Making America Healthy Again — Dementia Disparities (OMH) — Seed
Supports community-based teams reducing dementia and brain-health disparities in underserved groups through social-determinant-focused strategies.
The Making America Healthy Again by Addressing Dementia Disparities programme is administered by the Office of Minority Health (OMH) within the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), operating under the authority of Section 1707 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 300u-6). The programme funds time-limited demonstration projects that test innovative, evidence-based, and community-focused approaches to reducing disparities in brain health as populations age. Projects must employ community-based strategies that address social determinants of health and environmental risk factors in the settings where people live, work, learn, play, and worship, with a focus on reducing racial and ethnic disparities in subjective cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease risk. The initiative is aligned with the Make America Healthy Again Commission and HHS Secretary priorities for chronic disease prevention.
The FY 2025 competition (opportunity number MP-CPI-25-001) offered a total programme funding pool of USD 5 million across an expected nine awards, with individual grants ranging from USD 450,000 to USD 600,000. Budget periods are typically 12 months, with multi-year projects requiring non-competing continuation applications for each subsequent period. Eligible applicants are private non-profit and public faith-based organisations, community-based organisations, and American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native American organisations. Cost sharing or matching is not required. Projects are expected to develop plans for sustainability beyond the period of OMH support.
The FY 2025 opportunity remained in forecasted status with no archive date as of May 2026, and the programme aligns with recurring federal health priorities, suggesting it is likely to recur in subsequent fiscal years. Organisations interested in applying should monitor grants.gov and simpler.grants.gov for new fiscal year notices, and may contact the OMH grants office at OMHGrants@hhs.gov or 240-453-8444.
Community-based demonstration projects addressing dementia and brain-health disparities in minority and underserved populations through evidence-based strategies targeting social determinants of health.
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