Center for Dementia Respite Innovation (CDRI)

The new Center for Dementia Respite Innovation (CDRI) is accepting applications for grants to support respite care innovation. The CDRI will award up to $20 million over five years to local respite care providers to develop and improve the quality of available services, especially in underserved communities. CDRI will support grant recipients through online training and technical assistance and will collect data and study the outcomes of these projects to inform public policy. Eligible organizations are public or private for-profit or non-profit entities, such as state and local governments, Indian tribal governments and organizations, faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, hospitals, and higher education institutions. USAging is a partner in the CDRI with the Alzheimer’s Association and Joseph Gaugler, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation, School of Public Health, at the University of Minnesota. The CDRI is made possible by a grant from the Administration for Community Living (ACL).