The National Adult Protective Services (NAPSA) Monthly Scam Advice Forum
The September Forum will provide information on the four free national peer support programs for victims of transnational frauds, and in some cases for their family and caregivers. Learn more about each program and the groups they lead. They will also share their insights about working with those chronically revictimized from those leading or supervising these groups. Perspectives on what challenges and successes they are finding will be shared.
Michele Bovero will represent AARP. The AARP Fraud Victim Support group offers free emotional support sessions for people affected by fraud (victims and/or their loved ones). Trained peer facilitators conduct hour-long small group online sessions. Experiencing fraud can be devastating, but it does not have to define fraud victims or their loved ones. We offer between 6 and 7 sessions per week.
Jessica Grove will represent Give an Hour. Give an Hour is a national mental health organization offering clinical and nonclinical support to survivors and loved ones of those impacted by human made trauma. Since 2021, their Financial Fraud program offers weekly virtual peer support groups for survivors as well as loved ones and their nationwide network for licensed mental health professionals offers clinical support matching.
Kim Casci-Palangio will represent FightCybercrime.org. Their peer support program helps romance related fraud scam survivors through the healing process of loss and embarrassment, while teaching them cybercrime awareness and education. This 10 week program was built to support the participants’ mental well-being and decreasing rates of revictimization with aftercare support also provided. A licensed counselor is also part of facilitating each meeting.
Justin McCabe will represent the Fraud Awareness Network through Lifespan of NY. Lifespan provides information, guidance and more than thirty various services to older adults and their caregivers including financial counseling. They provide an ongoing weekly peer to peer program for fraud survivors nationally age 60 and over.