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BJA FY 2026 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities

Award ceiling
up to $150,000
Closes
Oct 6, 2026
Last verified
2026-10-18

Awards up to $150,000 per recipient for city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, 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 (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), private institutions of higher education, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, special district governments, state governments, closing Oct 6, 2026.

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City or township governmentsCounty governmentsIndependent school districtsNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationNonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Private institutions of higher educationPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationSpecial district governmentsState governmentsLaw, Justice & Legal Services

In one sentence

BJA FY 2026 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities awards up to $150,000 per recipient, open to city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, native american tribal governments…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$150,000
Award floor
Not confirmed
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Oct 6, 2026
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Aug 17, 2026
Status
Closed
Eligible entities
City or township governments · County governments · Independent school districts · 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 (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) · Private institutions of higher education · Public and State controlled institutions of higher education · Special district governments · State governments
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
implement locative technologies that track missing individuals · develop or operate programs to prevent wandering · increase safety for vulnerable individuals · facilitate rescues
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
Not stated
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$150,000

Who can apply?

level
federal
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
City or township governments, County governments, Independent school districts, 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 (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Special district governments
+1more, State governments
Source field: entity types
industry
Law, Justice & Legal Services
Source field: industries
use
develop or operate programs to prevent wandering, facilitate rescues, implement locative technologies that track missing individuals, increase safety for vulnerable individuals
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Other Units of Local Government: For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.; Health care…

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Oct 6, 2026ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

4 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
implement locative technologies that track missing individualsdevelop or operate programs to prevent wanderingincrease safety for vulnerable individualsfacilitate rescues

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

1 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No

Who has received this funding?

78 awardsAwards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.

78 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.

RecipientStateAmountFiscal year
AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA INCNot stated$1,134,2022023
ALZHEIMER'S PROJECT, INC.Not stated$150,0002022
AREA AGENCY ON AGING OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, INCNot stated$150,0002024
AUTISM SOCIETY CENTRAL VIRGINIA CHAPTER, INC.Not stated$150,0002024
AUTISM SOCIETY OF MARYLAND, INC.Not stated$150,0002025
BLESSED BE HOPE FOR THREE INC.Not stated$150,0002021
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF HUDSONNot stated$150,0002022
CHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE, INC.Not stated$150,0002024
CITY OF BROCKTON POLICE DEPARTMENTNot stated$150,0002025
CITY OF CHARLOTTENot stated$150,0002023
CITY OF HUNTINGTONNot stated$150,0002024
CITY OF NORTH MIAMINot stated$150,0002022
CITY OF TAMPANot stated$150,0002025
COUNTY OF BEDFORDNot stated$150,0002025
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELESNot stated$150,0002022
COUNTY OF PALM BEACHNot stated$150,0002025
COUNTY OF RANDOLPHNot stated$150,0002025
COUNTY OF SPOTSYLVANIANot stated$150,0002020
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR INDIGENOUS AGINGNot stated$150,0002025
MINOT STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$150,0002024
NEWTON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSNot stated$150,0002025
SOKAOGAN CHIPPEWA COMMUNITYNot stated$150,0002025
WESTMORELAND COUNTYNot stated$150,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTANot stated$149,9962025
THE AUTISM PROJECTNot stated$149,9942025
PROJECT GET SAFE FOUNDATIONNot stated$149,9932021
CITY OF NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENTNot stated$149,9862023
COUNTY OF FRANKLINNot stated$149,9812021
CITY OF BETHLEHEMNot stated$149,9402024
CENTER FOR THE MISSINGNot stated$149,9382025
HARRIS COUNTYNot stated$149,9072024
AUTISM SOCIETY OF GREATERNot stated$149,8332024
COUNTY OF BURLINGTONNot stated$149,6672024
MS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYNot stated$149,5042024
THE BAKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S POSSE, INC.Not stated$149,3642022
PROJECT GET SAFE FOUNDATIONNot stated$149,3252024
RICHMOND, CITY OFNot stated$149,1672023
NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INCNot stated$148,1302024
CITY OF CINCINNATINot stated$147,9642025
LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$147,5062023
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR INDIGENOUS AGINGNot stated$147,0062022
ALZHEIMER'S ALLIANCE OF NORTHEAST TEXAS, INC.Not stated$146,7992022
TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONNot stated$146,7762023
NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INCNot stated$146,6792025
OSCEOLA CO SHERIFFS OFFICENot stated$145,2652022
LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$144,8022022
ALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGONot stated$143,7412022
COUNTY OF BROWARDNot stated$143,1142021
CITY OF BOSTONNot stated$142,0792024
METRO MOORE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCYNot stated$140,6502024
SUMTER, COUNTY OFNot stated$139,3732021
COUNTY OF CHARLOTTENot stated$135,3822022
CITY OF JACKSONVILLENot stated$134,6152024
CITY OF SUNRISENot stated$132,9752023
PATHFINDERS, INC.Not stated$124,8822023
CITY OF BOSTONNot stated$123,3052021
CITY OF CINCINNATINot stated$122,6652021
COUNTY OF MADISONNot stated$122,5852021
LIBERTY COUNTYNot stated$120,0002023
CITY OF BROCKTON POLICE DEPARTMENTNot stated$116,8922022
SANTA ROSA, CITY OFNot stated$111,5292022
HILLSBOROUGH CO GOVER AGNCYNot stated$108,4792023
ARKANSAS SUPPORT NETWORKNot stated$107,8242023
MS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYNot stated$104,6442024
LIBERTY COUNTYNot stated$99,9902024
BALTIMORE COUNTY MARYLANDNot stated$94,3952022
CITY OF FRAMINGHAMNot stated$90,3262022
THE AUTISM PROJECTNot stated$86,4602023
BERGEN COUNTY NJ SHERIFFNot stated$75,8872024
CITY OF KNOXVILLENot stated$66,4632022
CITY OF LOWELL - POLICE DEPARTMENTNot stated$50,7802021
CITY OF FOLSOM PDNot stated$43,6782022
CITY OF SOUTH SIOUX CITYNot stated$41,0842024
TOWN OF ROWLEYNot stated$34,3182024
TOWN OF LA PLATANot stated$27,8352023
TOWN OF BRUNSWICKNot stated$15,6202022
COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELDNot stated$02021
COUNTY OF PINELLASNot stated$02022

Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.

What comparable notices state

45 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Law, Justice & Legal Services, 45 of 45 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$750,000
  • Median$1,200,000
  • 75th percentile$2,850,000

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Who has won this programme before?

78 awardsAwards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.

78 federal awards on file under assistance listing 16.015, the programme this notice is published under. These are not awards made under this notice — a listing covers every year the programme runs, and awards under an open notice do not exist yet.

Every award under this programme

Common questions

6 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much can one applicant receive?
Up to $150,000 per recipient.
When is the application deadline?
Oct 6, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?
City or township governments, County governments, Independent school districts, 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 (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Special district governments, State governments.
What can the funding be used for?
implement locative technologies that track missing individuals, develop or operate programs to prevent wandering, increase safety for vulnerable individuals, facilitate rescues, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required.
Has this programme funded anyone before?
78 prior awards are on file for this programme, made by Bureau of Justice Assistance. Recipients, amounts and fiscal years are listed on this page.

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-10-18
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-03
Assistance listing16.015

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.