Alzheimer’s Disease Program Funding
State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-26
The table below illustrates state funds budgeted for the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Alzheimer’s Disease Program (ADP) for SFY 2025-26.
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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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.