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July

Caring Across Generations is Formed

NDWA and JWJ launch a new campaign in response to families asking more and more domestic workers to care for their aging parents and relatives with Alzheimer’s.

June

Ohio Moves $170m to Home and Community Based Care

The Ohio Organizing Collaborative pressures the state to apply for Medicaid’s Balancing Incentive Program, shifting resources from nursing homes to home care.

September

Home Care Workers Win Workplace Protections

Righting history, the Department of Labor finally grants home care workers the right to minimum wage and overtime protections, effective October 2015.

September

Caring Across Celebrates Grandparents Day

This multi-year effort kicks off with events across the country and a #Granecdote campaign featuring celebs like Jordin Sparks and Quvenzhane' Wallis.

June

New York City Funds Care for Seniors Facing Poverty

An extra $1.5m is awarded to the Expanded In-home Services to the Elderly Program, providing essential care to 250 more at-risk residents.

September

Thousands Celebrate Grandparents Day

More than 100 people share stories about their grandparents and thousands vote for their favorites in our digital yearbook-inspired campaign, ThrowbackSummer.

October

Thousands of Missouri Care Workers Win a Raise

Caring Across partner Missouri Jobs with Justice supports the Missouri Home Care Union to win a contract raising pay up to $10.15/hour for 12,000 home care workers.

January

"The Age of Dignity Sparks a Conversation"

Caring Across Co-Director Ai-jen Poo goes on a nationwide book tour, outlining her vision for a Care Grid that can support us all.

February

Partnership with The Moth Brings Care Stories to Life

Caring Across partners with The Moth to host storytelling workshops and feature member stories in live showcases and NPR podcasts.

April

Colorado Commits to Plan for its Aging Future

9to5 Colorado and Colorado Jobs With Justice pressure the state to create a Strategic Planning Group on Aging.

May

Washington State Takes Long Term Care Seriously

Washingtonians for a Responsible Future win a state-funded commission to study public and private financing options by the end of 2016.

July

The White House Conference on Aging Features Caregiving

Caring Across organizes caregiving as a key topic of the WHCoA, where our co-directors present members’ concerns.

January - April

Push for Nation’s First Statewide Long-Term Care Insurance Program

Caring Across and Faith Action for Community Equity in Hawaiʻi run an unprecedented legislative campaign. The bill will be reintroduced in 2017.

June

Failed Challenge Secures Home Care Victory

The Supreme Court rejects the home care industry’s attempt to exclude caregivers from minimum wage and overtime protections.

June

Who Cares? Coalition Launches

Caring Across, Care.com, and New America announce a new effort to mobilize millennials and promote the economic value of caregiving at the White House’s United State of Women.

July

Hawai'i Passes Kupuna Caregivers

Creating the first ever statewide program to directly support family caregivers, Hawai'i is at the forefront of addressing the realities of 21st-century families struggling to manage and afford care for their loved ones.

Making Care a National Priority

Working with partners and allies, Caring Across creates precedent-setting change state by state.

Seeing Aging and Caregiving in Our Culture

With your support, we’re shifting the narrative around the value of care and importance of intergenerational relationships.

Since 2011, we have been building a movement of all ages and backgrounds to transform the way we care.

We listen to you

We think big and go bold

We're in this together.

Building the Caring Majority

Caring Across Generations is Formed

Ohio Moves $170m to Home and Community Based Care

Home Care Workers Win Workplace Protections

Caring Across Celebrates Grandparents Day

New York City Funds Care for Seniors Facing Poverty

Thousands Celebrate Grandparents Day

Thousands of Missouri Care Workers Win a Raise

"The Age of Dignity Sparks a Conversation"

Partnership with The Moth Brings Care Stories to Life

Colorado Commits to Plan for its Aging Future

Washington State Takes Long Term Care Seriously

The White House Conference on Aging Features Caregiving

Push for Nation’s First Statewide Long-Term Care Insurance Program

Failed Challenge Secures Home Care Victory

Who Cares? Coalition Launches

Hawai'i Passes Kupuna Caregivers

Making Care a National Priority

Seeing Aging and Caregiving in Our Culture

Our Approach

To Reach our Ultimate Goal

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Our Team

Our Partners

More than 100 local, state, and national partners support our bold vision for a new approach to caregiving and help make up our movement toward accessible care.

Field Network

Local and state-based allies are working around the country to pass innovative new programs that support caregivers, care recipients, and their families.

Organizations & Experts

From advocacy groups to academic researchers, our national partners allow us to successfully advance our policy work.

Culture Makers

Collaborating with noted filmmakers and storytellers, we're changing the way aging and caregiving are presented in the media.

Social Responsibility

Partnering with private sector companies, we're shifting the way caregiving is supported in the home and in workplaces.

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Thousands of people, in every state across the country, have joined this campaign to change the way we care in America. Have you?

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