---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 21741"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "21741"
heading: "Training and technical assistance for States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/21741"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Protection of Children and Other Persons"
  - "Chapter 217 — Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution"
  - "Subchapter IV — Robert Matava Elder Abuse Prosecution Act of 2017"
---

# §21741. Training and technical assistance for States


The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and in coordination with the [Elder Justice](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1) Coordinating Council (established under [section 1397k of title 42](/usc/42/1397k.md)), shall create, compile, evaluate, and disseminate materials and information, and provide the necessary training and technical assistance, to assist [States](/usc/34/21701.md?p=3) and units of local government in—

- (1) investigating, prosecuting, pursuing, preventing, understanding, and mitigating the impact of—
  - (A) physical, sexual, and psychological [abuse](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1) of [elders](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1);
  - (B) [exploitation](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1) of [elders](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1), including financial [abuse](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1) and scams targeting [elders](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1); and
  - (C) [neglect](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1) of [elders](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1); and
- (2) assessing, addressing, and mitigating the physical and psychological trauma to victims of [elder abuse](/usc/34/21701.md?p=2).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 115–70, title IV, § 403, Oct. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 1214.)