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​The Silent Epidemic Affecting Generation Z

​There are at least three million caregivers under age twenty-five in America. The burdens they face are unprecedented. Their resolve is our only hope.

By Anna Altman
​PUBLISHED: JAN 12, 2023
This story was supported by the journalism nonprofit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a42287580/gen-z-caregivers/


November 18, 2022 | History was made today. Caregiving Youth were formally recognized for the first time ever in the United States.

​Reps. Frankel, Barbara Lee, and Salazar Lead Resolution to Recognize and Support Caregiving Youth

Washington, DC – This week, Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-21), Barbara Lee (D-CA-13), and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27) introduced a resolution designating November 13-19, 2022, as National Caregiving Youth Week, and to recognize the efforts and sacrifices of youth under 18 caring for a loved one.
 
The resolution:
Supports the designation of National Caregiving Youth Week;
Recognizes caregiving youth in the United States as an underserved and underrecognized population;

Encourages educators, policymakers, health care professionals, and more to become more familiar with the work, needs, and contributions of caregiving youth; and

Supports Federal initiatives to provide up-to-date nationwide research on caregiving youth.

​Full Resolution Here

​Social Policy Report

​The United States should recognize and support caregiving youth

​Abstract
In the United States, more than 5.4 million children and adolescents under age 18 provide care for family members who are aging or have chronic illness, disability, or other health conditions that require assistance. In this policy report, we describe youth’s care for the family, and highlight the increasing prevalence, global challenges, and uneven successes of measurement and categorization. We briefly summarize research on how caregiving affects youth’s academic, social, and emotional well-being. Next, we present novel, emerging evidence from the public school-based 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey for the State of Florida, which suggests that as many as 24% of middle school students and 16% of high school students provide at least some care to the family on a regular basis. Drawing on this evidence, we discuss targeted social programs which have been shown to promote the well-being of caregiving youth outside of the United States, as well as a 13-year-old school-based intervention in The School District of Palm Beach County, Florida. We conclude with specific recommendations for a path toward recognizing and supporting caregiving youth via policy and practice in the United States. Our aim is to increase the awareness and feasibility of identifying and supporting caregiving youth and their families via government-organized data collection and targeted social policies. Full Report Here

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A Graceful Life – Our Caregiving Youth | NewsRadio WINA - 98.9 FM & 1070 AM - Charlottesville, VA
With an estimated 3.5 - 4.5 million youths are caring for a loved one at home. This segment of children are more likely to have significant issues with school, tardiness and absences which often leads to dropping out of school. The American Association of Caregiving Youth (AACY) is addressing this social issue. ​Jeanne McCusker discusses this topic with Dr. Richard Lindsay, AJ & Charlie Poole.

WXXI News | More Youths Are Becoming Home Caregivers. Experts Say They Need More Help and Support
​Daniela Castro-Martinez (R) with her mom, Sandra. Daniela became a youth caregiver after her mother’s ALS diagnosis. 

McLean Brothers, High School Students Charlie, and A.J. Poole Raise Awareness for Caregiving Youth
The boys shared their story on caregiving for their grandmother through Alzheimer’s at the 6th Annual Brain Bowl event in Boca Raton, FL and are launching a local pilot program to help recognize caregiving youth

Youth Caregivers: Before, During, and After the Pandemic

GENERATIONS JOURNAL - FALL 2021

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​Youth Caregivers: Black and Brown Young People Have Cared for Relatives During COVID
This op-ed argues why we must #buildbackbetter for Black and Latinx youth who have caregiving responsibilities.
​TeenVogue

​Millions of U.S. teens and children are caregivers for ill or disabled family members
​Youngsters without support can be at high risk for physical and mental problems in adulthood
marketwatch.com

Juggling Her Brothers’ Needs and Her Own
New York Times

Lawmaker takes an interest in challenges facing youth caregivers

WPTV Channel 5 Palm Beach

Should Parents Add Kids to the Family Caregiving Team?
​THE CAREGIVING RELATIONSHIP HAS RISKS AND BENEFITS FOR KIDS AND GRANDPARENTS. HERE'S HOW TO STRIKE A BALANCE.

