ABA reissues Emeritus Attorney Guardianship Grant RFP

Revision and Re-Issuance of RFP for Mini-grants onEmeritus Indigent Guardianship Project*

The ABA has issued a new mini-grant announcement for theEmeritus Attorney Pro Bono Indigent Guardianship Project, sponsored by the ABACommission on Law and Aging and the ABA Section of Real Property, Trust andEstate Law. The project is awarding upto five mini-grants of $5,000 each (instead of 10 grants of $2,500 each aspreviously announced). The objective isto develop model approaches specifically to recruit emeritus pro bono attorneysto handle indigent adult guardianship cases for low-income and otherpetitioners. The new due date forproposals is February 27, 2009.

The ABA urges interested bar organizations groups to apply,

and to work with stakeholders in your state such as state guardianship associations, state unitson aging, state bar committees and sections on aging, legal services andmore.

The revisedRFP will soon be posted on the ABA’s Web site at www.abanet.org/aging<http://www.abanet.org/aging>.