BOLD Public Health Programs Award Recipients

The CDC is pleased to announce 43 award recipients of CDC-RFA-DP23-0010 “BOLD Public Health Programs to Address Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias”. This funding is supported by the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act, Public Law 115-406. The award date is September 30, 2023. 

There are two types of awards – Component 1 and Component 2. Recipients will use a public health approach to Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias (ADRD) using CDC’s  Healthy Brain Initiative State and Local Public Health Partnerships to Address Dementia: The 2023-2027 Road Map, the Road Map for Indian Country (RM Series), as well as future updates, as guides to expand and improve the response to ADRD in their jurisdictions.

Component 1 recipients will be funded for 2 Capacity-Building years and 3 Implementation years. In years 1 and 2, Component 1 recipients will be creating statewide dementia coalitions and developing or updating ADRD strategic plans for their jurisdictions. In years 3 through 5, recipients will be implementing ADRD activities in line with their strategic plan and the Road Map actions. Component 2 recipients will be funded for 5 Implementation years to conduct ADRD activities in line with their strategic plan and Road Map actions.

Recipients will increase awareness and understanding among the general public (including populations of high burden), providers, and other professionals of ADRD topics corresponding to primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Recipients will address the social determinants of health (SDOH) to achieve health equity goals including but not limited to the improvement of community-clinical linkages among health care systems and existing services, public health agencies, and community-based organizations.