BJA FY 20 Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities Program

The Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities Program 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.

The following entities are eligible to apply: -health care agencies -state, or local law enforcement, and tribal law enforcement or other public safety agencies -nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations) -Federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform public safety activities

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