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

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...

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  

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