ACL Awards Nearly $12.3 Million to Advance Dementia Capability Across the Nation

September 11, 2024

ACL is pleased to announce new grant awards to two states and 11 communities for the 2024 Alzheimer's Disease Programs Initiative (ADPI) - Grants to States and Communities program. The project period for these 13 grants is September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2027. The collective award amount is nearly $12.3 million.

An estimated 6.2 million individuals in the United States are living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD); that number is projected to triple by 2050. ACL's ADPI program is dedicated to meeting this challenge by developing and expanding dementia capability in states and communities nationwide, including tribal communities.

New ADPI Award Recipients

• Alzheimer's Greater Los Angeles (CA)
• Carelink, Inc. (RI)
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation (NV)
• County of Summit (OH)
• Georgia Department of Human Services (GA)
• Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging, Inc. (MN)
• Oakwood Creative Care, Inc. (AZ)
• Pima Council on Aging, Inc. (AZ)
• Senior Services of Snohomish County (WA)
• South Dakota Department of Human Services (SD)
• Southern Maine Agency on Aging (ME)
• The Life Center of Davidson County, Inc. (NC)
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst (MA)

The three-year cooperative agreements awarded will support and promote the development and expansion of dementia-capable home and community-based service systems that improve quality of life for people living with ADRD and their caregivers. Grantees 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, and others who are at high risk of developing dementia, as well as services and trainings for paid and unpaid caregivers.

Fifty percent of each grant will provide direct services that help individuals living with dementia and their caregivers remain independent and safe in their communities. To ensure program success, each new grantee will receive extensive technical assistance from the ACL-funded National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center.

See Notice of Funding Opportunity: HHS-2024-ACL-AOA-ADPl-0029, "Alzheimer's Disease Programs Initiative (ADPI) - Grants to States and Communities (Winter 2024)," posted April 12, 2024.