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- What is the CASE Partnership?Why would a law enforcement agency want faith community partners?What will we have to do as a CASE Partner?What will the Lee County Sheriff’s Office do for our community?Are there any costs to being a CASE Partner?How do I become a CASE partner or schedule a Power Against Fraud seminar?
CASE - Communities Against Senior Exploitation - is a unique and successful elder fraud prevention program that partners law enforcement agencies with the faith community. Through education and prevention, CASE works with faith-based communities to empower older adults, their families and caregivers, as well as clergy and community leaders to prevent fraud and financial exploitation.
Faith communities are successful partners because a significant number of older adults are active participants and receive much of their information and social support from their church, synagogue or temple. Older adults also have a high level of trust and respect for clerical authority. By providing ongoing programs in this environment, CASE uses the trust and compassion associated with faith communities to effectively educate and empower, protect and assist older adults.
We know how busy you are. This program places the greatest load on the CASE staff. We only ask that our Partners:
Designate a CASE Coordinator for your community.Agree to sponsor a Power Against Fraud seminar.Agree to distribute monthly Lee County Sheriff’s Office Fraud Alerts to your members.Agree to familiarize yourself with elder financial crime issues and the preventative steps that can be taken to reduce fraud. Agree to monitor your older adults and to report suspected fraud to CASE staff.
CASE Partnership staff will:
Send monthly Fraud Alerts to distribute to your congregation or members.Conduct Power Against Fraud seminars for your members at your choice of time and place.Provide handbooks and other materials to help older adults and their families avoid fraud and exploitation.Provide a Fraud Hot Line to assist older adults with crime prevention steps and victim assistance, including crisis intervention, information and referral, and victim advocacy services.
All services listed are free to CASE Partners as part of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office’s crime prevention programs.
Contact Stacey Payne, Crime Prevention Coordinator, at 239-477-1481 or spayne@sheriffleefl.org.