Caregiving Supports

This fact sheet outlines equity policy options that, if enacted, could strengthen economic security.

This brief begins with an overview of the range of existing approaches abroad to the provision of universal LTSS, and then considers lessons from an in-depth case study of the German program.

This fact sheet summarizes the temporary paid leave provisions enacted by Congress in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes: background on paid leave in the U.S., provisions in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, and provisions in the CARES Act, followed by a brief discussion of the impact on workers and their families.

This report explores strategies that states could pursue to better support families in meeting evolving care needs over the lifespan. The first three chapters of the report explore the challenges families face in the realms of early child care and education (ECCE), paid family and medical leave (PFML), and long-term services and supports (LTSS).

Universal Family Care (UFC) is One Integrated System of Family Care Supports, UFC helps families afford to provide or receive care over the course of their lives.

Universal Family Care Is a Holistic, Integrated Approach to Care Policy. Families don’t experience care needs in isolation. Busy family caregivers need a streamlined system of supports to manage their care needs.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inadequacy and inequality in our country’s care infrastructure. A patchwork of programs exists at the state and federal level to help low- and middle-income families pay the costs of early childcare and education, long-term services and supports, and taking time off work to care for a loved one, but these programs are chronically underfunded and inaccessible to many.

Designing a State-Based Universal Family Care Program: Four Illustrative Approaches. Only contributors can benet; vesting requirement for long-term services and supports. Modest benets, but sucient to help most people. Stable, predictable funding.

Time off to provide care for the health and well-being of a family member or for a worker’s own illness or injury is a near-universal need of workers from all backgrounds. Paid family and medical leave offers protection against financial hardship for employees…

This fact sheet summarizes the temporary paid leave provisions enacted by Congress in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes: background on paid leave in the U.S., provisions in the Families First Coronavirus Response…

States are Leading the Way with Social InsurancePrograms for Paid Family and Medical Leave. Paid Family and Medical Leave programs have been successfully implemented in a number of states.

This brief begins with an overview of the range of existing approaches abroad to the provision of universal LTSS, and then considers lessons from an in-depth case study of the German program.

Universal LTSS Could Support and Strengthen 21st Century Families. Social insurance could provide universal, affordable LTC coverage. Would address core problem: Lack of affordable insurance mechanism for vast majority of Americans to protect against financial risks of LTSS.

This fact sheet summarizes the temporary paid leave provisions enacted by Congress in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes: background on paid leave in the U.S., provisions in the Families First Coronavirus Response…

Who would benefit from alternative coverage durations and start times? Programs covering the first 2 years of LTSS would cover entire duration of care for the 51% who will need care for less than 2 years.