·State program
National Family Caregiver Support Program
The National Family Caregiver Support Program provides up to $2,500 per fiscal year in respite care assistance to family and informal caregivers of seniors and persons with disabilities through in-home, adult day care, and residential settings.
What you get
Services, Information, as recorded:
- up to $2,500 per fiscal year combined with Project C.A.R.E. respite (annual respite cap)
Questions that decide eligibility
GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:
- 01
Does the person receiving care live in North Carolina?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Does your relationship to the person — child, grandparent, other relative, or non relative — count for this program?
- 03
What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
- 04
Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
- 05
Do you need to live with the person receiving care, and how is that verified?
- 06
Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
- 07
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.
- 08
What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- 09
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.
Applicant age
“Adult family members or other informal (unpaid) caregivers age 18 and older providing care to individuals 60 years of age and older.”
ncdhhs.gov →Disability of the person receiving care
“the care recipient must meet the definition of frail, as specified by the Older American’s Act by being either”
ncdhhs.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Living with the person receiving care
“a caregiver who is age 55 or older AND lives with, is the informal provider of in-home and community care to, and is the primary caregiver for a child or individual living with a disability”
ncdhhs.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 care to an older individual”
ncdhhs.gov →
How to apply
- 01
Find a program in your area with the Family Caregiver Support Program Provider Directory