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GOALS, OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES & MEASURES GOAL 3: ELDER JUSTICE Promote systems of protection and safety that facilitate dignity and respect LEGAL ASSISTANCE Objective Strategies Measures Continue statewide leadership and coordination of available legal resources for older adults • • . • . . Continue to fund a full-time position for Virginia's Legal Services Developer Sustain funding for the Senior Legal Helpline Reconvene and reengage Legal Assistance Stakeholders in regular meetings and: develop suggested-voluntary uniform model contracts to assist AAAS in contracting with legal assistance service providers in Virginia; and revise and implement uniform statewide legal assistance ser- vice standards in order to better define and measure the quality of units of legal assistance provided to individuals Refine and improve legal assistance systems, including the Senior Legal Helpline, to better reach OAA target populations Facilitate opportunities among government, public, and private entities to better work together to enhance the legal assistance system for Virginia's senior population Develop a free, online legal information and training resource using existing material from other sources Publish and broadly disseminate a report on the legal system and legal services provided on issues of most critical need for Virginia's seniors Engage in educational efforts to increase the number of pro bono at- torneys, the number of pro bono hours provided by those attorneys, and the quality of the pro bono services provided to older Virginians • . • Ongoing funding for the Legal Services Developer and the Senior Legal Helpline by 2023 Number of model contracts with legal assistance providers Implementation of uniform legal assistance service standards and da- ta collection guidance by 2022 Number of Continuing Legal Education presentations to attorneys on issues most critical to address the legal needs of Virginia's most vul- nerable older adults 67

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