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The awards will support new demonstration programs in eight states -- Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and West Virginia -- and the continuation of projects in 25 other states -- Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.

"Alzheimer's disease affects about 4 million Americans and often devastates families who struggle to provide the best possible care to their loved ones," Secretary Thompson said. "These new grants will expand the community services available to those families and help them overcome the special challenges they face in living with this tragic illness."

The Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States (ADDGS) program works to improve the responsiveness of home and community-based services to persons with dementia and their caregivers. It supports the goals of President Bush's New Freedom Initiative, a government-wide framework for helping provide people with disabilities with the tools they need to fully access and participate in their communities.

The demonstration grants focus on expanding the availability of diagnostic and support services to people with Alzheimer's disease and improving outreach and service delivery to low-income, cultural minority and rural families that are traditionally underserved. HHS' Administration on Aging oversees the program.

"I'm pleased to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Alzheimer's Demonstration Program," Assistant Secretary for Aging Josefina G. Carbonell said. "Each year, in collaboration with our partners, we provide more than a million hours of home and community-based services to families coping with Alzheimer's disease, and share information and education about Alzheimer's disease and dementia with millions of Americans."

Descriptions of the new projects and amounts of each award are listed below. Details about the continuing grants, other information about Alzheimer's disease and tips for families affected by it are available at www.aoa.gov/alz.

COLORADO STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo. -- $350,000 -- To increase the availability of home health care, companion services, support groups and related services to individuals with dementia and their families in rural Colorado. Models of respite care provided by faith-based groups, civic organizations and volunteers will be examined. The project will also develop and provide family and professional training about Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

KANSAS DEPARTMENT ON AGING, Topeka, Kan. -- $225,000 -- To provide care for persons with Alzheimer's disease by nurturing strengths in an environment that offers art and creativity through the development of an Arts and Inspiration Center. Project also will increase access through respite mini-grants that target rural and Hispanic elders. A statewide education and information campaign includes Breakfast Clubs to support and educate family caregivers.

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH, Lansing, Mich. -- $282,373 -- To integrate various systems to improve care for persons with dementia. Test models of support services, focus on care coordination between physicians, families, and voluntary health organizations, improve education, training, and access to resources and information and enhance the efficiency of statewide voluntary health organizations for Alzheimer's, Huntington's and Parkinson's diseases.

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Jackson, Miss. -- $252,000 -- To develop volunteer-staffed day respite programs with targeted outreach and service delivery to African- Americans. Project will expand the capacities of existing in-home and group respite, homemakers, and personal care services, and to improve the long-term care workforce by providing educational training programs.

NEW YORK STATE OFFICE FOR THE AGING, Albany, N.Y. -- $305,000 -- To develop direct services to persons with developmental disabilities (DD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) designed to help them remain in family and group homes in their communities. The project will provide information, training and support group services to family caregivers, and develop comprehensive professional training programs to create an AD/DD competent workforce.

OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Oklahoma City, Okla. --- $338,363 --To develop an in-home respite and companion visitation and support program using mentors and volunteers, working in teams, to provide direct home and community based services targeted to African- American, Native American and rurally isolated populations. The project will train students to deliver specialized dementia care and support their on-the-job training program through mentors and on-site front line workers at adult day care and respite programs.

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGING, Harrisburg, Pa. --$349,012 --To develop the Pennsylvania Memory Loss Screening Program designed to create dementia screening and service delivery focused on serving Latino/Hispanic American, Asian-American, African-American and rural Pennsylvanians. The project will target the integration of medical and social support services. Facility based, in-home and overnight respite and adult day care will be provided.

WEST VIRGINIA BUREAU OF SENIOR SERVICES, Charleston, W.Va. -- $250,000 -- To identify and address needs of rural, low-income Appalachian and other West Virginia families struggling with Alzheimer's disease. Start-up grants to senior centers, as well as respite grants to local service organizations and direct respite care grants to families will be provided. A state wide toll-free help line will be created and training materials updated to include dementia training. Scout merit badges in Alzheimer's disease, dementia and the aging process will also be developed.

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