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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 210 / Wednesday, November 3, 2021 / Presidential Documents
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Presidential Documents
Proclamation 10301 of October 29, 2021

National Family Caregivers Month, 2021
By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Every day, millions of Americans provide essential care and medical assistance to their loved ones. These acts of love, commitment, and compassion enable their family members to receive the support they need to live a life with dignity. This has been especially true throughout the COVID
19 pandemic, during which Americans of all ages have made substantial sacrifices to keep family members safe and healthy. During National Family Caregivers Month, we recognize the important role of our Nations family caregivers and thank them for the invaluable and instrumental care they provide.
While the opportunity to provide care to a loved one can be a blessing and a source of connection, it often requires sacrifice. Millions of Americans have sacrificed jobs and altered careers in order to perform caregiving duties.
Workers, their families, and our economy suffer when workers are forced to choose between their jobs and their caregiving responsibilities or between putting food on the table and caring for a relative. Too many Americans who need caregiving support struggle with the high costs of caring for a family member in need, or providing long-term care for people with disabilities or older adults.

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My Administration is committed to strengthening American families and easing the burdens of caregiving. That is why my American Rescue Plan provided an additional $145 million in funding for the National Family Caregiver Support Program, which continues to help State and community organizations support family and informal caregivers through in-home programs including counseling, respite care, and training. The American Rescue Plan also provided States with additional Medicaid funding to strengthen and enhance their homeand community-based services HCBS program.
My Administrations Build Back Better agenda will build on this down payment by continuing to invest in the caregiving infrastructure for HCBS
and increasing pay and benefits to address the direct care workforce crisis.
I will also fight to expand paid family and medical leave nationwide. Each of these elements is critical to better supporting family caregivers. We want to see our Nations paid caregivers, including the majority of home health care workers and over 90 percent of child care workers who are women disproportionately women of colorhave jobs that provide dignity, safety, and decent pay.
Earlier this year, the RAISE Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage Family Caregiving Advisory Council, with support from the Department of Health and Human Services, delivered an initial report on how the Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments can work with our partners in the private sector to better support our Nations family caregivers, and we will continue working to provide that support.
As my own family members have been caregivers, I understand the struggles family caregivers face and the importance of the care they provide. This month, as we continue our fight to expand access to caregiving, we recognize our caregivers who wake up every single day to do this physically and emotionally demanding yet vitally important work.

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