Healthy Brain Initiative (HBI) Road Map Strategists Program

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The Alzheimer's Association will provide funding to increase the capacity of local health departments (LHDs), tribal health organizations, and their community partners to address cognitive health.

Awardees will receive direct funding, training, and technical assistance to establish a part-time HBI Road Map Strategist to advance population health approaches related to dementia. Population health professionals will receive training and technical assistance that enables them to:

• Develop expertise in Alzheimer's and dementia from a life-course perspective, including understanding related social and structural determinants of health and expert recommendations for governmental public health action
• Educate local community health professionals about dementia
• Provide local leadership in prioritizing, implementing, coordinating, and sustaining actions from the HBI State and Local Road Map for Public Health, 2023 - 2027

Eligible applicants are local health departments and tribal organizations. Applicants must designate a specific senior or mid-career employee with public health knowledge to actively and fully participate in the Road Map Strategist initiative.

Award amount: $48,000
Project period: January - November 2024, with opportunities to remain involved afterwards through an alumni program
Estimated number of awards: 8

Awardees will also receive virtual educational events, coaching, technical assistance, tools, and peer learning

Links to application instructions and the online application are available on the program website.