Dementia CAReS Grants for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
🏛 Indian Health Service
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Can you apply?
This grant is for Tribal and Urban Indian health organizations serving American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Eligible applicants include Indian tribes, tribal health organizations, and urban Indian health programs. The funding supports activities to improve dementia care, awareness, and outcomes in tribal and urban Indian clinical and community settings. Applicants must be able to design and implement dementia-focused initiatives and collaborate with a national network of dementia champions.
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Program description
This is only a forecast. The synopsis and application package are not yet posted, and we have not yet finalized the application due date. This opportunity will be updated when it is published in Grants.gov.
We want to achieve tangible, meaningful, and measurable action in every Tribal and Urban Indian community to positively impact the lives of people at risk of and living with dementia.
This funding will support your efforts to design, implement, and promote activities nationally that help work towards that outcome. The four core strategies for this NOFO are to:
· Provide “Mini-Grant” funding, training, technical assistance, and evaluation support to Tribal and Urban Indian clinical settings. Mini-Grant funding will support priority areas and address direct care, service, and training needs. Priority areas will be refined and finalized with us after the award. [AP(1]
· Develop and support a “Call to Action” that identifies and connects a multi-disciplinary network of dementia champions and more broadly engages Tribal and Urban Indian communities. The Call to Action will help staff and communities learn from each other and work together to develop and achieve collective impact and improve outcomes.
· Document and spread locally developed Tribal and Urban Indian Health emerging practices and success stories. The purpose is to increase awareness and promote innovation and change in clinical and community systems.
Develop and implement an evaluation and data management plan, including the joint creation and testing of performance measures. The evaluation approach will track project [AP(1]Priority areas should be laid out in the application and guidance should be provided in the NOFO.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
Demographic focus
How to apply
Application links
Key dates & requirements
Required documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- Project Narrative and Work Plan
- Budget and Budget Narrative
- Evidence of tribal/urban Indian organizational partnerships
- Evaluation Plan with performance measures
- Organizational capacity documentation
Program contact
- 👤 Indian Health Service Division of Grants Management
- 📧 DGM@ihs.gov
- 📞 301-443-5204
Funding track record
Recent awards under CFDA 93.933 from the last 3 years — real organizations that won funding through this same program.
Top 10 Largest Recent Awards
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$183,616,051
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$163,837,049
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$128,797,340
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$106,782,713
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$34,776,044
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$11,404,476
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$8,665,038
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$8,408,708
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$7,703,988
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$4,114,304
Top States by Funding
- PA 2 awards $312.4M
- IL 2 awards $164.6M
- VA 1 awards $106.8M
- MA 1 awards $34.8M
- OK 12 awards $14.4M
Source: USAspending.gov — federal spending transparency. Data covers last 3 years.
Funding history
Annual funding for this program — Federal obligations (CFDA 93.933). How funding has trended year over year.
| 2018 | $3,530,628 | |
| 2019 | $2,947,500 | |
| 2020 | $3,332,469 | |
| 2021 | $20,724,417 | |
| 2022 | $22,856,694 | |
| 2023 | $27,028,229 | |
| 2024 est. | $24,206,718 | |
| 2025 est. | $23,867,120 |
FAQ
Who can apply for this grant?
Tribal health organizations, urban Indian health programs, and Indian tribes can apply. Applicants must serve American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
What activities are funded?
Grants support mini-grant funding, training, technical assistance, a dementia champions network, documentation of local practices, and evaluation planning.
Is there a deadline?
The deadline has not yet been finalized. Check Grants.gov and IHS for updates when the official NOFO is published.
How much funding is available?
The grant offers $750,000 in a single award. This is a cooperative agreement, not a traditional grant.
Is cost-sharing required?
No cost-sharing is required for this grant.
💡 Tips for applicants
- Emphasize your organization's existing relationships with tribal and urban Indian communities and clinical settings.
- Highlight plans to support mini-grants to clinical settings addressing priority dementia care areas.
- Describe how you will identify, recruit, and connect dementia champions across tribes and urban Indian programs.
- Show a clear strategy for documenting and sharing locally developed practices and success stories.
- Detail your evaluation approach and how you'll measure collective impact on dementia outcomes.
⚠️ Common mistakes
Applications fail when they lack strong partnerships with tribal and urban Indian health organizations. Vague descriptions of mini-grant priorities or champion recruitment fail to show concrete implementation plans. Weak evaluation designs without measurable outcomes undermine competitiveness.
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