[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60684-60685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21697]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


2022 National Strategy To Support Family Caregivers Available for 
Public Comments

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services/Administration for 
Community Living.

ACTION: Notice of 60-day public comment period.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Recognize, Assist, 
Include, Support and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act of 2017, the 
Administration for Community Living (ACL) is making the 2022 National 
Strategy to Support Family Caregivers (the Strategy) available for 
public comment for a period of 60 days. Public comments received will 
be used to inform the ongoing work of the Family Caregiving Advisory 
Council and the Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising 
Grandchildren, as well as to inform future updates to the Strategy.

DATES: Submit comments on or before November 30, 2022.
    Submission: The 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers 
is available at: https://acl.gov/CaregiverStrategy. Submit all comments 
via the online form available at: https://acl.gov/CaregiverStrategy/Comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Link, Director, Office of 
Supportive and Caregiver Services, Administration for Community Living, 
via email at [email protected] or at (202) 795-7386.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Strategy is intended to serve as a 
national roadmap for better recognizing and supporting family and 
kinship caregivers of all ages, backgrounds, and caregiving situations.
    It includes nearly 350 actions the federal government will take to 
support family caregivers in the coming year and more than 150 actions 
that can be adopted at other levels of government and across the 
private sector to build a system to support family caregivers.
    The strategy was developed jointly by the advisory councils 
established by the Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage 
(RAISE) Family Caregivers Act and the Supporting Grandparents Raising 
Grandchildren (SGRG) Act, with extensive input from family caregivers, 
the people they support and other stakeholders. ACL leads 
implementation of the RAISE and SGRG Acts and facilitates the work of 
the two advisory councils.
    Each year, around 53 million people provide a broad range of 
assistance to support the health, quality of life and independence of a 
person close to them who needs assistance as they age or due to a 
disability or chronic health condition. Another 2.7 million grandparent 
caregivers--and an unknown number of other relative caregivers--open 
their arms and homes each year to millions of children who cannot 
remain with their parents. Millions of older adults and people with 
disabilities would not be able to live in their communities without 
this essential support--and replacing it with paid services would cost 
an estimated $470 billion each year.
    While family caregiving is rewarding, it can be challenging, and 
when caregivers do not have the support they need, their health, 
wellbeing and quality of life often suffer. Their financial future can 
also be put at risk; lost income due to family caregiving is estimated 
at $522

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billion each year. When the challenges become overwhelming and family 
caregivers no longer can provide support, the people they care for 
often are left with no choices except moving to nursing homes and other 
institutions or to foster care--the cost of which is typically borne by 
taxpayers.
    The strategy represents the first time a broad cross-section of the 
federal government has collaborated with the private sector on a 
response to the longstanding national need for a comprehensive system 
of family caregiver support. It is the product of comprehensive 
analysis and input from 15 federal agencies and more than 150 
organizations representing a range of stakeholders from across the 
nation. It builds upon the initial reports delivered to Congress in 
2021 by the RAISE Family Caregiving Advisory Council and the SGRG 
Advisory Council.
    For more information, see also the RAISE Family Caregiving Advisory 
Council web page: https://acl.gov/RAISE; the Initial RAISE Family 
Caregivers Act Report to Congress: https://acl.gov/RAISE/report; the 
Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren web 
page: https://acl.gov/SGRG; the Initial SGRG Act Report to Congress: 
https://acl.gov/SGRG/report.
    Solicitation of Public Comments: ACL is requesting comments on (a) 
the most important topics/issues for the Advisory Councils to focus on 
moving forward; and (b) issues that were not covered by the initial 
strategy that should be addressed in future updates.

    Dated: September 30, 2022.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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