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Information on the National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP) is organized by state. Simply click on the state you're interested in learning more about.
- NFCSP State Contacts (word)
- State Caregiver Websites (word)
State Profiles on Caregiving
Family Caregiver Alliance received a three year cooperative agreement from AoA to conduct a 50 state survey on the financing and delivery of home and community-based services to family caregivers. The state profiles, based on The State of the States in Family Caregiving Support: A 50-State Survey, can be found on their website, http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=1271 . Each profile contains:
- Population Statistics
- Estimates of Informal Caregivers
- Estimates of Care Recipients
- Economic Indicators
- Long Term Care Infrastructure
- State Caregiver Programs
State Fact Sheets for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children
AARP, Generations United, and several other organizations have produced a series of state specific fact sheets containing information on grandparents and other relatives raising children. These fact sheets can be accessed at: http://www.aarp.org/research/family/grandparenting/aresearch-import-488.html .
The information in the fact sheets includes:
- Census Data on the Number of Grandparent Caregivers and the Children They Are Raising
- A Comprehensive List of Local Programs, Resources and Services
- State Foster Care Policies for Kinship Caregivers
- Information about Key Public Benefit Programs
- Important State Laws
- National Organizations That May Be of Help