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What's New NAPSA Newsletter - Winter 2009 GoodSearch & GoodShop YOU SEARCH OR SHOP WE GIVE! Raise money for NAPSA - National Adult Protective Services Association Foundation just by searching the web and shopping online! Search the web now! Money-saving coupons! Add to your site "Dear Abby" to Educate Readers about APS “Dear Abby,” the widely distributed newspaper advice column, mentions Adult Protective Services  and NAPSA in a letter on September 29, 2009. Jeanne Phillips, the current Dear Abby, learned from NAPSA that the appropriate referral for cases of elder abuse and abuse of adults with disabilities is to APS. Prior to NAPSA’s letter, Dear Abby said she was unaware of APS, and that she is gratified to learn of it so she can provide her millions of readers with accurate information. And NAPSA is grateful that our letter was plucked from the 10,000 she receives each week and given high priority attention. Thank you, Dear Abby! Link to Article NAPSA Conference Photos 2009 NAPSA Award Winners (awards to be presented at this year's conference in San Antonio) Rosalie S. Wolf Memorial Award: Janice Green, J.D. (Office on Violence Against Women) President's Award: Barbara Kidder, M.S.W. (Oklahoma Department of Human Services) Spirit of NAPSA Award in Honor of Jan Stiles: Elvira Awad (Hardin County Job & Family Services - Ohio) NAPSA Collaboration Award: Mary S. Twomey, M.S.W. (Center of Excellence in Elder Abuse and Neglect, U.C. Irvine) Joanne Otto Distinguished Service Award: Robert Daniel, Ph.D. (Texas Adult Protective Services)  NAPSA Past-President's Award: Nancy A. Alterio (Commonwealth of Massachusetts Disabled Persons Protection Commission)   OWL - The Voice of Midlife and Older Women The Older Women's League 29th Annual Mother's Day Policy Report 2009 features elder abuse: http://www.owl-national.org/Welcome.html The DOJ Office of Victims of Crime 2008 NCVRW Resource Guide can be accessed at: http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ncvrw2008/welcome.html National Education and Resource Center on Women and Retirement PlanningThe Administration on Aging and the Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) have jointly established a web-based National Education and Resource Center on Women and Retirement Planning. The Center's overriding goal is to assist the Aging Network in educating women of all ages about planning for their future financial health and long-term care.WISER's website address is:www.wiser.orgThe Center's website can be reached from the homepage.

The National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA) is a national non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization with members in all fifty states, including the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. It was formed in 1989 to provide state Adult Protective Services (APS) program administrators and staff with a forum for sharing information, solving problems, and improving the quality of services for victims of elder and vulnerable adult abuse. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors that includes the President, Past-President, President-Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer, as well as Regional Representatives and Committee Chairmen. There are nine national regions: Northeast I and II, Southeast I and II, Central, Mountain, Southwest, and West Coast I and II.

NAPSA is a partner in the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) funded by the U. S. Administration on Aging, and a founding member of the Elder Justice Coalition. As part of an ongoing effort to increase collaboration with other national and state organizations, NAPSA has also participated in grant project activities with the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging, the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the National Organization of Victims Advocates, the California District Attorneys Association and the International Association of Forensic Nurses.

NAPSA conducts annual national training events, research and innovation in the field of Adult Protective Services. The organization publishes a twice-yearly newsletter written for and by APS members that highlights innovative practices and APS activities throughout the nation. NAPSA is actively involved in conducting ongoing national research activities on topics such as APS training activities, services to self-neglecting adults and national APS data collection. Members regularly share publications, ideas, and copies of state statutes and materials for new projects with one another.

The mission of NAPSA is to improve the quality and availability of protective services for disabled adults and elderly persons who are abused, neglected, or exploited and are unable to protect their own interests.

The work of NAPSA is supported by grants, membership dues, conference registration fees, consulting fees and donations.

Membership in NAPSA is open to current and former Adult Protective Services (APS) agencies, organizations, administrators, directors, supervisors, program specialists, trainers, caseworkers and case aides. Supportive membership is available to any person with an interest in APS programs or issues, or who works with elderly and vulnerable adult victims of abuse, exploitation or neglect