Vendor needs to provide persons with dementia public awareness, education and resources service. • Agency is seeking Proposals from qualified responders for regional and local projects to: – Increase awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias – Promote the benefits of early identification – Increase the rate of cognitive testing – Connect individual’s caregiving for persons with dementia to education and resources • Project Focus Categories: – Increase Awareness – Programs or projects that increase the public’s awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias – Promote Early Identification – Programs or projects that use culturally appropriate screening tools to facilitate and increase referrals to healthcare professionals for cognitive assessment testing – Increase Cognitive Testing – Programs or projects that increase the rate of cognitive testing, promote cross-referral, and integrate a communication protocol between the partnering entities – Connect Family, Friends, and Neighbors Caregiving – Programs or projects that connect family, friends, and neighbors who are caregiving for persons with Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias to services, education, and resources