Closed · O-BJA-2025-172473 · CFDA 16.015 · Discretionary
BJA FY25 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities
Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Justice Assistance, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $150K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- February 20, 2026
- Close date
- 16
- Expected awards
The verdict
BJA FY25 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Justice Assistance that offered Up to $150,000 across 16 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 882 other opportunities from Bureau of Justice Assistance.
- up to $150K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 16
- expected awards
- 16.015
- CFDA program
Recently closed NOFO
This listing closed on February 20, 2026. CFDA 16.015 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was Up to $150,000.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed February 20, 2026
Expected Awards
16
Instrument
Grant
Description
This funding opportunity seeks to support public safety efforts to reduce deaths and injuries of people living with forms of dementia or developmental disabilities who wander from safe places. The grant program will fund the purchase of tracking technology used to find vulnerable missing persons. It also funds wandering prevention, intervention, and rescue programs. The goal of this grant program is to reduce deaths and injuries with solutions that minimize restrictive interventions, provide a direct link to individuals and families, and impose limits only when essential for a person’s safety and well-being. Please see the Eligible Applicants section for the eligibility criteria.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 10 doors
BJA FY25 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reduci… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (10 doors: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +6 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Humanities (HU). Only 1 other Bureau of Justice Assistance listing share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 883).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 04
- Special district governments
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
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What to do next
BJA FY25 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reduci… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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