BJA FY25 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities

This funding opportunity seeks to support public safety efforts to reduce deaths and injuries of people living with forms of dementia or developmental disabilities who wander from safe places. The grant program will fund the purchase of tracking technology used to find vulnerable missing persons. It also funds wandering prevention, intervention, and rescue programs. The goal of this grant program is to reduce deaths and injuries with solutions that minimize restrictive interventions, provide a direct link to individuals and families, and impose limits only when essential for a person’s safety and well-being. • The grant program is open to various types of organizations, including healthcare agencies, local governments, and non-profits. • The program aims to support public safety efforts and reduce deaths and injuries of vulnerable missing persons. • The grant will fund the purchase of tracking technology and wandering prevention, intervention, and rescue programs. • The goal of the program is to reduce deaths and injuries with solutions that minimize restrictive interventions.