Block Grant 2601AKEJPS

The State of Alaska Department of Health received a $102,529 block grant award dated April 1, 2026, under the Elder Justice Act – Adult Protective Services program (CFDA 93.698), administered by the Administration on Aging. This two-year award, with completion scheduled for March 31, 2028, provides funding to enhance and expand Alaska's Adult Protective Services (APS) capacity to receive reports of and investigate allegations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation affecting older adults and adults with disabilities. The grant supports allowable activities that strengthen the state's coordinated systems of adult protective services through capacity-building and service delivery improvements.

As a formula-based grant distributed under the Elder Justice Act's statutory allocation methodology, this award enables the Alaska Department of Health to implement initiatives that may include establishing multidisciplinary elder abuse case review teams, developing culturally appropriate policies and protocols, creating training modules for service providers and community members, implementing secure data tracking systems for case management, and connecting abuse victims to critical support services. The department must maintain financial records for three years following submission of the final expenditure report and ensure compliance with the program's requirements for investigating and addressing elder maltreatment throughout the award period.