safety, and integrity of adult guardianship/conservatorship proceedings in states. Adequate court oversight and resources are critical to manage the guardianship system to ensure that guardianship is applied appropriately as a last resort, and in accordance with state law and established judicial standards of review. Appropriate supports enable judicial systems to improve guardianship adjudication processes, including recognizing the decisional rights and self-determination interests of adults proposed for or subject to guardianship; monitoring conduct of guardians and conservators to mitigate the potential for fraud and abuse; and developing effective data sets that inform and advance these efforts. With adequate resources and training, states are more able to thoroughly assess each case and ensure state judicial guardianship systems serve to fully preserve, to the extent possible, the decisional rights of persons proposed for and those subject to guardianship.

In this funding opportunity, ACL seeks proposals from the highest courts of States to achieve the following goal:

Improve the fairness, effectiveness, timeliness, safety, and integrity of adult guardianship proceedings and improve the experiences of individuals at risk of guardianship in the state in a manner that emphasizes alternatives to guardianship, improving the performance of court-appointed public and private guardians, and limits or revokes guardianship.

Strong applications will propose advancements, programs, or innovations that address the issues in court processes as identified by the applicants for the state, and will address at least one of the following objectives:

Collect and utilize accurate data on relevant demographic and procedural factors that can support better understanding of guardianship within a jurisdiction, and pathways to improvements in key areas.
Implement procedural and substantive safeguards to ensure the rights of persons proposed for, or under, guardianship are protected in judicial proceedings and after orders are entered. These considerations may include, but are not limited to, guaranteeing the older adult’s right to counsel or an advocate; supporting diversion to less restrictive alternatives through decisional support tools, services, or both; and limiting the scope of guardianships or terminating guardianships that are no longer necessary.
Implement systems to better screen, train, track, and monitor guardians to enhance the court’s ability to prevent fraud and abuse and identify discrepancies in guardianship accountings and reports.

Funding Information