Professionals and Providers
State by State Profiles
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.
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, located here. 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 here
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
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