2024 Alzheimer's Grant Program Funding Opportunity

Funding Opportunity Forecast

Cooperative Agreements – Dementia Models of Care

Supporting expansion and increasing local clinical capacity for culturally relevant dementia care and services for American Indian and Alaska Native people living with dementia, their caregivers, and their communities.

Funding Overview and Eligibility

Funding Announcement Number: HHS-2024-IHS-ALZ-0001
Opportunity Name: Addressing Dementia in Tribal and Urban Indian Communities: Enhancing Sustainable Models of Care
Eligibility: Federally recognized Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations. To be eligible for this funding opportunity, an applicant cannot be an existing awardee under the IHS Addressing Dementia in Indian Country program.
Other Eligibility Criteria: You must be able to provide ambulatory care services directly or through coordination with IHS Direct Services and must be able to coordinate with elder services.

Funding Details

Funding Amount: $1.2 million per year in total funding is available, pending the availability of funding and IHS priorities.
Funding range per applicant for the first budget period: $100,000 to $200,000
Expected number of awards: 6
Total Period of Performance Length: 3 years
Application Period Ends: tbd
Anticipated Award Start Date: September 1, 2024

Purpose

This program is designed to improve clinical care, services, and outcomes for American Indian and Alaska Native people living with dementia, their caregivers, and their communities. The program supports Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Urban Indian organizations already working toward comprehensive dementia care to:

• Expand and improve their capacity to provide culturally relevant services, clinical diagnostic workflow in the primary care setting, and care coordination
• Plan for and evaluate the long-term sustainability of comprehensive dementia care and services, including diagnostic and procedural coding and billing for clinical and community services
• Develop, document, and disseminate local models for comprehensive dementia care and services and best practices throughout the project

Application Support Tools

• Alzheimer’s Work Plan Template Sample [DOCX - 21 KB]
• Budget and Narrative Template Sample [DOCX - 43 KB]
• Evaluation Plan Template Sample [DOCX - 20 KB]
• Driver Diagram Sample Template for Addressing Dementia in Tribal and Urban Indian Communities: Models of Care [DOCX - 33 KB]