Building Elder Justice Fresno
EASI is bringing community organizations, existing services, volunteers, and new partnerships together to close gaps in Fresno's elder-justice response — one pathway at a time.
An older adult's safety, dignity, voice, and choices guide what we build.
If there is immediate danger, call 911.
We believe every elder deserves to live with dignity, respect, and safety.
Compassionate support. Victim-centered care.
How Elder Justice Fresno is built
Elder Justice Fresno is not yet a complete service network. It is the community initiative EASI is building to show what Fresno needs, what already exists, where partners are still needed, and which pathways are ready. Every situation is different, and every pathway is designed around the older adult's safety, dignity, and choice.
From need to activated pathway
Activated means ready.
A listing is not a partnership, and a conversation is not a commitment. A pathway is shown as Activated only when it has actually completed the readiness it requires.
Common concerns
You don't need to know exactly what is happening before looking for help. These guides describe common situations and point to resources that exist today.
Something feels wrong, but I'm not sure what to do.
Money, property, benefits, or important decisions may be involved.
Living conditions, supervision, or care needs are becoming difficult.
Disagreements about care, finances, safety, or decision-making.
Stress, burnout, isolation, and uncertainty about available support.
These guides point to existing resources. EJF pathways for these situations are still being developed.
When something feels wrong
Sometimes the first person to notice elder abuse, neglect, isolation, or exploitation is a loved one, caregiver, neighbor, or community member. You do not need proof before calling Adult Protective Services or talking with someone you trust about what you are seeing.
You don't need proof
You can start with what you noticed, what changed, or what made you worried.
Safety first
Family can be a source of support. Family can also be where harm is happening. That is why the pathways EASI is building do not assume who is safe. They center the elder's wishes, and restorative or mediation options are offered only when safe, voluntary, and appropriately staffed.
♡ The elder's safety comes first.
♡ The elder's voice guides the process.
♡ Restorative options are never forced.
♡ Support is explored at the elder's pace.
Need help now?
Elder Justice Fresno is still being built and does not provide crisis response. If an older adult may be unsafe, these agencies can act today.
EASI Office
(559) 347-8620Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm
For general questions, volunteer inquiries, and community partnership information.
Adult Protective Services — Fresno County
(559) 600-338324/7 reporting
For abuse, neglect, self-neglect, and exploitation. This is the primary investigative agency for elder abuse in Fresno County.
Existing Resources
These are independent agencies and services. Listing them here does not mean they are Elder Justice Fresno partners.
Adult Protective Services — Fresno County
(559) 600-3383 · 24/7
Investigates reports of elder abuse, neglect, self-neglect, and financial exploitation.
Adult Protective Services — Madera County
(559) 675-7839 · 24/7
Investigates reports for Madera County residents.
Fresno–Madera Long-Term Care Ombudsman
For abuse or neglect in nursing homes, assisted living, and board-and-care facilities. State CRISIS line: (800) 231-4024.
California Department of Aging
Statewide guidance on APS, Ombudsman, and reporting pathways.
California Attorney General — Elder Fraud & Scams
oag.ca.gov/consumers/general/seniors
Consumer protection, fraud reporting, and legal guidance for financial exploitation cases.
Eldercare Locator
1-800-677-1116 · eldercare.acl.gov
National gateway for elder services and abuse reporting. Routes callers to local APS anywhere in the U.S.
National Elder Fraud Hotline
1-833-372-8311 · justice.gov/elderjustice
For financial exploitation, scams, coercion, identity theft, and fraud targeting older adults.
National Center on Elder Abuse
National clearinghouse for reporting guidance, APS directories, and educational materials.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233 · thehotline.org
For cases involving intimate partner violence affecting older adults.
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN)
For sexual abuse or assault involving older adults.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
For emotional crisis, mental health emergencies, or suicidal ideation.
This list is not exhaustive. If you are not sure where to start, contact the EASI office at (559) 347-8620 (Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm) or call Fresno County APS at (559) 600-3383 for 24/7 assistance.
What Fresno needs · what exists · what we're building
Some of what older adults need already exists. Some is an EASI program. Some still needs a partner. Each area below shows where it honestly stands today.
A public agency to receive reports of abuse, neglect, self-neglect, and financial exploitation, and to investigate.
An advocate for people living in nursing homes, assisted living, and board-and-care facilities.
Older victims of abuse may benefit from a trusted local, trauma-informed advocate who can offer support, options, safety planning, and warm handoffs alongside APS, legal, health, and housing systems.
Some older adults cannot safely stay where they are, and the search for a safe setting often starts during the crisis.
Older adults deserve to be heard, and younger people benefit from listening.
Families, professionals, and community members who can recognize abuse and respond early.
Isolation is a known risk for older adults; connection is protective.
Getting to appointments, services, and community life.
Some families want repair and accountability, when it is safe and voluntary for the older adult.
Scams, coercion, and misuse of an older adult's money or property.
Caregivers carry heavy responsibility, and caregiver strain can become harm.
What the statuses mean
Pathway development — a phase, not a status: EASI is designing how a pathway would work. It is not receiving referrals.
Statuses are reviewed by EASI and dated in the source data. Prospective partners are not named without their permission.
Why this exists
Too often, older adults and families are left making urgent decisions with no clear path, no coordinated support, and no safe next step. EASI is building Elder Justice Fresno to help change that.
The shift
From scattered referrals to coordinated community response.
Community safety is strongest when families, advocates, service providers, and community partners can work together around the needs and wishes of the elder.
Too often
They are handed phone numbers, wait for callbacks, repeat their story, and try to piece together housing, advocacy, safety, and support on their own.
What we are building
The goal: within one connected response, an elder could be linked to advocacy, safety planning, family support, housing options, restorative resources, and follow-up care. That network is being built pathway by pathway; it is not yet in place.
Shared infrastructure
Elder Justice Fresno is part of a broader effort to build community safety infrastructure: shared language, shared pathways, trusted partners, and clearer next steps so people do not have to retell their story every time they seek help.
Community safety takes all of us
A complete elder-justice response needs many kinds of organizations. These are the roles EASI is working to bring together. They are not a list of current partners: organizations keep their independence, and each one joins a specific pathway only when both sides are ready.
Trusted local advocates who offer support, safety planning, and navigation alongside other systems.
The public agency that receives reports and investigates — an existing resource working under its own authority.
Care and housing organizations prepared, before a crisis, to consider emergency placement case by case.
Health and behavioral-health providers who understand elder abuse and trauma.
Legal services, and restorative or mediation practitioners when safe and voluntary.
Trusted community connection, outreach, belonging, and volunteer engagement.
Outreach, education, community listening, and resource mapping — with training before any sensitive role.
Training, awareness, restorative education, and community prevention efforts.
Shared mission
The goal is to strengthen the spaces between organizations — improving communication, coordination, visibility, and community response so older adults do not fall through the cracks.
Shared responsibility
The goal is not to replace agencies, advocates, care providers, or community organizations. The goal is to make it easier for each partner to contribute their strengths around the elder's needs and wishes.
Community Infrastructure
Better communication. Better coordination. Better outcomes for elders.
Get involved
Whether you are a volunteer, nonprofit, care provider, faith leader, business, student, or concerned community member, there is a place for you in this work.
Start here
Volunteer with EASI, explore a partnership, share your organization's capacity, or support development. Partner interest is not partner approval — pathways activate only when they are ready.
