Formula Grant 2501NEMIDR

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded $2 million to Memory Care Home Solutions under the Alzheimer's Disease Program Initiative (ADPI, CFDA 93.470) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. Under this cooperative agreement, Memory Care Home Solutions will provide dementia care navigation services in Missouri. The ADPI program aims to expand supports and services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under CFDA program 93.103 (FDA Research) provides $249,984 to The Critical Path Institute (C-Path) to develop a Qualification Plan (QP) to support the qualification of the Virtual Reality Functional Capacity Assessment Tool-Short List (VRFCAT-SLX) as a performance outcome measure of cognition-dependent daily functioning for individuals with biomarker-positive, clinical stage 2 and 3 Alzheimer's disease. The...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $7,417,428 to Brigham & Women's Hospital, a subsidiary of the Partners Healthcare System, to develop a toolkit of 2D and 3D microphysiological systems (MPS) that capture human genetic diversity underlying risk and resilience to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias (ADRD). The award period is from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2030. The project aims to leverage iPSC lines from...

This $2,497,615 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute on Aging under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), aims to evaluate the impact of new Medicare home health agency (HHA) payment policies on healthcare utilization and outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The project has three key objectives: 1) characterizing changes in the ADRD beneficiary population eligible for HHA services, 2) evaluating the effect of...

This Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the federal Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program aims to improve long-term care (LTC) quality and safety for individuals living with dementia. With $449,999 in funding, the 3-year project starting September 2024 will implement and evaluate two decision support technology (DS tech) prototypes focused on fall prevention and staff burnout detection in LTC facilities. The...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living, under the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) program, is focused on assessing the effectiveness of a novel rating system called MED-AUDIT to improve decision-making by consumers with disabilities when purchasing home health medical equipment. The primary goals are to 1) confirm the usefulness of accessibility ratings...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $750,000 was granted by the Administration on Aging, under the Alzheimer's Disease Program Initiative (ADPI) (CFDA 93.470), to Caresouth Carolina, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and Area Agency on Aging (AAA) in South Carolina. The three-year project aims to improve access to care, care coordination, and quality of life for people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (PWADRD) and their caregivers in the Pee Dee region of...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Administration on Aging (CFDA 93.470 - Alzheimer's Disease Program Initiative) provides $749,814 to MAC Inc.'s Living Well Center of Excellence to enhance the workforce capacity of Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) to increase access to person-centered dementia services for family caregivers and persons living with dementia (PLWD) in Maryland. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Establishing a cadre of 3 county-based community health...

The Federal Grant Award of $339,287.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the Medicare Enrollment Assistance Program (CFDA 93.071). The funding will support the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services in delivering outreach, education, and application assistance services to eligible Medicare beneficiaries in Michigan. Key services include conducting community outreach, providing one-on-one enrollment counseling, and...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA), through its Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866), awarded a $499,778 project grant to S-3 Research LLC to co-design a mobile tool to improve diversity and inclusivity in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) clinical trial participation. The project aims to leverage digital approaches, including mobile, website, and artificial intelligence chatbot features, to enhance the education, recruitment, and enrollment of older adults in...