Elder Justice Coalitions: A Resource Guide for Building and Sustaining Effective State and Tribal Elder Justice Coalitions
Written by: Katie Block, MSW, MPH with contributions from Juanita Davis, JD
Published: March 2025
Overview
This comprehensive guide is designed to be a vital resource for elder justice coalitions at any stage of development. Rather than acting as a prescriptive manual, it serves as a robust collection of ideas, best practices, frameworks, and curated tools to help groups thoughtfully plan, design, operate, and sustain effective coalitions across the country.
What’s Inside:
- Foundations: The shifting landscape of multidisciplinary collaborations and defining core tenets of elder abuse and elder justice.
- Equity & Inclusion: Lifespan-compounded structural inequities and practical “equity pauses” for internal framework alignment.
- Tribal Communities: Social and historical contexts, tribal sovereignty, and establishing culturally safe environments.
- Building & Maintaining: Practical blueprints for needs assessments, strategic goal setting, onboarding structures, and leadership roles.
- Sustaining the Work: Diversified fund development strategies, corporate partnerships, and effective advocacy models.