The Idaho Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Program periodically provides funding opportunities and highlights other internal or external funding or educational opportunities for providers and partners interested in ADRD risk reduction and treatment.
TWO Funding Opportunities - Now AVAILABLE!
1) Community-led Respite Programs Serving Foster or Kinship Families Opportunity
Application Deadline: Monday, April 28, 2025, by 5:00 p.m. MDT
The Idaho Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Program is accepting applications from Idaho’s communities looking to sustainably increase access to, and participation in, community-led respite programs serving foster or kinship families, across ability and disease spectrums. Respite care can be both planned and emergency-based temporary breaks from the care recipient. Respite can also offer assistance or additional education to improve the care and relationship between the foster or kinship family. Respite supports can decrease foster and/or kinship caregiver stress, fatigue, and financial strain, resulting in better overall health and wellbeing of the caregiver; potential reducing their risk of dementia due to poor health factors. You can also find more examples of in-home and out-of-home respite options here.
The Idaho ADRD Program is housed within the Chronic Disease Prevention Section, Bureau of Prevention and Community Health, Division of Public Health, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, and has received funding from the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services to expand respite throughout Idaho. This funding announcement addresses priorities of the federal award Lifespan Respite Care Program: State Program Enhancement Grants (90LRLI0058, Assistance Listing Number #93.072 Lifespan Respite Care Program). The priorities of this funding opportunity are to implement a new or expand an existing community-led respite program, specifically to serve foster or kinship families.
The Idaho ADRD Program plans to fund a minimum of one (1) organization, up to $25,000, requiring a 30% non-federal match*, with an estimated start date of June 2, 2025, and ending July 31, 2026, with amendments possible based on performance and approval, to continue this work an additional subgrant year through July 31, 2027.
Email questions to adrd@dhw.idaho.gov. All questions received and the Idaho ADRD Program’s responses will be posted to this page in the Q&A document below.
How to apply
The application deadline is Monday, April 28, 2025, by 5:00 p.m. MDT
Email completed applications or questions to adrd@dhw.Idaho.gov
2) Implementation and Expansion of Dementia Friends Idaho and the Savvy Caregiver Program Funding Opportunity
Application Deadline: Monday, April 28, 2025, by 5:00 p.m. MDT
The Idaho Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Program is accepting applications from organizations to lead statewide efforts aimed at increasing dementia awareness and providing caregiver support through two complementary evidence-based initiatives: Dementia Friends and the Savvy Caregiver Program. This funding opportunity seeks to enhance community understanding of dementia, reduce stigma, and equip family caregivers with tools to provide quality care, ultimately fostering a more dementia-friendly Idaho. The selected organization will be responsible for co-managing the Dementia Friends Idaho Chapter, in partnership with the ADRD Program, including collaboration with Dementia Friends USA to grow and sustain local engagement. This includes recruiting and training volunteer Champions, delivering Dementia Friends sessions across diverse populations, and integrating dementia awareness into broader public health and community settings. In tandem, the awardee will oversee implementation and coordination of the Savvy Caregiver Program, an evidence-based training to support caregivers of people living with dementia. Activities will include identifying and training facilitators, coordinating program delivery statewide, tracking participation, and evaluating program outcomes to inform ongoing improvements. Information on both Dementia Friends USA and Savvy Caregiver can be found using the websites linked.
The Idaho ADRD Program is housed within the Chronic Disease Prevention Section, Bureau of Prevention and Community Health, Division of Public Health, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, and has received funding from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s BOLD Public Health Programs to Address Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. This funding announcement addresses priorities of the federal award BOLD Public Health Programs to Address Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (NU58DP007507, Assistance Listing Number #93.334 The Healthy Brain Initiative:).
This funding opportunity prioritizes two goals:
1. To sustain and expand the Dementia Friends Idaho initiative by offering more dementia friends information sessions and growing the number of Dementia Friends Champions. This goal aims to satisfy one of Idaho's statewide ADRD strategic plan's goals of increasing Idaho's opportunity to become a more dementia-friendly state by raising awareness, reducing stigma, promoting social engagement, and educating communities of all ages.
