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.
Caregiver Support Program Funding Opportunity
Application Deadline EXTENDED*: Friday, December 13, 2024 by 5:00 p.m. MT
*November 27, 2024 update: The application deadline has been extended from Monday, December 2 to Friday, December 13 by 5:00 pm MT. Please see the revised Solicitation and Application linked below with updated application due dates and subgrant timelines.
The Idaho Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Program is accepting applications from Idaho communities looking to implement a new evidence-based support program for caregivers or expand an existing evidence-based support program for caregivers of children and/or adults with special health or behavioral needs. Evidence-based support programs for caregivers can be found at the best programs for caregiving website. This website includes but is not limited to programs like Powerful Tools for Caregivers, Savvy Caregiver, and Stress-Busting for Family Caregivers. All programs listed on the website are evidence-based programs for caregivers to learn the skills they need to take care of themselves while caring for someone else, which may reduce caregiver burden, decrease depressive symptoms, and increase self-confidence.
The Idaho ADRD Program is housed within the Bureau of Community Health (BCH), a part of the Division of Public Health, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, 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 priority of this funding opportunity is to implement a new or expand an existing evidence-based caregiver support program to serve caregivers to children and/or adults with special health or behavioral needs.
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 January 29, 2025, and ending July 31, 2025, with amendments possible based on performance and approval, to continue this work an additional subgrant year through July 31, 2026.
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
- Caregiver Support Program Solicitation (Revised with extended due date and updated subgrant timeline on 11/27/24)
- Caregiver Support Program Application (Revised with extended due date on 11/27/24)
- Caregiver Support Program Budget Template
- Questions & Answers document
The application deadline is extended to Friday, December 13, 2024 by 5:00 p.m. MT.
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
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.