About the Elder Justice Coalition — Washington, DC

In February 2003, five national organizations — the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the National Association of State Units on Aging, the National Association of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs, and the National Adult Protective Services Association — joined together to create the Elder Justice Coalition. The timing was deliberate: EJC was founded to coincide with the introduction of the original Elder Justice Act in Congress.

After seven years of sustained coalition advocacy, the Elder Justice Act was enacted in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act — the first comprehensive federal legislation specifically addressing elder abuse in American history. That founding moment defined EJC's purpose: not individual case advocacy, but systemic federal policy change. Twenty-three years later, EJC coordinates 3,000 members to do exactly that.