2023 Grant Program Funding Opportunity

Eligibility: Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations. To be eligible for this funding opportunity, an applicant cannot be an existing awardee under the IHS Addressing Dementia in Indian Country program.

Funding Announcement Number: HHS-2023-IHS-ALZ-0001 Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
Federal Register Publication: Addressing Dementia in Indian Country: Models of Care Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 

Funding Amount: An estimated $1,200,000 per year in total funding is available, pending the availability of funding and IHS priorities.
Total Period of Performance Length: 2 years
Budget Period Length: 12 months
Application Period Ends: June 27, 2023
Anticipated Award Start Date: August 11, 2023

Purpose

The purpose of this program is to support the development of models of comprehensive and sustainable dementia care and services in Tribal and Urban Indian communities that are responsive to the needs of persons living with dementia and their caregivers. Awardees will:

Awardees will:

1. Plan and implement a comprehensive approach to care and services for persons living with dementia and their caregivers that addresses five key areas.
2. Develop, in collaboration with the IHS Alzheimer's Grant Program, best and promising practices to include tools, resources, reports, and presentations accessible to Federal, Tribal, and Urban health programs as they plan and implement their own programs.
3. Identify and implement reimbursement and funding streams that will support service delivery and facilitate sustainability.

Cooperative Agreements Support Tools

• Alzheimer’s Grant Program Logic Model (Sample) [DOCX - 51 KB]
• Applicant Logic Model Template [DOCX - 33 KB]

Eligibility: IHS Service Units working in partnership with Direct Service Tribes. Applicants must be able to provide ambulatory care services directly.

• Option 1: Comprehensive Model of Care awards - IHS Service Units providing primary care direct services to Tribes; Tribes that are not currently receiving an IHS grant under the Addressing Alzheimer’s in Indian Country Grants program are eligible. In the instance of IHS Service Units serving more than one Tribe or Tribal Organization, refer to additional eligibility requirements in the Request for Applications.
• Option 2: New Care and Services awards - All IHS Service Units providing primary care direct services to Tribes.

Comprehensive Model of Care Funding: Up to $200,000 per year for each of two years to support the development and implementation of culturally-appropriate comprehensive and sustainable dementia care and services, pending the availability of funding and IHS priorities.

New Care and Services Program Award Funding:  Up to $50,000 per year for up to two years to support the development and implementation or expansion of specific services for persons living with dementia or the caregivers of PLWD, including necessary training, education, or collaboration with multi- disciplinary teams or programs.

Funding Amount: Awards of between $50,000 - $200,000

• Comprehensive Model of Care Grantees may apply for a maximum of $200,000 per year.
• New Care and Services program awardees may apply for a maximum of $50,000 per year, and

Total Period of Performance Length: 2 years
Budget Period Length: 12 months
Application Period Ends: June 12, 2023 by 11:59 PM ET
Anticipated Award Start Date: August 1, 2023

Please submit application to: Jolie Crowder by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the application due date.
Applications must be submitted using the IHS Secure Data Transfer Service.

Program Award Support Tools

• 2023 Alzheimer’s Program Award Request for Applications (RFA) [PDF - 475 KB]
• Alzheimer’s Grant Program Fillable Application Template [DOCX - 144 KB]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthy Brain Initiative Roadmap for Indian Country Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
• CDC – Funded Public Health Dementia Centers of Excellence
  • Dementia Risk Reduction Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
  • Early Detection of Dementia Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
  • Dementia Caregiving Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
• American Indian and Alaska Native Resource Center for Brain Health Online Resource Library – International Association for Indigenous Aging (IA²) Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – The Commonwealth Fund
• Age Friendly Health Systems Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – An initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the John A. Hartford Foundation Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
• Dementia Friendly America Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  (see Community Toolkit and Resources)
• Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
• In focus: Spreading Innovative Approaches to Dementia Care Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – The Commonwealth Fund
• Recommendations to Improve Payment Policies for Comprehensive Dementia Care Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
• Mini-Cog: Quick Screening for Early Dementia Detection Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
• Person-Centered Assessment and Care Planning Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – The Gerontologist
• Health Systems and Medical Professionals: Care planning Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Alzheimer’s Association
• Best Practice Caregiving Database (Compendium of evidence-based caregiver interventions) Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Benjamin Rose Institute
• Care Interventions for People Living with Dementia and their Caregivers Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Systematic Review, August 2020, AHRQ Effective Health Care (EHC) Program