Overview
The Supporting Recovery Programs Persons Who Wander Grant Program is a funding opportunity offered through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for fiscal year 2024.
The intent of the Supporting Recovery Programs Persons Who Wander Grant Program is to provide grant funding to assist local governments or their designees in locating persons with medical conditions such as alzheimer's disease and related dementias, autism, brain injury, or developmental, cognitive, neurological, or chromosomal disorders by encouraging county sheriffs' departments, municipalities, and county or municipal designees to establish recovery programs and provide tools that will increase the chances of saving the lives of lost and missing persons.
Resource: SB22-187 Supporting Recovery Programs Persons Who Wander
Project Application DEADLINE: January 26, 2024
Additional Resources
- Application Instructions URL: https://cbi.colorado.gov/law-enforcement-grant-application-instructions
- FAQs URL: https://cbi.colorado.gov/law-enforcement-grant-application-faqs
Apply Now in ZoomGrants https://www.zoomgrants.com/zgf/Wander
About the Funding Agency:
The mission of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to pursue justice and ensure a safer Colorado by providing excellence in background and criminal investigations, forensic services, and the management of statewide criminal justice information. We accomplish this through leadership and collaboration.
Program Description
Purpose of the Funds
To assist local governments or their designees in locating persons with medical conditions such as alzheimer's disease and related dementias, autism, brain injury, or developmental, cognitive, neurological, or chromosomal disorders by encouraging county sheriffs' departments, municipalities, and county or municipal designees to establish recovery programs and provide tools that will increase the chances of saving the lives of lost and missing persons.
Statutory Authority
C.R.S. 24-33.5-415.9. Local recovery programs for persons who wander - administration - rules - grants to local governments - requirements for recovery programs for persons who wander - website - cash fund - legislative declaration - definitions.
Eligible Activities
The grant funding may be used by a county, any combination of counties, municipality, any combination of municipalities, any combination of counties and municipalities, or designees for the following purposes only:
- Equipment costs
- Technology costs
- Training of search personnel
- Outreach about recovery programs for persons who wander
- Any other costs required to implement or maintain a recovery program for persons who wander
Required Application Components
All grant applications must address all of the following:
- The specific activity the grant would fund
- Verification that participants in the recovery program for persons who wander are enrolled by their caregiver
- An estimate of the number of people who are at risk of wandering and might qualify for assistance in the community under the recovery program for persons who wander
- An estimate of the startup or maintenance cost of the recovery program for persons who wander
- Demonstration of working with organizations who provide services to individuals with medical conditions such as alzheimer's disease and related dementias, autism, brain injury, or developmental, cognitive, neurological, or chromosomal disorders, that may cause them to wander
- Description of how information will be provided to any family member of a participant in a recovery program for persons who wander about wandering, how to prevent wandering, and how to respond to wandering
- Description of availability of local funding sources
Technical Resources
General technical assistance regarding the grant application process will be offered to all applicants through webinars, office hours, and other means.
Resources for ZoomGrants: Grants Guidance & Resources linked to URL: https://dcj.colorado.gov/grants/grants-guidance-resources
Public Health Action in Colorado linked to URL https://www.alz.org/professionals/public-health/state-overview/colorado
Healthy Brain Initative Linked to URL https://www.cdc.gov/aging/pdf/2018-2023-Road-Map-508.pdf