Name: Strengthening Guardianship Defense: Updated OAA Regulations and Legal Aid Innovations
Start: 2025-05-16T13:15:00-0700
End: 2025-05-16T14:30:00-0700

Friday May 16, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm PDT

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Legal aid providers can protect the rights of older adults by expanding guardianship defense programs and services. This session highlights the guardianship defense provisions in the updated Older Americans Act regulations and showcases the Guardianship Defense Cohort, a group of legal aid organizations that built capacity for this critical work.

Speakers

Jim Berchtold

Senior Staff Attorney, Justice in Aging

Jim Berchtold joined Justice in Aging as a Senior Staff Attorney in 2022 to focus on issues surrounding guardianship reform and improvement, including the intersection of guardianship and equity. Jim is especially passionate about advocating for policies that promote the appointment... Read More →

Emily Jackson-Miller

Program Director of Crime Victims Legal Assistance Project, Michigan Advocacy Program

Emily Miller is the Program Director of the Crime Victims Legal Assistance Project at the Michigan Advocacy Program, which is a statewide civil legal aid team focused on providing free legal assistance to survivors of abuse, assault, neglect, and exploitation. Previously, she worked... Read More →

Friday May 16, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm PDT
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Sessions

Jim Berchtold

Emily Jackson-Miller

Attendees (5)

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