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Proposal Type: Policy and Advocacy Reports

Family & Individual Needs for Disability Supports (FINDS): FINDS Community Report 2023

Proposes policy changes based on findings from a survey of family
caregivers supporting someone with intellectual and developmental
disabilities.

AARP: Respite Services: A Critical Support for Family Caregivers

Policy brief explores how respite care impacts family caregivers, and
the barriers to its use. It reviews innovative federal and state programs
that provide and/or pay for respite care.

National Alliance on Caregiving: Strengthening the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers – A Medicare Policy Framework

This policy brief explores a set of federal policy options to enhance
Medicare’s support for family caregivers and to improve access to
HCBS.

Roosevelt Institute: Direct Spending on Care Work: Thinking Beyond the Tax Code for Caregiving Infrastructure

Policy report highlights the negative impacts of the current lack of
affordable, quality care choices, and limited paid family leave.

AARP: National Legislative Priorities Survey

Summary of findings from a national poll of registered voters aged 18
and older. The survey asks about tax policies to support family
caregiving.

Bipartisan Policy Center: The Growing Cost of Inaction: A Practical Framework for Addressing the Long-Term Care Financing Challenge

This report describes long-term care financing and the challenges of
providing long-term care to our growing aging population.

The Ability Lab: Supporting America’s 53 Million Family Caregivers

Policy brief provides an overview of the family caregiver experience and
the current options to support family caregivers. It includes
recommendations to expand and enhance supports for family
caregivers. Includes recommendations for Congress.

Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center: Beyond Tax Credits — A Path to Meaningful Paid Family Leave

Policy report highlights the negative impacts of the current lack of
affordable, quality care choices, and limited paid family leave.

Institute for Women’s Policy Research: Promoting Access to Care: Caregiving and Families

This report highlights the nationwide crisis driven by decades of
underinvestment in childcare and long-term care, leaving families
unable to afford needed services and without caregiving support.

AARP: Spectrum of Financial Supports for Family Caregivers

Details the financial impact of caregiving. Report proposes state and
federal policies to address caregivers’ economic challenges.
Recommendations are summarized below.

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