The cincinnati police department (CPD), in partnership with the greater cincinnati alzheimers association, dementia inclusive, the regional autism advisory council of southwest ohio and the cincinnati…

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), a component of the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, awarded a $147,964 Project Grant under the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Assistance Program (CFDA 16.015) to the City of Cincinnati. This funding will support the Cincinnati Police Department's GRASP program, which is designed to reduce injuries and deaths of missing individuals with dementia and developmental disabilities.

The grant will be used to expand and enhance the GRASP program through five key goals: 1) growing community awareness and partnerships, 2) providing responder training, 3) accelerating missing person notifications using tracking technology, 4) supporting individuals and families, and 5) ensuring program sustainability. The program will discuss locating technologies, education for individuals/families/guardians, and targeted training for first responders. This multi-faceted approach aims to build trust, increase recognition and response, and provide access to emergency notification services across the Cincinnati region.

The cincinnati police department (CPD), in partnership with the greater cincinnati alzheimers association, dementia inclusive, the regional autism advisory council of southwest ohio and the cincinnati public school system, will enhance and expand the grasp program which is designed to reduce injuries and death of missing individuals with dementia and developmental disabilities. The award will be utilized to expand and support cross-beneficial partnerships that leverage each organizations strengths into a person-centered care approach. The purpose is to reduce injuries and death of missing individuals living with dementia and developmental disabilities. The cincinnati police department will utilize funding to achieve five goals: 1) growing community awareness and partnerships; 2) responder training; 3) accelerated notification using tracking technology; 4) support for individuals and families; and 5) program sustainability - also known as G.R.A.S.P. The funding will provide a multi-faceted and blended design focused on expanding regionally to adjacent police agencies and fire personnel. The program will discuss locating technology, and education for individuals, families, guardians and first responders which includes specific, targeted training events pairing first responders and individuals. The training is designed to build trust and breakdown barriers, increase recognition and response initiatives, and provide access to emergency notification services, i.e., smart 911. CPD seeks to educate the cincinnati fire department on the grasp program due to the number of calls for service the police and fire departments overlap on; some of which include medical emergencies for missing persons.