New Elder Justice Innovation Grant Award: “RISE” Model in APS

September 9, 2024

Model incorporates restorative justice, motivational interviewing, teaming, and supported decision-making approaches

ACL has awarded a nearly $1.2 million Elder Justice Innovation Grant (EJIG) to the RISE Collaborative, Inc. for the first year of a three-year project. The EJIG program supports the continued development of evidence-based practices on elder abuse intervention and response.

The project seeks to further validate the RISE model as an evidenced-based intervention embedded in Adult Protective Services (APS) programs. The model is rooted in four approaches:

• Repair Harm: Restorative justice approaches aim to reduce harm, promote healing, and help those involved in conflict work toward meaningful accountability and transformational change.
• Inspire Change: Motivational interviewing helps people feel that change is possible.
• Support Connection: Teaming is used to build more consistent formal (e.g., Meals on Wheels) and informal (e.g., neighbors) supportive networks around people in need.
• Empower Choice: Supported and interdependent decision-making assists people with cognitive impairment to achieve their goals.

The goal of the project is to better understand how the RISE model can be implemented across different contexts to increase its evidence base and improve outcomes for APS clients. Through rigorous intervention research, the project team will conduct site selection, adaptation, training, implementation, and evaluation of the RISE-APS model in diverse communities.

ACL will be announcing additional Elder Justice Innovation Grant awards in the coming weeks.

See Notice of Funding Opportunity: HHS-2024-ACL-AOA-EJIG-0038, "FY2024 Elder Justice Innovation Grants- Option 2," posted June 18, 2024.