November 6, 2024
National Center on Elder Abuse
Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Protecting Our Heroes: Supporting Veterans with Financial Safety
This webinar brings together a team of San Francisco veterans' services experts and provides critical information on supporting veterans and their families in financial safety. This webinar is hosted by Institute on Aging's Elder Abuse Prevention Program/Veterans Benefits Protection Project in partnership with VA's Benefits Delivery Protection & Remediation, San Francisco County Veterans Services Office, Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors (UC Law San Francisco) and Swords to Plowshares.
This webinar will cover:
- Scams and financial challenges targeting veterans
- Solutions to enhance veterans' financial security
- Local, county, and federal resources to support veterans and their dependents after financial abuse
- How to report fraud
- Legal tools and rep payee services available to protect veterans' assets
Presenters:
- Glen Fishman, Senior Program Development Specialist, Institute on Aging
- Janette Groom, Senior Program Analyst, Veterans Benefits Administration
- Maurice Delmer, Veterans Claims Representative and Acting CVSO, San Francisco County Veterans Services Office
- Sara Huffman, Managing Attorney and Adjunct Professor of the Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors (MLPS), UC Law San Francisco
- Michelle Lewis, Financial Empowerment Program Coordinator, & Diedre Robinson, Financial Impowerment Program Case Manager, Swords to Plowshares
