ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 96/100
BJA FY 2026 The Kevin and Avonte Program — Dementia and Developmental Disabilities Safety
BJA is offering up to $150,000 per award with no match to reduce injury and death among people with dementia or developmental disabilities, including autism, who wander from safe environments. Eligible health care agencies, governments, nonprofits, school districts and higher-education institutions can support locative technologies, prevention, safety and rescue programs; the federal two-step application begins October 6, 2026.
FundingUp to $150,000 per award. No cost sharing or matching is required.
DeadlineStep 1 Grants.gov: October 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET; Step 2 JustGrants: October 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM ET
Last verifiedAugust 29, 2026
Required next actionConfirm the applicant fits an eligible healthcare, government, nonprofit, school-district, higher-education or public-safety pathway; quantify wandering and safety risk among people with dementia, autism or other developmental disabilities; define the locative-technology, prevention, notification, rescue-protocol and partnership strategy; submit the Grants.gov step by October 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET; and complete the JustGrants application by October 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM ET.
Broad Eligibility
Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township, special district and federally recognized Tribal governments; qualifying nonprofit organizations; independent school districts; public, state and private institutions of higher education; and other eligible entities. BJA specifically defines eligible health care agencies to include state, local or Tribal government-operated health departments, hospitals and medical centers as well as nonprofit health clinics, behavioral-health providers and Federally Qualified Health Centers that work with people with dementia or developmental disabilities such as autism.
Atlas Analysis
An unusually direct healthcare-and-school-adjacent public-safety opportunity because BJA expressly includes FQHCs, nonprofit health clinics, behavioral-health providers, hospitals, medical centers and school districts among eligible pathways. The strongest Atlas fits will pair clinical or school knowledge of dementia/autism and wandering risk with first responders, caregivers and technology-enabled notification or location strategies. The modest award size favors focused, implementation-ready projects with defined populations, equipment or technology needs, protocols and measurable safety outcomes.
The Bureau of Justice Assistance FY 2026 Kevin and Avonte Program funds public-safety and healthcare efforts that reduce injuries and deaths among people with dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, or developmental disabilities, including autism, who may wander from safe environments.
Funding can support locative technologies that help track missing individuals and programs that prevent wandering, improve safety and facilitate rescues. Eligible healthcare agencies include government-operated health departments, hospitals and medical centers as well as nonprofit health clinics, behavioral-health providers and Federally Qualified Health Centers working with the target populations.
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Source verificationOfficial government source · www.bja.ojp.govAtlas last verified this record August 29, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