U.S. News & World Report

Yes, 8-Year-Old Caregivers Exist
About 1.4 million children ages 8 to 18 are caregivers in the U.S.

U.S. News & World Report

STUDY: ​Medication administration by caregiving youth:  An inside look at how adolescents manage medications for family  members

Journal of Adolescence
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A Little Bit Of Happy/Kid Caretakers - Announce Brand Change to Include 'Kids Are Caregivers Too' - evolving Social Media Identity With More Descriptive Name

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McLean Patch

​Featured Press | We were honored to be on this list from our favorite Hometown Publication | Heroes And Givers: McLean People Worth Remembering In 2017 | 'Between first responders reuniting with a girl they saved and child caregivers, we look at the best people stories in McLean from 2017.' By Emily Leayman, Patch Staff

​When Kids Are the Caregivers
Motivated by loyalty and love, kids take on oversized roles. Help is available. 

​U.S. News & World Report

​The US needs to support and recognize youth caregivers

The Hill

Kids as Caregivers

Michigan State University

​Spotlight on Longfellow MS Students Charlie and A.J. Poole and Their Campaign to Support Youth Caregivers

FCPS News Spotlight

​The Hidden Population of Caregiving Youth in Our Schools

Psychology Benefits Society | APPLYING PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, BENEFITING SOCIETY

Young caregivers need support as numbers grow, University of Waterloo researcher says Young caregivers miss out on sports, school, social life and stress of role may make them sick too

CBC NEWS | Thunder Bay

​McLean Boys Raise Awareness About Young Caregivers

By Emily Leayman Patch Publications

​​Children Who Give Care are Overlooked

Catholic Health Association of the United States

​With love and fear, Alzheimer's youngest caregivers watch over parents

CNN

Children as Caregivers -  by LeAne Austin, RN

Today's Caregiver

​Forced To Grow Up Too Fast, Canada's Young Caregivers Face Trauma

HUFFPOST | ​By Craig and Marc Kielburger

Help for a 'hidden population' of caregiving kids

CNN

Shining the Spotlight on Kids Who Care

Brainline.org

​Young Caregivers in the U.S | The Official Study Results 2005

The National Alliance for Caregiving

​Helping Children Understand Alzheimer's Disease

National Institute on Aging

The Impact Caretaking Has On Children

​UWM Today

ABC News Children Caregivers Face Difficult Challenges

ABC News

​When Kids Are the Caregivers

 U.S. News & World Report​

​A voice for America's caregiving kids

CNN

Supporting Children Who Serve as Caregivers

The New York Times

​Invisible caregivers More than a million children and adolescents are caring for family members. What are the consequences for their development?

​American Psychological Association

​Kids and Caregiving: How Much Should They Really Do?

Parent Society

Kids As Caregivers Face Special Challenges

NPR

Caregiving Kids May Be at Risk

Psych Central

How Caring for Parents Affects Your Children

AARP

Shining a Light on Young Caregivers

Aging Today

Minnesota's invisible caregivers: A growing army of children take care of family members in need

Minnesota Star Tribune

Youthful Faces of Caregiving – Children Spend 2.5+ Hours a Day Helping

​The Caregiver's Journal

​Children here experience parental loss at higher rate than national average

​Cincinnati Enquirer - Opioid​ Epidemic - "The epidemic's toll is hard to measure, but these numbers have to be considered every time you hear an ambulance passing or see one parked in the street," said Sharib. "Just about every time you see that, there are children involved.
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There Are More Than Five Million Kids in the United States Who Live With and Help Provide Daily Care for Household Members With a Physical or Mental Illness, Disability, or Frailty Associated With Aging,  Disease, or Other Condition. Nobody understands a caregiver like caregivers. We created this website to serve as a resource for the understanding of the problem, and to help motivate people, and facilitate educational, government, and healthcare organizations to identify/create opportunities to help solve it.
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