BJA FY25 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: January 13, 2026
Close date: February 20, 2026
Opportunity ID: 361135
Opportunity number: O-BJA-2025-172473
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Bureau of Justice Assistance
Agency code: USDOJ-OJP-BJA
Award floor: $0
Award ceiling: $150,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Humanities
Eligible Applicants
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- State governments
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:usdoj_ojp_bja
- category_of_funding_activity:humanities
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:city_or_township_governments
- eligible_applicants:county_governments
- eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_governments_federally_recognized
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_having_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_that_do_not_have_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:others
- eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:special_district_governments
- eligible_applicants:state_governments
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
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. Please see the Eligible Applicants section for the eligibility criteria.