crease in the next 30 years as more than 76,000,000 
baby boomers approach retirement and old age. 
(2) Every year an estimated 2.1 million older 
Americans are victims of physical, psychological, or 
other forms of abuse and neglect. 
(3) Elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation have 
no boundaries, and cross all racial, social class, gen-
der, and geographic lines. 
(4) For every case of elder abuse and neglect 
reported to authorities, experts estimate that there 
may be as many as 5 cases not reported. 
(5) Nearly 70 percent of the annual caseloads 
of Adult Protective Service agencies involve elder 
abuse. 
(6) The most recent Bureau of Justice Statis-
tics report states that 90 percent of elder abuse and 
neglect incidents are by known perpetrators, usually 
family members, and 2/3 of such incidents are by 
adult children or spouses. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF ELDER SERVE COORDINATING 
COUNCILS PILOT PROGRAMS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General, acting 
through the Director of the Office of Victims of Crime 
of the Department of Justice (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Director’’), shall carry out a three-year grant pro-
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gram to be known as the Elder Serve Coordinating Coun-
cils grant program (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Pro-
gram’’) to provide grants to eligible entities to establish 
pilot programs to facilitate and coordinate programs de-
scribed in subsection (e) for victims of elder abuse. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTEES.— 
To be eligible to receive a grant under the Program, an 
entity must meet the following criteria: 
(1) ELIGIBLE CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM.—The entity is a crime victim assistance pro-
gram receiving a grant under the Victims of Crime 
Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) for the period 
described in subsection (c)(2) with respect to the 
grant sought under this section. 
(2) COORDINATION
WITH
LOCAL
COMMUNITY 
BASED AGENCIES AND SERVICES.—The entity shall 
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Director that 
such entity has a record of community coordination 
or established contacts with other county and local 
services that serve elderly individuals. 
(3) ABILITY
TO
CREATE
ECRT
ON
TIMELY 
BASIS.—The entity shall demonstrate to the satisfac-
tion of the Director the ability of the entity to cre-
ate, not later than 6 months after receiving such 
grant, an Emergency Crisis Response Team pro-
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gram described in subsection (e)(1) and the pro-
grams described in subsection (e)(2). 
For purposes of meeting the criteria described in para-
graph (2), for each year an entity receives a grant under 
this section the entity shall provide a record of community 
coordination or established contacts described in such 
paragraph through memorandums of understanding, con-
tracts, subcontracts, and other such documentation. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 
(1) CONSULTATION.—Each pilot program es-
tablished pursuant to this section shall be developed 
and carried out in consultation with the following 
entities: 
(A) Elder Serve Incorporated of Louisville, 
Kentucky. 
(B) Relevant Federal, State, and local pub-
lic and private agencies and entities, relating to 
elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation and other 
crimes against elderly individuals. 
(C) Local law enforcement including police, 
sheriffs, detectives, public safety officers, cor-
rections personnel, prosecutors, medical exam-
iners, investigators, and coroners. 
(D) Long term care and nursing facilities. 
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(2) GRANT
PERIOD.—Grants under the Pro-
gram shall be issued for a three-year period. 
(3) LOCATIONS.—The Program shall be carried 
out in six geographically and demographically di-
verse locations, taking into account— 
(A) the number of elderly individuals resid-
ing in or near an area; and 
(B) the difficulty of access to immediate 
short-term housing and health services for vic-
tims of elder abuse. 
(d) PERSONNEL.—In providing care and services, 
each pilot program established pursuant to this section 
may employ a staff to assist in creating an Emergency 
Crisis Response Teams under subsection (e)(1). 
(e) USE OF GRANTS.— 
(1) EMERGENCY
CRISIS
RESPONSE
TEAM.— 
Each entity that receives a grant under this section 
shall use such grant to establish an Emergency Cri-
sis Response Team program by not later than the 
date that is six months after the entity receives the 
grant. Under such program the following shall 
apply: 
(A) Such program shall include immediate, 
short-term emergency services, including shel-
ter, care services, food, clothing, transportation 
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to medical or legal appointment as appropriate, 
and any other life-services deemed necessary by 
the entity for victims of elder abuse. 
(B) Such program shall provide services 
only to victims of elder abuse who have been re-
ferred to the program through the adult protec-
tive services agency of the local law enforcement 
or any other relevant law enforcement or refer-
ral agency. 
(C) A victim of elder abuse may not re-
ceive short-term housing under the program for 
more than five consecutive days. 
(D) The entity that established the pro-
gram shall enter into arrangements with the 
relevant local law enforcement agencies so that 
the program receives weekly reports from such 
agencies on elder abuse. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
SERVICES
REQUIRED
TO
BE 
PROVIDED.—Not later than one year after the date 
an entity receives a grant under this section, such 
entity shall have established the following programs 
(and community collaborations to support such pro-
grams): 
(A) COUNSELING.—A program that pro-
vides counseling and assistance for victims of 
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