During our nation’s COVID-19 public health emergency, the CVS Guardian program continues to provide qualified Volunteer Guardians for adult victims deemed unable to make important life decisions.
We have created these important COVID-19 Resources for Guardians to promote health, safety and well-being during this crisis. We hope that you are staying well. The resources were last updated on Monday, March 30, 2020.
Crime Victim Services' Guardian Program provides qualified, trained, and committed court-appointed Volunteer Guardians for adult victims deemed unable to make important life decisions while ensuring their safety, dignity, and quality of life.
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WE SERVE...
Adults who are found to be incompetent of making important life decisions, managing their own personal affairs and do not have an appropriate support person in their life to make such decisions. The person in need of guardianship may experience a variety of issues that determine such incompetence, including:
Adults who are found to be incompetent of making important life decisions, managing their own personal affairs and do not have an appropriate support person in their life to make such decisions. The person in need of guardianship may experience a variety of issues that determine such incompetence, including:
- Issues related to Aging
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Dementia (related to aging, injury or illness)
- Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities
- Mental health diagnosis
- Substance Dependency
- Traumatic Brain Injury or Acquired Brain Injury
BECOME A VOLUNTEER GUARDIAN...
- Attend a 1-hour information session to learn about how you can support someone in need.
- Submit the Volunteer Guardian Application.
- Participate in 9 hours of guardianship training:
- 6 hour Fundamentals of Guardianship course through the Ohio Supreme Court
- 3 hour orientation course through Crime Victim Services Guardian Program
- 5 hours continuing education courses annually.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT...
Guardians spend an average of 2-3 hours per month with their protected person, helping to ensure they are taken care of and their needs are met. This can include helping to make important medical and legal decisions, advocating for the person's wishes in court, paying bills, and navigating interpersonal relationships.
Guardians receive support from Crime Victim Services with the following:
Guardians spend an average of 2-3 hours per month with their protected person, helping to ensure they are taken care of and their needs are met. This can include helping to make important medical and legal decisions, advocating for the person's wishes in court, paying bills, and navigating interpersonal relationships.
Guardians receive support from Crime Victim Services with the following:
- documentation and reporting
- monitoring court deadlines
- continuing educations
- counseling in day-to-day decision making.
Due to grant funding requirements, persons under guardianship that we serve must also be a victim of crime in which the victimization has caused or significantly increases their ongoing cognitive or physical vulnerability to be re-victimized. Knowledge of and/or documentation of the victimization must be provided.
FORMS TO DOWNLOAD:
Volunteer Guardian Application
Monthly Report
Guardian Brochure
2019 Legal Options Toolbox
Volunteer Timesheet
LINKS:
Allen County Probate Court www.allenohioprobate.com/FORMS/guardianship
NGA standards and principles www.guardianship.org/standards/
Ohio Guardianship Assoc. http://guardianshipohio.org/
National Research Center for Supported Decision-Making http://www.supporteddecisionmaking.org/
Volunteer Guardian Application
Monthly Report
Guardian Brochure
2019 Legal Options Toolbox
Volunteer Timesheet
LINKS:
Allen County Probate Court www.allenohioprobate.com/FORMS/guardianship
NGA standards and principles www.guardianship.org/standards/
Ohio Guardianship Assoc. http://guardianshipohio.org/
National Research Center for Supported Decision-Making http://www.supporteddecisionmaking.org/
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For more information, please contact:
Elysia Bush, LSW
Guardian Program Director
ebush@CrimeVictimServices.org
419.222.8666
Elysia Bush, LSW
Guardian Program Director
ebush@CrimeVictimServices.org
419.222.8666