Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Assistance Program
Active
- Assistance listing
- 16.015
- Agency
-
Office of Justice Programs
Department of Justice
- Grant awards
- 104 $15,153,252 in federal obligations
Program facts
- Also known as
- Kevin and Avonte's Law
- Assistance types
-
- Project Grant
- Cooperative Agreement
- Formula Grant
- Block Grant
- Treasury account
-
- 15-0404-0-1-754
- More information
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated . Grant award figures come from USAspending.gov.
About this program
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance funds law enforcement, public safety, and health care agencies to implement locative technology and operate wandering prevention and rescue programs for individuals with Alzheimer's disease, other forms of dementia, and developmental disabilities such as autism, Assistance Listing 16.015, with the most recent grant awards issued October 1, 2024.
The program remains active and highly pursued. The portfolio shows 104 awards since 2012, with 15 awards in 2024, 20 in 2023, 15 in 2022, 17 in 2021, and 13 in 2020—a consistent annual cadence averaging roughly 15 awards per year over the past five years. Combined federal dollars obligated total $15.2 million across all awards.
Awarded grants fund concrete interventions: purchase and distribution of GPS-enabled bracelets, radio frequency transmitters, and other locative tracking devices to at-risk individuals and their caregivers at no or reduced cost; training of law enforcement, first responders, and school personnel on interaction with and rescue of wandering individuals; community outreach and public awareness campaigns; development of missing-person registries and response protocols; and scent-dog search and rescue programs. Recent awards show law enforcement agencies (police departments, sheriff's offices, emergency management) as lead applicants partnering with autism societies, Alzheimer's associations, health departments, and nonprofit disability organizations. Representative recent awards include the Autism Society of Maryland and Autism Society of Baltimore-Chesapeake implementing swim safety and prevention training ($150 thousand, October 2024), the University of North Dakota working with tribal communities on wandering prevention and medical coding improvement ($149,996, October 2024), and the Center for the Missing providing GPS devices and case management in the Houston-Galveston region ($149,938, October 2024).
The program is predominantly Project Grants (67 awards, 64 percent) with smaller shares of Formula Grants (17 awards, 16 percent), Block Grants (14 awards, 13 percent), and Cooperative Agreements (6 awards, 6 percent). The Bureau of Justice Assistance dominates funding, accounting for 98 awards and $13.9 million federal dollars obligated; the broader OJP funded the remaining 6 awards for $1.2 million. Recent award magnitudes cluster around $145 thousand to $150 thousand per grant, with project periods up to 36 months.
A grant opportunity is currently open: BJA FY 2026 The Kevin and Avonte Program solicitation O-BJA-2026-172697, due October 6, 2026, open to city and county governments, state and tribal governments, school districts, nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)), and higher education institutions, seeking applications for locative technology procurement and wandering prevention or rescue program development and operation.
Objective and description
- Objective
Program goal(s) name: Reduce death and injury for people who wander due to their condition. Program goal(s) description: This program provides funding to healthcare, law enforcement, and other public safety agencies to implement locative technologie
- Description
This program supports local efforts to reduce the number of 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.
Eligibility
- Beneficiary eligibility
All funds must be focused solely on initiatives to support individuals, and families of individuals, with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism, who are likely to wander.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
Project duration period will be up to 36 months. The project start date should be on or after October 1st of the current fiscal year.
How to apply
- Preapplication coordination
The application of E.O. 12372 is contingent upon whether the state has designated an entity to coordinate and review proposed federal financial assistance. An applicant may find the names and addresses of State Single Points of Contact (SPOCs) at the following website: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SPOC-4-13-20.pdf
- Criteria for selecting proposals
Criteria are described in the OJP Program Announcement available at https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities.
- Award procedure
All final award decisions will be made by the Assistant Attorney General, unless a statute explicitly authorizes award decisions by another official or there is written delegation of authority to another official. For successful applicants, JustGrants will send a system-generated email to the Application Submitter, Authorized Representative, and Entity Administrator with information on accessing their official award package in JustGrants. The award package will include key information (such as funding amount and period of performance) as well as award conditions that must be followed. The Authorized Representative for the entity should accept or decline the award within 45 days of the notification.
- Time to approval or disapproval
The review procedure for applications is specified in the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) and generally includes eligibility and responsiveness, merit, programmatic, budget, and risk reviews.
- Renewals
In some cases, award periods may be extended if specific criteria are met. For details, please review the discussion of no-cost extensions in the Criteria for Award Extension section of the Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide available at https://www.ojp.gov/funding/financialguidedoj/overview
Grant opportunities
Show all 11
Grant awards
Latest 10 of 104 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Top recipients by federal obligations
| Rank | Recipient | Federal obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autism Society Of America Inc. | $1,134,202 | 7% |
| 2 | University Of Illinois | $1,027,361 | 7% |
| 3 | National Autism Association Inc. | $426,547 | 3% |
| 4 | The Autism Project | $386,326 | 3% |
| 5 | Minot State University | $300,000 | 2% |
| 6 | County Of LOS Angeles | $300,000 | 2% |
| 7 | Harris County | $299,907 | 2% |
| 8 | University Of South Florida | $299,820 | 2% |
| 9 | Project Get Safe Foundation | $299,318 | 2% |
| 10 | International Association For Indigenous Aging | $297,006 | 2% |
10 of 84 recipients listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Federal obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Federal obligations |
|---|---|
| FY2026 | -$98,056 |
| FY2025 | -$596,450 |
| FY2024 | $2,692,134 |
| FY2023 | $2,569,573 |
| FY2022 | $4,797,240 |
| FY2020 | $3,583,718 |
| FY2019 | -$56,765 |
| FY2018 | -$103,048 |
| FY2015 | $545,972 |
| FY2014 | $675,304 |
| FY2013 | $250,000 |
| FY2012 | $893,630 |
Show all 12
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 16.015?
Assistance Listing 16.015 is Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Assistance Program, a federal grant program run by Office of Justice Programs (Department of Justice).
What is the CFDA number for Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Assistance Program?
Its CFDA number is 16.015: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
How much funding has Assistance Listing 16.015 awarded?
104 grant awards under 16.015 have obligated $15,153,252 in federal funds to 84 recipients.
Who receives the most funding from 16.015?
The recipients obligated the most under Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Assistance Program are Autism Society Of America Inc. ($1,134,202), University Of Illinois ($1,027,361) and National Autism Association Inc. ($426,547).
How much did 16.015 obligate in fiscal year 2025?
Grants under 16.015 obligated -$596,450 in federal funds in fiscal year 2025.
Are there open grant opportunities under 16.015?
No opportunity listed under 16.015 is open now. The latest, BJA FY 2026 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities, was posted on August 17, 2026.
On GovTribe
See this program's full record
- Every grant award and opportunity under it
- Funding by recipient, agency and assistance type
- Alerts for new opportunities
- Ask GovTribe AI about this program