Texas allocates $3 billion for Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT)

Earlier this month, voters took a huge step toward improving the lives of more than 460,000 Texans living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias with the passage of Proposition 14, which created a constitutional amendment to fund the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT). The new constitutional amendment, which passed by a margin of 2-to-1, will authorize DPRIT to distribute $3 billion in allocated funds over 10 years to improve dementia-related research, prevention, treatment, and care. The money will come from existing state resources, not new taxes or bonds.