Letters

• Secured a landmark win by embedding the RAISE Act definition of family caregiver into H.R. 1, creating a pathway to exempt eligible family caregivers from Medicaid work requirements.
• Won increased federal funding for key caregiver programs in the FY2026 Older Americans Act—meaningful gains in a climate of budget cuts and program eliminations.
• Strengthened Medicare support for family caregivers, expanding payment for Caregiver Training Services, securing permanent telehealth access, and helping curb a proposed home health payment cut.
• Advanced reauthorization of the Older Americans Act, working with the Senate HELP Committee to boost funding authorization for caregiver programs and sustain the National Strategy and RAISE Act.
• Elevated family caregiving as a national priority, winning gubernatorial declarations in seven states and Senate passage of a National Family Caregivers Month resolution.

Policy Letters