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City rolls out elder-abuse training for front-line staff; task force seeks Senior Justice Assessment Center funding and legislation
Summary
San Antonio presented a training rollout for staff to help identify and report elder abuse, neglect and exploitation, in partnership with Adult Protective Services. The task force is pursuing a Senior Justice Assessment Center (SJAC) grant and state legislation to strengthen responses.
City officials and members of an elder-abuse task force told the council on March 19 that the city has launched training for front-line staff to identify and report elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation, and that the task force is pursuing federal and state steps to expand local capacity.
Jessica (city staff) briefed council on the initiative and said the city launched training in February in coordination with Adult Protective Services (APS). She told the council that APS "estimates that only, 1 to 1 in 24 cases are reported," underscoring the gap between incidents and reports. Jessica said about 25% of the employees in the initial cohort of ten departments had completed…
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