ACL
Awards $9.2 Million to Enhance Dementia Capability in
Communities Across the Nation
ACL is pleased to announce
new awards for the 2021 Alzheimer's
Disease Programs Initiative (ADPI) – Grants to States and
Communities program. The project period for these 10
grants is September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2024. The
collective award amount is $9,232,408.
An estimated 6.2 million
Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease
and related dementias (ADRD). As the population of
older adults increases, researchers anticipate that the
number of people living with ADRD will double within the
next three decades. ACL's ADPI program is dedicated to
meeting this challenge by developing and expanding dementia
capability in states and communities across the nation,
including tribal communities.
The three-year cooperative
agreements awarded will support and promote the development
and expansion of dementia-capable home and community-based
service (HCBS) systems that improve quality of
life for people living with ADRD and their caregivers.
Fifty percent of each grant will be dedicated to providing
direct services that help individuals living with dementia
and their caregivers remain independent and safe in their
communities.
The new ADPI awardees include:
- Aging and In-Home Services of
Northeast Indiana, Inc. (IN)
- Alzheimer's Disease Resource Agency
of Alaska, Inc. (AK)
- Alzheimer's Family Caregiver
Support Center, Inc. (MA)
- CareLink, Inc. (RI)
- Houston's Amazing Place, Inc. (TX)
- Neighbor Network of Northern Nevada
(NV)
- Oakwood Creative Care, Inc.
(AZ)
- Prince George's County Maryland
(MD)
- Virginia Commonwealth University
(VA)
- Wichita & Affiliated Tribes
(OK)
While
each program is different, all include supports and
services designed to address the identified needs in the
communities they serve. Grants will dedicate
efforts toward a broad range of people, including those
with the most social and economic need, people with ADRD
who live alone, those living with ADRD in tribal
communities, people living with intellectual and
developmental disabilities who are at risk of developing
dementia. They will also provide services and
trainings for paid and unpaid caregivers.
To ensure program success,
each new grantee will receive extensive technical
assistance from the ACL-funded National
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center.
For questions, email Erin Long.
Learn
more about ADPI and other related ACL initiatives.
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