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Press Release
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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| Thursday, July 8, 2004 |
Contact: AoA Press Office
(202) 401-4541 |
HHS AWARDS $6.78 MILLION TO EXPAND ALZHEIMER’S
DISEASE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced
$6.78 million to develop innovative approaches to provide care
for people with Alzheimer’s disease and support for their
family caregivers.
The Alzheimer’s Disease Demonstration
Grants to States (ADDGS) Program works to improve the responsiveness
of home and community-based services to persons with dementia
and their caregivers.
"The pain of losing a loved one to Alzheimer's
Disease is too often compounded by not being able to care of
them," Secretary Thompson said. "This funding will
give thousands of families the opportunity to provide the support,
compassion, and love that only a family member could."
The awards will support one-year capacity
building demonstration programs in two new states: South Dakota
and Wyoming. The awards will further support three-year systems
change demonstration programs in 22 states/territories: Alabama,
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, the District of Columbia,
Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island,
Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
The program is administered by HHS’ Administration
on Aging (AoA). It focuses on serving hard-to-reach and underserved
people with Alzheimer’s disease or related disorders.
With this fiscal year’s grant awards,
the AoA significantly strengthened the ADDGS program by incorporating
the following new design elements:
1. A greater focus on using the ADDGS program
as a vehicle for advancing changes to a state’s overall
system of home and community based care, including requirements
that three-year project activities be linked to other state system
change efforts, including state programs to streamline consumer
access to services and family caregiver support programs.
2. A requirement that all applicants, in the
formulation of their project proposals, review and use findings
from research on service models and techniques for supporting
persons with Alzheimer’s disease and their family caregivers,
including findings from research supported by the National Institute
on Aging.
- Alabama Department of Senior Services --
$311,150
- Arizona Department of Economic Security,
Division of Aging and Community Services, Aging and Adult Administration
-- $276,059
- Arkansas Department of Human Services,
Aging and Adult Services -- $281,150
- State of California Department of Aging,
Director’s Office -- $311,150
- Delaware Department of Health and Social
Services, Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical
Disabilities -- $161,150
- District of Columbia Office on Aging --
$263,768
- Florida Department of Elder Affairs --
$311,150
- Indiana Bureau of Aging and In-Home Services
-- $311,150
- Iowa Department of Elder Affairs -- $311,150
- Louisiana Governor’s Office of Elderly
Affairs -- $311,150
- Maine Dept of Human Services, Bureau of
Elder and Adult Services - $297,121
- Minnesota Board on Aging -- $311,150
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior
Services, Division of Senior Services and Regulation -- $230,523
- Nevada Department of Human Resources, Division
of Aging Services -- $311,150
- New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services
Department -- $311,150
- North Carolina Department of Health and
Human Services, Division of Aging and Adult Services -- $311,150
- North Dakota Department of Human Services,
Aging Services Division -- $261,150
- Rhode Island Department of Elderly Affairs
-- $294,050
- South Dakota Department of Social Services,
Office of Adult Services and Aging, (one-year project) -- $225,000
- Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability
-- $311,150
- Vermont Department of Aging and Independent
Living, Division of Advocacy and Independence -- $311,150
- Virginia Department for the Aging -- $311,150
- Wisconsin Department of Health and Family
Services, Division of Disability and Elder Services -- $311,150
- Wyoming Department of Health, Aging Division,
(one-year project) -- $150,000
Additional information about these grants
is available here.
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