Alzheimer’s Disease Program Funding
State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022-23
The table below illustrates state funds budgeted for
the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Alzheimer’s Disease Program
(ADP) for SFY 2022-23. ADP made major revisions to the funding table for
clarity; as a result, funding amounts may not be consistent with amounts from
state fiscal years prior to 2022-23.
Ongoing Funding
$3,116,000
| - Funding: CA State General Fund – Effective 1984 and Ongoing.1
- Purpose: To allocate and administer grants to a statewide
network of 10 dementia care centers at university medical schools established
to improve dementia health care delivery, provide specialized training and
education to health care professionals, and advance the diagnosis and treatment
of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRDs).
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$3,115,000
| - Funding: CA State General Fund – Effective SFY 2018–19 and Ongoing.2
- Purpose: To allocate and administer research grants in connection to ADRDs.
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$3,000,000
| - Funding: CA State General Fund – Effective SFY 2019–20 and Ongoing.3
- Purpose: To allocate and administer research grants related to
ADRDs with a focus on understanding the higher prevalence of Alzheimer’s
disease among women and communities of color. Grant funding will also seek to
increase early detection and diagnosis and develop effective approaches to
treatment and caregiver support.
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$687,000
| - Funding: California Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia
Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund – effective 1987 and ongoing.4
- Purpose: Allows taxpayers to designate a specified amount on state tax returns (in excess of tax liability) to be transferred to the CDPH ADRDs Research Fund.
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Limited Term Funding
$3,333,333
| - Funding: CA State General Fund - one-time expenditure authority
of $10,000,000 from
SFY 2021–22 to 2023–24.6
- Purpose: To create an ADRDs public awareness campaign focused
on educating the public on the signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and
related dementias and use targeted outreach to connect with populations at
greater risk of developing ADRDs.
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$1,500,000
| - Funding: CA State General Fund - one-time expenditure authority
of $4,500,000 from
SFY 2021–22 to 2023–24.7,8
- Purpose(s):
- To design a statewide standards of dementia care model.
- To create an open-source tool for wide scale adoption by California medical practices seeking to stratify patients who would benefit from earlier brain health screenings.
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$1,333,333
| - Funding: CA State General Fund - One-time expenditure authority
of $4,000,000 from
SFY 2021–22 to 2023–24.9
- Purpose: To develop a caregiver training program that will
elevate care in communities throughout California by expanding access to
evidence-based, dementia-related education and training for caregivers.
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$666,666
| - Funding: CA State General Fund - One-time expenditure authority
of $2,000,000
from SFY 2021–22 to 2023–24.10
- Purpose: To allocate grants to California cities or local health jurisdictions to address dementia in communities most at-risk for ADRDs through place-based and built environment interventions.
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$3,333,333
| - Funding: CA State General Fund - one-time expenditure authority
of $10,000,000 awarded from SFY 2022-23 to SFY 2024-25.11
- Purpose: To provide funding to local health jurisdictions
(LHJs) to promote cognitive health, address cognitive impairment for people
living in the community, and help meet caregiver needs. This initiative follows
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthy Brain Initiative
State and Local Road Map.
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*These projects are part of the 2021 Budget Act that authorized expenditures of $24.5 million in General Funds for Alzheimer's disease awareness, research, and training until SFY 2023-24.
Alzheimer’s Disease Program Description
The CDPH ADP was established pursuant to Assembly Bill 2225 (Chapter 1601, Statutes of 1984) and was expanded pursuant to Senate Bill 139 (Chapter 303, Statutes of 1988). The mission of the ADP is to reduce the human burden and economic costs associated with ADRDs, and ultimately to assist in discovering the cause and treatment of this disease.
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Table references:
1. Through the 1984 legislation, the Alzheimer's Disease Program established a statewide network of 10 California Alzheimer's Disease Centers (CADCs) to focus on treatment and research of ADRD. Of the total funds currently appropriated for CADCs, $2,818,000 is allocated to local assistance, and $298,000 is allocated to state operations.
2. Under the provisions of the 2018 Budget Act, ADP received $3,115,000 on an ongoing annual basis for local assistance.
3. As part of the 2019 Budget Act, CDPH received $3 million on an ongoing basis with $2.7 million allocated each SFY to local assistance and $300,000 allocated to state operations.
4. The 1987 legislation expanded Alzheimer's disease funding by establishing the Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund. ADP awards grants through a competitive process to researchers in California engaged in the study of Alzheimer's disease or related areas, such as caregiving. In SFY 2022-23, $494,000 was allocated to local assistance to support CDPH's Alzheimer's Disease Research Awards executed in 2018–19, and $193,000 was dedicated to state operations.
5. Under the provisions of the 2021 Budget Act, $4 million was allocated to ADRD research over three SFYs from SFY 2021–22 to SFY 2023–24. The focus of the research was guided by Recommendation #2 of the ten final recommendations from the report, “Governor's Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease Prevention, Preparedness and the Path Forward (PDF)."
6. As part of the 2021 Budget Act, $10 million was allocated to an Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign from SFY 2021–22 to SFY 2023–24. The focus of the research was guided by Recommendation #3 of the ten final recommendations from the report, “Governor's Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease Prevention, Preparedness and the Path Forward (PDF)."
7. Of the $4,500,000 awarded to ADP for work in standardizing dementia care, $3.825 million was allocated to local assistance – $1.7 million was put toward designing a statewide standard of dementia care model, and $2.125 million toward creating an open-source tool for medical practitioners to determine patients, who would benefit from earlier brain health screenings.
8. The focus of the development of standards of dementia care was guided by Recommendation #10 of the ten final recommendations from the report, “Governor's Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease Prevention, Preparedness and the Path Forward (PDF)."
9. As part of the 2021 Budget Act, $3.4 million was allocated to a caregiver training program and $600,000 for state operations over three SFYs from SFY 2021–22 to SFY 2023–24. The focus of the caregiver training program was guided by Recommendation #7 of the ten final recommendations from the report, “Governor's Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease Prevention, Preparedness and the Path Forward (PDF)."
10. As part of the 2021 Budget Act, $1.7 million was allocated from SFY 2021–22 to SFY 2023–24 for California cities or local health jurisdictions to build the necessary infrastructure for a dementia-friendly community. The focus of this initiative was guided by Recommendation #8 of the ten final recommendations from the report, “Governor's Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease Prevention, Preparedness and the Path Forward (PDF)." Three hundred thousand dollars was budgeted for state operations.
11. Through the 2022 Budget Act, ADP received $10 million to support the six pilot local health jurisdictions and six new local health jurisdictions in the Healthy Brain Initiative. Eight and a half million dollars was allocated to local assistance, and one and half million dollars went to state operations for SFY 2022-23 to SFY 2024–25.