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.
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.
Administration for Community Living, 2022: National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers
Federal report to Congress outlining the issues family caregivers face.
It provides recommendations for policy and program changes at the
federal, state, local, and private sector levels to better meet the needs
of family caregivers.
Center for Health Research & Transformation, 2021: Family Caregiver Support — State and Federal Policy and Programmatic Solutions
Policy brief describes trends in family caregiving and reviews six
different state and federal policy options to support family caregivers.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for contributions to the Alzheimer’s Research and Caregiving Trust Fund, and for other purposes.
This bill creates a voluntary federal income tax write-off allowing taxpayers to contribute to a new “Alzheimer’s Research and Caregiving Trust Fund.” The Trust Fund supports caregiver services and biomedical research.
Support Our Military Caregivers Act
This bill improves the appeals and review process for the VA Caregiver Support Program (CSP). It permits independent external review of denied caregiver applications.
Caregiver Program Information Improvement Act of 2017
The bill requires the Department of Defense to provide information about caregiver supports to service members during pre-separation counseling.