Thursday, April 18, 2024
4/18/2024
Although Hawaii has received federal ACL grants to implement and evaluate evidence-based and best practice dementia support programs, the state has not synthesized and coordinated these efforts statewide nor updated the ADRD State Plan in direct alignment with CDC Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map guidance. The state plan was published in 2013 with little implementation and the advisory committee and workgroups were quickly disbanded due to lack of leadership and limited resources. With new leadership at the Executive Office on Aging (EOA), Hawaii will build a strong public health infrastructure to address Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (ADRD) by: 1) engaging a comprehensive and diverse stakeholder group to address ADRD needs, challenges, and opportunities; 2) providing resources and structure to update the ADRD State Plan that aligns with the CDC Road Map, and includes primary, secondary and tertiary prevention approaches; and 3) plan for programmatic and policy changes to sustain Hawaii’s public health programs, increase knowledge and awareness of brain health and ADRD, and build a dementia capable public health workforce.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
