Partnership in Law & Aging Program
The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging and the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging in Washington, D.C. collaborated for several years to co-sponsor the Sharpe-Borchard Foundation Center Partnership in Law and Aging Program (PLAP), which until 2005 awarded 10 $7,500 mini-grants annually to bar associations, legal services providers and other local organizations to encourage the development of collaborative, law-related projects.
The goal was to encourage programs to explore alternative methods for educating the elderly about their legal rights and expanding the elderly's access to legal services. In February, 2005 the PLAP awards was restructured to provide for two different funding levels and two different terms.
Eight (8) “original” one-year grants were awarded annually in the amount of $7,500 on topics proposed by the applicant. Two (2) “special initiative” eighteen (18) month grants were awarded every other year in the amount of $15,000 on topics selected by the grant co-sponsors. Since 2009 the program has been suspended.
For further information on the program and a list of past recipients, visit the American Bar Association Commission on Law & Aging website on the Partnership Program.
Our Mission
The mission of the Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging is, through education, research and service, to help improve the quality of life for elderly people, including those who are poor or otherwise isolated by lack of education, language, culture, disability or other barriers.
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