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Family Caregiver Support Program

What is the Family Caregiver Support Program?

For individuals with a high-risk for nursing home placement, funds can be used to target low and moderate income individuals and their caregivers who may be better served through home and community-based services. Through a variety of consumer-directed options, such consumers may select their own providers and direct how their services will be delivered. The types of available service depend on the county.

Who is Eligible?

  • Family caregivers of a person with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia may be served regardless of the age of the person with dementia.
  • Grandparents and other relative caregivers providing care to children (under age 18 years) may receive services at 55 years of age and older;
  • Grandparent or relative caregivers, providing care for adult children with a disability, who are between 19 and 59 years of age, can now be served under the NFCSP as follows:
    • Caregivers must be age 55 years and older
    • Priority is given to caregivers providing care for an adult child with severe disabilities
    • Services provided to these caregivers are not counted against the 10% ceiling for grandparents and other caregivers providing care to children under the age of 18 years
  • Older caregivers providing care to their adult children with disabilities can be served in the NFCSP if the adult children are 60 years of age and older.

How to Apply?

Call the regional Area Agency on Aging to find the service in your county.

Contacts/Resources

  1. Regional Area Agency on Aging: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/aging/aaa.htm

Last updated: May 23, 2008