The Family Caregiver and Direct Care Worker Initiative

Grant Summary

This project’s goal is to better integrate support for both direct care workers and family caregivers who form the frontline of support for older adults who reside in their homes by assisting with daily activities such as eating, bathing and dressing. Funding will enable PHI, the leading national non-profit supporting direct-care workers, and the National Alliance for Caregiving to identify and map the health and social service regulations, training, health systems technology needs and funding mechanisms that affect the interconnected relationship between family caregivers and direct care workers. The project will present policy recommendations to educate federal and select state policymakers.

Related Grant Resources

• PHI and NAC: Direct Care Worker and Family Caregiver Initiative - Together in Care