Resources

Publications

WINGS State Replication Guide. This replication guide is a resource for states seeking to establish or enhance such a collaborative network as a “Working Interdisciplinary Network of Guardianship Stakeholders,” or WINGS. 

Assessment of the Impact and Efficacy of Working Interdisciplinary Networks of Guardianship Stakeholders (WINGS) (June 2015 Report)To strengthen the work of WINGS and increase the number of states benefitting from effective WINGS, the National Center for State Courts conducted an assessment of the efficacy and impact of the four WINGS receiving 2013 start-up funds from the State Justice Institute and the Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging (NY, OR, TX, UT), and the first three states that had independently similar consensus-building groups (IN, MO, OH).

Websites

National Guardianship Network Website
The National Guardianship Network coordinated efforts to launch and support the first wave of states creating WINGS.  The NGN website highlights additional resources, and profiles 17 state WINGS.

Adult Guardianship Websites

• ABA Commission on Law and Aging
• Center for Elders and the Court, National Center for State Courts
• National Guardianship Association
• National Guardianship Network
• National Resource Center for Supported Decision-Making

Technical Assistance

The ABA Commission on Law and Aging provides technical assistance to new and existing WINGS, and states interested in developing a WINGS group. 

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Videos

• "What is WINGS" Video
  The National Guardianship Network (NGN) developed a video, “What is WINGS,” narrated by District of Columbia Chief Judge Eric Washington, to introduce the WINGS concept to courts and stakeholders. The five-minute video is a lead-in to the NGN Replication Guide for WINGS (Working Interdisciplinary Networks of Guardianship Stakeholders). 

• Reforming Adult Guardianship Through WINGS Working Interdisciplinary Networks of Guardianship Stakeholders (WINGS) are ongoing court-stakeholder partnerships to drive changes in guardianship policy and practice, promote less restrictive options , and address guardianship abuse.  Under the leadership of the court, WINGS bring together a multidisciplinary array of stakeholders from diverse agencies to prioritize key issues and work collectively toward their resolution.  In 2016, the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging, with the National Center for State Courts, received an Elder Justice Innovation Grant from the U.S. Administration on Community Living (ACL) to establish, expand, and enhance state WINGS.  In this webinar, a panel of representatives from the ABA Commission and state WINGS showcase their work and direct participants to resources and promising strategies. (July 2019)

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