In-Home CARE Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
Creates a competitive grant program for home visiting, assessment, education, and referral services that support family caregivers and help care recipients remain at home.
Who Benefits and How
Family caregivers gain access to in-home assessment, education, training, referrals, and support services that can reduce burnout and help care recipients avoid institutionalization.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HHS must run the grant program and eligible organizations must provide extensive services, coordination, and reporting tied to the grants.
Key Provisions
- Establishes a 3-year competitive grant program for caregiver home visiting services.
- Defines eligible organizations, family caregivers, and the required assessment, training, referral, and support activities.
- Requires coordination with federal caregiving and health programs and prioritizes evidence-based, sustainable programs.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates a competitive grant program for home visiting, assessment, education, and referral services that support family caregivers and help care recipients remain at home.
Key Policy Areas
Social Welfare, Healthcare, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Creates a competitive grant program for home visiting, assessment, education, and referral services that support family caregivers and help care recipients remain at home.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Family caregivers
- Individuals with chronic conditions, disabilities, or functional limitations receiving care at home
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- HHS grant administrators
- Grant recipients responsible for delivering the required services
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Cory A. Booker
D-NJ | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Booker (for himself and Mr. Kim) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Eligible organizations providing caregiver support services
Family caregivers receiving home visiting support
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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