Across America, families are struggling to find affordable, flexible care for aging loved ones. At the same time, many Americans—particularly students—are looking for affordable housing and meaningful, flexible opportunities that fit their lives.
The American Caregivers Act creates a new pathway that connects caregivers with families through vetted sponsoring organizations, making it easier to access safe, affordable, in-home care while creating new opportunities for American students interested in providing meaningful support to seniors. The American Caregivers Act focuses exclusively on non-medical caregiving, helping older Americans who need companionship and daily living assistance—not skilled nursing care.
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The Challenge
Families across the country are facing a growing caregiving crisis caught between the need for in-home care and the availability of affordable options.
- Non-medical, day-to-day care for seniors is increasingly difficult to secure.
- Middle-income families are often priced out of private care but do not qualify for public programs.
- Too often, public policies and regulations make home-based support less accessible than it should be.
- Regulatory barriers have restricted access to flexible, companionship-based caregiving models.
A Proven Model—Expanded For American Families
For decades, the federally authorized Au Pair Program has successfully connected families with in-home child care through a structured, sponsor-led model. It is well tested and widely used by American families.
The American Caregivers Act builds on that success, adapting the same proven framework into a domestic caregiving model that expands access to senior care.
The American Caregivers Act establishes a sponsor-led caregiving program designed to expand access to affordable, flexible, non-medical, in-home care, without creating a new government spending program.
