Elder Law Of Michigan Inc

Legal hotline for michigan seniors provided basic, personal legal advice and information over the telephone to older adults in michigan. Since it began in 1990, the program solves problems for clients through customized interventions and client specific legal work. The program was created to respond to the "socially needy" by eliminating barriers such as geography, transportation, illness, poverty, and social isolation. The program served approximately 2,000 people statewide in 2019. In august 2019, elm ceased operations of the legal hotline for michigan seniors due to funding shortfalls. Elm partnered with other legal service agencies in the state to refer older adults calling the legal hotline to other programs near them to ensure efforts to meet their legal needs.the mid-america pension rights project assists retirees of any age in recovering pension benefits and answering questions regarding pension plans and other retirement benefits. The project started as an arm of the legal hotline to serve michigan residents. It has grown into its own program that is a collaboration covering six states, with elm as the lead organization. This project has helped recover over $86 million in pensions for beneficiaries through its collaborative partnership. This project ended in june 2024.

Elder abuse prevention program - beginning in 2007, elm received grants from the department of justice's office of violence against women (ovw) to prevent, reduce, and respond to elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation. In 2014, the ovw grant ended and elm was chosen as the lead organization for the state of michigan's elder abuse prevention efforts. In 2015, elm led the efforts to create the michigan elder justice coordinating council, a statewide collaborative that will focus on addressing the issues of elder abuse in michigan. In 2017, the council built on its partnerships with a national identity theft victims assistance network grant to help combat the problems of id theft among older adults. The council is also working in three counties in theupper peninsula of michigan to create a community-wide response to elder abuse.