The Guardianship Project provides guardianship services for older adults and people with disabilities in New York City who have been determined by a judge to be unable to care for themselves. Project staff include lawyers, social workers, and bookkeepers, who oversee an array of services—including health care, home care, and money management—and help clients to remain independent and engaged in their communities. Our services currently save the state more than $2.5 million annually in Medicaid costs, and as it grows those savings will increase significantly. The Guardianship Project was created by the Vera Institute of Justice, a nationally respected leader in the field of justice reform since 1961.
Vera’s Center on Victimization and Safety developed these tip sheets to assist leaders in creating and implementing accessible resources that address the needs of all people, including people with disabilities and Deaf people. These tip sheets focus on how to plan and host accessible webinars, and how to create accessible web documents, print mater ...
While people with disabilities make up nearly one-fifth of the U.S. population, they remain largely invisible to society at large, and victim response systems in particular. And despite growing public awareness of violent victimization, it excludes the victimization of people with disabilities, who are at particular risk of serious violent crime, i ...
Invisible homelessness in DC and beyond
It’s raining today in the District of Columbia. It’s the kind of light, misty rain that persistently dusts coats and umbrellas. It’s the kind of rain that brings with it a slight chill, but pleasant freshness into the air. For most of us, the rain ends when we make our way into homes, office buildings, restaurants, and various other places of shelt ...
