Announcement:  Financial Exploitation
Specialist Position Funded

The United States Administration on Aging has approved the grant application to establish a financial exploitation project at Temple University/ Harrisburg Campus. Part of that grant application includes funds to be allocated to the Area Agencies on Aging serving Allegheny and Philadelphia counties to retain an additional investigator in each county. The investigator to be retained in Philadelphia will be housed at Philadelphia Corporation for Aging and will focus primarily on financial exploitation cases.

The candidate will ideally have substantial prior experience in criminal, or fraud investigation involving misappropriation of funds and other assets. The primary objective of this part of the grant is to determine whether having an experienced fraud investigator focus primarily on financial exploitation cases, increases a resolution of financial exploitation cases. Also whether a seasoned investigator is better able to handle cases, such that law enforcement will be more likely to actively prosecute these cases.

The specific amounts set aside in the grant for each of these two positions is $32,000 annually plus fringes. While the funding is on a year to year basis, the plan is to conduct a program over three years.

Anyone interested in the position should contact Joseph Snyder, Director of Older Adult Protective Services, Philadelphia Corporation for Aging, at 215- 765-9000 ext. 4457 or e-mail JSNYDER@PCAPHL.ORG.