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Caregiving Youth Service Hour Recognition
After helping care for their grandmother with Alzheimer's, Charlie and A.J. began to communicate about Caregiving Youth and raise awareness about the issue.
One idea that grew out of that experience was: if students receive service hours for volunteering in their communities, caregiving at home should count too. Our family developed an idea and later worked with the American Association of Caregiving Youth (AACY) to help make service hour recognition available to all kids who are caregiving for family members at home.
If you help care for someone in your household and would like to apply for service hour recognition through AACY, you can learn more here:
Caregiving Youth Service Hour Pilot Program – Click Here
One idea that grew out of that experience was: if students receive service hours for volunteering in their communities, caregiving at home should count too. Our family developed an idea and later worked with the American Association of Caregiving Youth (AACY) to help make service hour recognition available to all kids who are caregiving for family members at home.
If you help care for someone in your household and would like to apply for service hour recognition through AACY, you can learn more here:
Caregiving Youth Service Hour Pilot Program – Click Here
Resource Guide for Caregiving Youth
The Resource Guide for Caregiving Youth, developed by the American Association of Caregiving Youth (AACY) with support from the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) and The John A. Hartford Foundation, was created to help inform implementation of the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers under the RAISE Family Caregivers Act.
The guide provides research, definitions, examples, and practical guidance to help educators, administrators, service providers, and others better understand and support Caregiving Youth.
Contributors to the guide include Connie Siskowski, RN, PhD, AACY Founder and President; Sara Poole, Founder of Kids Are Caregivers Too and Co-Chair of the AACY National Advisory Council; and Ann Faraone, EdD, AACY Director of Education Services.
Families can use this guide to explain their caregiving circumstances, show that Caregiving Youth is a real and recognized issue, and help schools, providers, and others better understand the need for support.
Resource Guide for Caregiving Youth – Click Here
The guide provides research, definitions, examples, and practical guidance to help educators, administrators, service providers, and others better understand and support Caregiving Youth.
Contributors to the guide include Connie Siskowski, RN, PhD, AACY Founder and President; Sara Poole, Founder of Kids Are Caregivers Too and Co-Chair of the AACY National Advisory Council; and Ann Faraone, EdD, AACY Director of Education Services.
Families can use this guide to explain their caregiving circumstances, show that Caregiving Youth is a real and recognized issue, and help schools, providers, and others better understand the need for support.
Resource Guide for Caregiving Youth – Click Here
For additional information and resources related to Caregiving Youth, visit American Association of Caregiving Youth (U.S.) or Carers Trust (U.K.).