A Brief History of Senior Legal Hotlines

by Shoshanna Ehrlich The Senior Legal Hotlines movement began in 1985 as partnership between AoA and the AARP Foundation, when, with a grant from the AoA, AARP launched the first statewide senior legal hotline as a pilot project to test the feasibility of increasing access to legal services for Pennsylvania residents age 60 and older by providing legal advice by telephone. The Legal Hotline for … Continue reading A Brief History of Senior Legal Hotlines