NYS Enhanced Multidisciplinary Team Initiative (E-MDTs)
New york state E-mdt website
Please check out the new E-MDT website. Great information, including a series of statewide E-MDT videos and other resources.
NYS Office for the Aging Five Questions Series
Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams (E-MDTs) assist in fighting elder abuse across New York State.
5 Questions About E-MDTs with Allison Granata
Watch the interview
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new law in new york state
Update: NYS Office for the Aging Information Memorandum to clarify provisions of the new law.
Read important Nov 4, 2021 Memo
Recognizes the importance of providing a coordinated response to complex cases of elder mistreatment in New York State. Expands support for the continued development and operation of Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams (E-MDTs) throughout NYS.
Read the legislation
Elder Abuse Interventions and Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams (E-MDT) Initiative Preliminary Program Evaluation & E-MDT Year 2 Final Report
In 2020, the Center for Human Services Research, in collaboration with the University at Albany School of Social Welfare, worked with Lifespan of Greater Rochester, Weill Cornell Medicine’s NYC Elder Abuse Center, and NYS Office for the Aging to develop and conduct a preliminary program evaluation of the Elder Abuse Interventions and Enhanced Multidisciplinary Team (E-MDT) Initiative in New York State.
Read the 2020 Preliminary Evaluation
Read the 2022 Final Report
About E-MDTs
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E-MDT Membership
Membership is based on the unique needs and resources of the individual county. It is important to identify and recruit E-MDT members representing key programs and services within each county.
Key member agencies for each county include:
Coordinator
Adult Protective Services
District Attorney’s Office
Law enforcement
Office for the Aging
Additional member agencies to consider may include:
Elder abuse prevention providers
Civil legal service providers
Bank/credit unions
Financial advisors
Domestic violence service providers
Ombudsman
Welfare fraud investigator
Veterans Administration
Department of Social Services
Elder law attorney
County Attorney’s Office
Attorney General’s Office
Department of Taxation and Finance
For more information regarding the Enhanced Multidisciplinary Team program and/or to find the contact information for a coordinator in a specific county, please contact Allison Granata, Assistant Director for E-MDT Initiatives, Upstate Elder Abuse Center at Lifespan, 585-287-6440.
E-MDTs in New York originated as the result of an Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions Initiative between 2012-2016 which was funded through a federal grant awarded to New York State Office for the Aging by the Administration for Community Living.
This program is funded in part by New York State Office for the Aging, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Victims of Crime, New York State Office of Victim Services and Lifespan of Greater Rochester.