Fiscal Year 2003 Program Announcement; Availability of Funds and Notice Regarding Applications

Thu, May 1 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The Administration on Aging announces that under this program announcement it will hold a competition for grant awards for two (2) to three (3) projects at a Federal share of approximately $225,000 $350,000 per year for a project period of three years.

Legislative Authority: The Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States Programs (ADDGS) was established under Section 398 of the Public Health Service Act (Pub. L. 78410) as amended by Public Law 101157, and by Public Law 105379, the Health
Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 93.051).

Purpose of grant awards: The purpose of these projects is to:

1. Develop models of home and community based care for persons with Alzheimer's disease and their families, and

2. Improve the existing home and community based care system to better respond to the needs of persons with dementia and their families, through improving the coordination and integrated access to health and social support s

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Fiscal Year 2003 Program Announcement; Availability of Funds and Notice Regarding Applications