BJA FY 2026 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities

USDOJ-OJP-BJA Posted O-BJA-2026-172697

Description

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities. This opportunity supports public safety efforts to reduce 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. This program provides funding to law enforcement, other public safety agencies, and health care agencies to implement locative technologies that track missing individuals. It also provides funding to such agencies and partnering nonprofit organizations to develop or operate programs to prevent wandering, increase safety for vulnerable individuals, and facilitate rescues.

Eligibility

Other Units of Local Government: For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.; Health care agencies: For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, this includes state, local, or tribal government-operated health departments, hospitals, and medical centers as well as non-profit health clinics, behavioral health providers, and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) working with individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism.
Actions
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Funding Details
Award Floor
Not specified
Award Ceiling
$150,000.00
Total Estimated Funding
Not specified
Expected Awards
Not specified
Key Dates
Posted
August 17, 2026
Closes
October 6, 2026 21d
Archive Date
N/A
Agency Information
Agency Name
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Agency Code
USDOJ-OJP-BJA
Funding Instrument
Other