OpportunityTitle: BJA FY 22 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The following entities are eligible to apply for Category 1:    Health care agencies.  State or local law enforcement, tribal law enforcement, or other public safety agencies.  Nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations), with preference given to nonprofit organizations that work with such entities in planning, designing, establishing, or operating locally based, proactive programs to locate and prevent the wandering of missing individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer&amp;rsquo;s disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism, who, due to their condition, wander from safe environments. (For this program, &amp;ldquo;nonprofit organizations&amp;rdquo; means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such title.)   The following entities are eligible to apply for Category 2:    Health care agencies.  State or local law enforcement, tribal law enforcement, or other public safety agencies.  Federally recognized American Indian tribal governments that perform public safety activities.   See Eligibility section  &amp;nbsp;
Description: OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities supports local jurisdictions&apos; efforts to reduce the number of deaths and injuries of individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer&apos;s disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism, who, due to their condition, wander from safe environments. It provides funding to law enforcement and public safety agencies to implement locative technologies to track missing individuals, and to such agencies and partnering nonprofit organizations to develop or operate programs to prevent wandering, increase individuals&apos; safety, and facilitate rescues.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Technical Assistance
GrantorContactText: For technical assistance with submitting the Application for Federal Assistance standard form (SF)-424 and a Disclosure of Lobbying Activities form (SF-LLL) in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, Grants.gov Customer Support, or support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ&apos;s Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov or at 833-872-5175. The JustGrants Service Desk operates 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. eastern time Monday-Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the OJP Response Center by telephone at 800-851-3420 or TTY: 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only) or by email at grants@ncjrs.gov. The OJP Response Center hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. eastern time Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date.&lt;br/&gt;grants@ncjrs.gov