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Making the Case: Saving Your State’s Caregiver Support Programs
12/16/2009 | Requests *Summary
Are you an advocate, program administrator, service provider or caregiver fighting for your state and local caregiver support programs? This report includes background information, statistics, talking points and a list of additional resources to help make the case for maintaining public funding for crucial caregiver support services. Additional resources are listed, as well as a chart detailing prevalence and economic value of family caregiving by state.
Author
Available Files
- Report PDF (109K, 8 pages)
Keywords
Advocacy; Caregiving; vulnerable residents; National Family Caregiver Support Program; NFCSP; Title IIIE; Older Americans Act; State Units on Aging; SUA; Area Agencies on Aging; impact of caregiving; long-term care statistics; valuing the invaluable; Houser, A. & Gibson, M.J.
Topic
Workforce/Direct Care
Type/Tool
Data, Reports
Source
Family Caregiver Alliance
State
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, All States/Territories
Date Created
03/16/2010
Contact
Family Caregiver Alliance
National Center on Caregiving
180 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA 94104
800-445-8106
National Center on Caregiving
180 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA 94104
800-445-8106
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Permission to use any element of this document should be obtained by the above named contact person. Always name the originator as the source of this material.
* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
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