Caregiver Services and Supports
Innovations in Family Caregiver Services and Supports Initiative
Unpaid family caregivers provide a wide range of services, including transportation, food preparation, housekeeping and personal care. These and other services enable care recipients to remain living where they wish—at home and in the community—with dignity and independence.
With funding from the U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL), USAging and its partners are working to expand and enhance the capacity of the Aging Network to strengthen and spur innovation in the development and implementation of person and family-centered services and supports that meet the needs of the nation’s caregivers.
Caregiver Services and Supports Innovations Hub
The Innovations Hub is an online clearinghouse that facilitates the exchange of programs that aim to foster the development of innovative caregiver services and supports in the Aging Network.
Caregiver Services and Supports Action Guides
USAging, in collaboration with our partners, has developed Action Guides to help Aging Network organizations develop and strengthen innovative caregiver services and supports. These guides align with Goal 3 of the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers and are designed to provide practical program implementation strategies and resources.
Caregiver Champion Collaborative
The Caregiver Champion Collaborative serves as a learning and peer exchange forum for caregiving managers and staff across the Aging Network to get the latest information, resources and networking opportunities to participate in scaling up existing caregiving efforts.
Innovations in Caregiver Services and Supports Pilot Sites
USAging has awarded 18-month seed grants to eight Aging Network organizations to support the development of new, or expansion of existing innovative caregiver practices and programs aimed at meeting the unique needs of caregivers across the nation.
Innovations in Caregiver Services and Supports Virtual Summit
USAging hosted the first annual Innovations in Caregiver Services and Supports Virtual Summit on September 18, 2025. The Summit brought together caregiving leaders, innovators and advocates to highlight promising practices and the latest research shaping how we support family caregivers.
Project Partners
USAging collaborates with a group of funded partners to develop and share caregiving resources across the Aging Network. In addition, a dedicated group of Subject Matter Experts serves as advisors to provide input on key activities for this project.This project is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $4,230,380 with 75 percentage funded by ACL/HHS and $1,410,127 and 25 percentage funded by non-government source(s). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, ACL/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
Project Lead
Meredith Hanley, Director
Cara Goldstein, Assistant Director