BJA FY 2026 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-BJA-2026-172697
- Agency
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Bureau of Justice Assistance
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $150,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Special District Governments
- State Governments
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- City/Township Governments
- Independent School Districts
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Other
- County Governments
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Points of contact
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- OJP Response Center ojp.responsecenter@usdoj.gov (800) 851-3420
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applicants for the FY 2026 Kevin and Avonte Program, which funds efforts to reduce deaths and injuries of individuals with dementia or developmental disabilities who wander from safe environments, with applications due October 6, 2026. No cost share is required.
Eligible applicants include state, tribal, and local governments; cities and counties; independent school districts; public and private higher education institutions; 501(c)(3) nonprofits; non-501(c)(3) nonprofits; and other units of local government. Health care agencies—including state, local, or tribal government-operated health departments, hospitals, medical centers, nonprofit health clinics, behavioral health providers, and Federally Qualified Health Centers—are also eligible. State and local government applicants must submit a Chief Executive Officer certification addressing compliance with federal immigration law.
The program distributes approximately $2,105,869 across an expected 14 awards of up to $150,000 each for 36-month periods beginning October 1, 2026. Funded activities include implementing locative technologies to track missing individuals, developing or operating programs to prevent wandering, increasing safety for vulnerable individuals, and facilitating rescues. Law enforcement, other public safety agencies, health care agencies, and partnering nonprofit organizations are all eligible to receive and deploy funding.
Applicants must submit the SF-424 form on Grants.gov by October 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET, followed by the full application in JustGrants by October 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM ET. The proposal narrative is limited to 10 pages and must address four scored sections: Description of the Need (5%), Project Goals and Objectives (15%), Project Design and Implementation (35%), and Capabilities and Competencies (30%), with 15% allocated to the budget. Proposals must provide specific data on wandering incidents in the applicant's community, explain measurable project objectives, detail implementation activities and timelines, and demonstrate organizational capacity to serve the target population.
The assistance listing is CFDA 16.015.
Synopsis
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.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| PKG00293986.pdf |
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