NASHP Webinar Recording: How States Are Implementing the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers
The National Association for State Health Policy (NASHP) hosted a webinar February 5 on "How States are Implementing the National Strategy Family Caregivers." The video, slides and recap blog are now available.
The 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers has hundreds of action steps that public and private organizations at the local, state, and national level can take to better support caregivers. Since then, a range of states and organizations have developed supports for family caregiving in line with the National Strategy’s five goals. The Administration for Community Living (ACL) recently awarded grants to multiple states to support implementation of the National Strategy and increase access and awareness.
In the webinar, attendees learned about new and ongoing activity to support the National Strategy at the federal and state levels from the ACL, from JAHF, and from state administrators from the four states - CA, MA, MD and WI - that received the first ACL state caregiving implementation grants.
Read more about the webinar takeaways and related resources in NASHP's blog post.
Speakers included:
- Mary Lazare, Principal Deputy Administrator, ACL
- Bernice Hutchinson, Aging Services Program Specialist, Office of Supportive and Caregiver Services, ACL
- Nikaela Frederick, Aging Services Program Specialist, Office of Supportive and Caregiver Services, ACL
- Rani Snyder, President, JAHF
- Wendy Fox-Grage, Director of the RAISE Act Family Caregiver Center, NASHP (facilitator)
- Molly Wisniewski, Family Caregiver Program Manager, Maryland Department of Aging
- Leslie Smith-Ray, Client Community Services Director, Maryland Department of Aging
- Molly Evans, Senior Manager, Strategic Programs & Innovations, Massachusetts Executive Office of Aging & Independence
- Lynn Gall, Manager, Family Caregiver Support and Lifespan Respite Programs, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
- Theresa Weaver, Project Director, Division of Policy, Research, and Engagement, California Department of Aging
Watch the video, download the slides and read NASHP's recap blog.
Learn more about NASHP.
Go to NASHP's RAISE family caregiving resource center.
Learn more about the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.
Learn more about JAHF's co-support of NASHP's family caregiving.
original post 1/13/26 updated 4/21/26
