About me
Sara Planthaber, JD, MSW, is an Aging Services Program Specialist with the Office of Elder Justice and Adult Protective Services in the Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. At ACL, Sara works on elder rights and elder justice programs, including legal assistance enhancement programs, highest state court guardianship reforms, domestic/gender-based violence, and Older Americans Act initiatives. Prior to joining ACL, Sara was a staff attorney at Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania in West Chester, PA, where she handled matters in family law, disaster relief, domestic violence, property tax, and public benefits. She also conducted outreach at food banks and the local department of aging, and was the legal representative on several multi-agency case conferencing teams.
