elder abuse accessing health care, educational, 
pension, or other benefits for which seniors may 
be eligible under Federal or applicable State 
law. 
(B) MENTAL
HEALTH
SCREENING.—A 
program that provides mental health screenings 
for victims of elder abuse to identify and seek 
assistance for potential mental health disorders 
such as depression or substance abuse. 
(C) EMERGENCY
LEGAL
ADVOCACY.—A 
program that provides legal advocacy for vic-
tims of elder abuse. 
(D) JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.—A pro-
gram that provides job placement assistance 
and information on employment, training, or 
volunteer opportunities for victims of elder 
abuse. 
(E) BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING.—A pro-
gram that provides bereavement counseling for 
families of victims of elder abuse. 
(F) OTHER
SERVICES.—A program that 
provides such other care, services, and assist-
ance as the entity considers appropriate for 
purposes of the pilot program. 
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(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Director shall 
enter into contracts with private entities with experience 
in elder abuse coordination to provide such technical as-
sistance to grantees under this section as the entity deter-
mines appropriate. 
(g) REPORTS
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 12 
months after the commencement of the Program, and 
every 6 months thereafter (before months beginning after 
the last day of the Program), the entity shall submit to 
the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, the Chair-
man and Ranking Member of the Special Committee on 
Aging of the Senate, and the Chairman and Ranking 
Member of other relevant committees with jurisdiction a 
report on the progress of the Program. Each report for 
a period shall include the following: 
(1) A description and assessment of the imple-
mentation of the Program. 
(2) An assessment of the effectiveness of the 
pilot program in providing care and services to sen-
iors, including a comparative assessment of effective-
ness for each of the locations designated under sub-
section (c)(3) for the Program. 
(3) An assessment of the effectiveness of the 
coordination for programs described in subsection 
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(e) in contributing toward the effectiveness of the 
Program. 
(4) Such recommendations as the entity con-
siders appropriate for modifications of the Program 
in order to better provide care and services to sen-
iors. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) ELDER ABUSE.—The term ‘‘elder abuse’’ 
means any type of violence or abuse, whether mental 
or physical, inflicted upon an elderly individual. 
(2) ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘elderly 
individual’’ means an individual who is age 65 or 
older. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Jus-
tice to carry out this section $3,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2009 through 2011. 
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