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O-BJA-2022-171114: BJA FY 22 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities

Closed Closed May 19, 2022 Opportunity O-BJA-2022-171114

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Bureau of Justice Assistance notices from 2022.

Bureau of Justice Assistance offered grants of up to $150,000 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 14 awards worth $2.1 million in total. Applications closed on May 19, 2022.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed June 7, 2022. Checked November 7, 2026.

Other notices with this title

Bureau of Justice Assistance has posted this title under other numbers: earlier or later rounds, or the same competition for another area. Each has its own dates and may change its rules.

NoticePostedDeadlineStatus
O-BJA-2026-172697August 17, 2026Closed October 6, 2026Closed
O-BJA-2025-172473January 13, 2026Closed February 20, 2026Closed
O-BJA-2024-172153May 23, 2024Closed July 18, 2024Closed
O-BJA-2023-171512January 24, 2023Closed March 28, 2023Closed

Key dates

PostedApril 1, 2022
DeadlineMay 19, 2022

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

The following entities are eligible to apply for Category 1: Health care agencies. State or local law enforcement, tribal law enforcement, or other public safety agencies. Nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations), with preference given to nonprofit organizations that work with such entities in planning, designing, establishing, or operating locally based, proactive programs to locate and prevent the wandering of missing individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism, who, due to their condition, wander from safe environments. (For this program, “nonprofit organizations” means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such title.) The following entities are eligible to apply for Category 2: Health care agencies. State or local law enforcement, tribal law enforcement, or other public safety agencies. Federally recognized American Indian tribal governments that perform public safety activities. See Eligibility section

Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities supports local jurisdictions' efforts to reduce the number of deaths and injuries of individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism, who, due to their condition, wander from safe environments. It provides funding to law enforcement and public safety agencies to implement locative technologies to track missing individuals, and to such agencies and partnering nonprofit organizations to develop or operate programs to prevent wandering, increase individuals' safety, and facilitate rescues.

Category: Humanities.

Who has won Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Assistance Program grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Assistance Program (16.015) awarded $9.5 million across 66 grant awards, an average of $143,371 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Autism Society of America IncMaryland1$1.2 million
International Association for Indigenous AgingMaryland2$297,006
National Autism Association IncRhode Island2$294,809
New Jersey Department of Law & Public SafetyNew Jersey2$292,308
City of Brockton Police DepartmentMassachusetts2$266,892

Top states: Maryland ($1.9 million), Florida ($1.5 million), New Jersey ($667,862), California ($598,272), Rhode Island ($531,263).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

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Questions people ask

Is O-BJA-2022-171114 still open?

No. It closed on May 19, 2022.

Who can apply for BJA FY 22 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities?

Bureau of Justice Assistance accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for BJA FY 22 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities?

Closed May 19, 2022. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $150,000 each. About $2.1 million in total across about 14 awards.

Who has won Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Assistance Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Autism Society of America Inc, International Association for Indigenous Aging, National Autism Association Inc. The program made 66 awards worth $9.5 million in that time.

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