National Family Caregiver Support Program
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The National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP) offers grant flexibility to allow states to provide a continuum of caregiver services that best meet caregivers and individual needs. These may include information, assistance and other services. Services support family caregivers of persons age 60 and older and grandparents and relative caregivers of children not more than 18 years of age.
Implemented through the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, and the National Aging Services Network (which includes the Administration on Aging, 56 state units on aging; 655 area agencies on aging, 244 tribal organizations; and almost 30,000 service providers), the NFCSP is an integral part of our nation’s long-term care system.
The National Family Caregiver Support Program was authorized by the Older Americans Act (OAA), and is based in large part on successful programs and the needs expressed by family caregivers in discussions held across the country.
External Links
- Administration on Aging
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Elder Care Locator
- National Aging Services Network
- National Family Caregiver Support Program
- Older Americans Act
- Programs for Older Americans
- National Alliance for Caregiving
- Family Caregiving 101
- Family Caregiver Alliance
- National Family Caregivers Association
- Caregiver's Home Companion
- Medline Plus Caregivers
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