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Council reviews elder-abuse training pilot; staff seeks citywide rollout and an elder-justice model
Summary
City staff updated the council on a pilot to train city employees to recognize and report abuse of older adults, with a target for all employees to complete training by the end of May and discussion of creating a local elder-justice center modeled on one in Harris County.
City staff updated the City Council on March 19 about a pilot and training push aimed at detecting and responding to abuse and exploitation of older adults. The presentation described interagency work with Adult Protective Services, police, fire and social-service partners and proposed a citywide rollout of staff training by the end of May.
Verónica Vázquez, representing the city's coordinating group on elder protection, summarized the pilot's origins and goals, saying the action followed recommendations from a December CCR and subsequent…
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