FORT WORTH, Texas (PRWEB)
May 16, 2022

The Texas Bar Foundation has awarded Guardianship Services, Inc. a $10,000 grant to help the agency hire a new case manager and strengthen efforts of the Financial Exploitation Prevention Center (FEPC), a groundbreaking alliance fighting fraud and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults in Tarrant County.

The FEPC was organized in 2016 to fight fraud—the crime of the 21st century—and financial exploitation of aging and other vulnerable adults. FEPC services work to prevent these crimes, help victims recover, and hold wrongdoers accountable in cooperation the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office and allied agencies.

Older Americans lose an estimated $2.9 billion to financial exploitation schemes and scams annually, according to a report by the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging.

Texas Bar Foundation

Since its inception in 1965, the Texas Bar Foundation has awarded more than $24 million in grants to law-related programs. Supported by members of the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Bar Foundation is the nation’s largest charitably-funded bar foundation.

About Guardianship Services, Inc.

Guardianship Services, Inc. (GSI) has provided guardianship and other services and supports that protect vulnerable adults in Tarrant County from abuse, neglect, and fraud or financial exploitation since 1985. Visit GSI at http://www.guardianshipservices.org, and go to http://www.financialexploitationpreventioncenter.org to learn more about the Financial Exploitation Prevention Center.

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