State Learning Collaborative on Integrating Direct Care Workforce and Family Caregiving Policies

Grant Summary

This grant to ADvancing States will build on the work of the Administration for Community Living’s Direct Care Workforce Strategies Center by developing a learning collaborative for up to eight states to develop policies that support both family caregivers and direct care workers. The learning collaborative will include states seeking to reach older adults and people with disabilities who are low-income and minority, live in rural settings, have Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, have limited English proficiency and may be at risk of nursing home placement. ADvancing States will host a full-day session on paid and unpaid caregiving issues at its annual Home and Community-Based Services Conference, providing the learning collaborative with opportunities to engage in-person and with other states. The learning collaborative will result in customized action plans for participating states to facilitate the implementation of policies such as creating new caregiver benefits or training programs for case managers on integrating input from direct care workers and family caregivers into care plans.

Related Grant Resources

• ADvancing States Call for State Participants: Cross-State Caregiving Collaborative Application Open