Partnership in Law and Aging Program

The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging and the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging in Washington, D.C. collaborate 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 is 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 are awarded annually in the amount of $7,500 on topics proposed by the applicant. Two (2) “special initiative” eighteen (18) month grants are awarded every other year in the amount of $15,000 on topics selected by the grant co-sponsors.

For further information on the application process, visit http://www.abanet.org/aging/rfp-info.html.

Grant Recipients.