2. To increase the number of Savvy Caregiver courses in Idaho, equipping family caregivers with the skills to care for themselves while supporting a person with dementia and reducing the risk of dementia-related maladaptive behaviors.
The Idaho ADRD Program plans to fund One (1) organization, up to $75,000, requiring a 30% non- federal match*, with an estimated start date of June 2, 2025, and ending September 29, 2026, with amendments possible based on performance and approval, to continue this work for three additional subgrant years through September 29, 2028, at the amount of up to $50,000 per additional year.
Email questions to adrd@dhw.idaho.gov. All questions received and the Idaho ADRD Program’s responses will be posted to this page in the Q&A document below.
How to apply:
The application deadline is Monday, April 28, 2025, by 5:00 p.m. MDT
Email completed applications or questions to adrd@dhw.Idaho.gov
Educational Opportunities
Idaho Code 56-2101 (S1247) was developed to address an existing gap in Idaho's laws. This law was established to provide a "safe, prompt, and dignified response to assess and treat people with a neurocognitive disorder (66-317) who are in crisis and get them pack to their homes after medical treatment."
This law (effective Oct 1, 2024), although similar to the involuntary hold, is not the same in a few ways. It does not rely upon a designated examiner; it can be released by the healthcare provider within the hospital if the patient no longer meets criteria; and, there is more administrative burden on the hospitals and county prosecutors to work together throughout.
There are some materials on the process, which includes sample forms created by partners like Ada Country Prosecutors and a few hospitals, located in this folder: ADRD Hospital Reporting Materials. These forms serve as samples; it is ultimately up to you and your county prosecutor to determine the processes and forms necessary to facilitate an effective and efficient process.
The Idaho ADRD Program is honored to contribute $50,000 of state funds towards a second year of Project ECHO brain health, Alzheimer's, dementia, and family caregiver sessions. ECHO Idaho’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias series provides an opportunity to learn best practices to identify, treat and manage brain health and other dementia-related concerns. Each session is free and is designed to be collaborative, engaging and immediately applicable to your practice. Get free CME for healthcare professionals! Register here: https://www.uidaho.edu/academics/wwami/echo/register
What is ECHO Idaho? Learn more by watching this video: https://www.youtube.com/@echoidaho1371
The ECHO Idaho Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias series will relaunch March 25 (12:30-1:30 p.m. MT).
To join, please make sure set up an account and enroll in the ADRD sessions (link here).
• For additional help setting up an account and enrolling in sessions, reference THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
• For each enrolled session, you will receive an email that includes a calendar invite and then a day-of reminder notification.
ALSO: Patient cases needed! Consider presenting a patient case for this series (or encouraging a colleague to do this!). The case could be current or past, unusual or typical. ECHO Idaho provides $100 per case.
Below is a quick summary of the process for submitting and presenting cases:
• Email Lynsey Winters Juel (lwintersjuel@uidaho.edu) to indicate interest and secure a date.
• Submit your case online using this form.
• The ECHO team will pull together the info from the online form into a PDF that is shared with the panelists prior the session.
• During the session, the case presenter will share the highlights of the case (~5-10 min), then participants & panelists ask clarifying questions and make recommendations.
Thanks! If you have any questions, please reach out to Lynsey Winters Juel.
LYNSEY WINTERS JUEL, MPA
Program Manager, Project ECHO Idaho
lwintersjuel@uidaho.edu
322 E. Front Street | Boise, ID 83702 | Office: 450
Phone: 208-364-4640 | Fax: 208-364-3178
Indian Country ECHO is growing a welcoming professional community that enhances providers’ ability to offer American Indian and Alaska Native patients high-quality, specialized care. Indian Country ECHO fosters collaboration through offering teleECHO programs – friendly, interactive online learning environments where clinicians and staff serving American Indian and Alaska Native patients can connect with peers, engage in didactic presentations, collaborate on case consultations, and receive mentorship from clinical experts from across Indian Country.
The Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care ECHO Program connects dementia care experts with professional care providers in a free continuing education series of interactive, case-based video conferencing sessions. The program enables professional care providers in long-term care settings to better understand Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia and emphasizes high-quality, person-centered care in community-based settings.