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Founded in 2011 by Ai-jen Poo and Sarita Gupta, Caring Across Generations is a national organization of family caregivers, parents, professional care workers, disabled people, and aging adults working to transform the way we give and receive care in this country so that everyone can live and age with dignity.
Caring Across Generations envisions a world where care is accessible, affordable, and equitable for everyone, so that all people can live, work and age with dignity. We want everyone to have the support, power and resources to choose how they would like to care and be cared for.
Our mission is to change our culture and policies in America to value and support caregiving. To that end, we seek to transform cultural norms and narratives about aging, disability and care; to win federal and state-level policy change; and to create a powerful coalition across the millions of us who are touched by care.
We engage all of our work to demand cultural and policy change and material investments for families who care across our issue pillars: affordable childcare, disability and aging, and paid leave.
Every family deserves high quality, affordable, culturally affirming child care. We need investments that value the true cost of care - including good jobs for workers.
Older adults and disabled people deserve to lead their lives on their own terms, and family caregivers need support. Accessible and affordable care in the home and community and a strong direct care workforce makes it all possible.
Our country is healthiest when workers have time to recover from an illness, welcome a new child, or care for their loved ones.
Our first state policy win: with our support OOC pressured the state to apply for Medicaid’s Balancing Incentive Program, shifting resources from nursing homes to home care.
Our first federal policy win: the Department of Labor finally granted home care workers the right to minimum wage and overtime protections through the Fair Labor Standards Act, effective October 2015.
Ai-jen Poo published The Age of Dignity, a historical overview of our nation’s care systems in the context of our current demographic shifts, grounded in lived experiences, and went on a national book tour to promote her vision for care.
We hosted storytelling workshops and featured stories of seniors and caregivers in live Moth showcases and NPR broadcasts.
The Kapuna Caregivers Act, a first-of-its-kind family caregiver benefit, was signed into law, signaling a huge win for family caregivers in the state.
Caring Across Generations played a leading role in establishing and shaping Storyline Partners, a network working to grow more inclusive, equal, and just entertainment industry through inclusive narratives in film & TV.
With our advocacy efforts, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed the state’s Long-Term Care Trust Act, which provides $36,500 worth of services to people in need of long-term care starting in 2022.
We partnered with National Academy for Social Insurance (NASI) to produce our landmark report: Designing Universal Family Care.
In 2018, we created our Care Fellowship to empower caregivers to advocate for themselves. Fellows have led our Get Out the Vote efforts, advocated for care issues directly with lawmakers, and were featured in high-profile media.
In 2023, we launched our Creative Care Council, an intimate cohort of celebrities with personal connections to care. Members leverage their unique platforms in comedy, media, film, TV, music, and fashion to advocate for care across DC and Hollywood.
Our movement secured its most expansive federal win yet, when President Biden signed an unprecedented executive order including 50 directives to federal agencies to address affordable child care, long-term aging and disability care, and job quality in the care workforce.
Caring Across Generations hosted the inaugural CareFest, a first-of-its-kind gathering convening 500 leaders and changemakers across business, entertainment, policy, and philanthropy to envision the future of care.
Caring Across Generations hosted a multi-state bus tour that brought caregivers’ stories directly to policymakers, building momentum for a stronger care infrastructure.
A continuous 60 hour vigil on the National Mall where caregivers, care workers, disabled people, and allies united to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Medicaid and defend against cuts through storytelling, advocacy, and creative action.
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