·State program
Arkansas Family Caregiver Support Program
The Arkansas Family Caregiver Support Program provides information, access assistance, counseling, respite care, and supplemental services for family caregivers of older individuals (60 years or older) or grandparent caregivers of children (55 years or older).
Questions that decide eligibility
GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:
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Does the person receiving care live in Arkansas?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
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Does your relationship to the person — child, grandparent, or other relative — count for this program?
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Is the person receiving care in the covered age range (55–null)?
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What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
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Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
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Do you need to live with the person receiving care, and how is that verified?
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Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
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Is there a caregiver-specific department, coordinator, or support line? Ask for it by name.
Many agencies have one that isn’t advertised on the website.
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What documents do you need from us to start an application?
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Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?
Who qualifies, in the source’s words
Where our record has a direct quote from the official source, here it is — otherwise, this is our best reading of the rule.
Age of the person receiving care
“an older individual (sixty (60) years of age or older) who is frail and determined to be functionally impaired”
codeofarrules.arkansas.gov →Disability of the person receiving care
“An inability to perform at least two (2) activities of daily living without substantial human assistance”
codeofarrules.arkansas.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Living with the person receiving care
“(A) Lives with the child”
codeofarrules.arkansas.gov →Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“Family Caregiver - An adult family member or another individual, who is an informal provider of in-home and community”
humanservices.arkansas.gov →
How to apply
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No matter where you live in Arkansas, there is an Area Agency on Aging (AAA) nearby. To learn more about services or supports provided by the Older Americans Act, contact to your county AAA today.