·State program
North Dakota Family Caregiver Support Program
North Dakota's Family Caregiver Support Program helps unpaid family members and friends caring for older adults, people with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia, grandchildren or young relatives, and adult children with disabilities. Services include information, caregiver coordinator assistance, counseling, support groups, training, respite, and supplemental services.
What it offers
North Dakota offers information about local services and supports, assistance from trained caregiver coordinators, counseling, support groups, training, respite care for caregivers who provide 24-hour care, and supplemental services for incontinence supplies and assistive devices such as shower benches or safety rails. Services are provided at no cost to qualifying people, with an opportunity for voluntary contribution. The caregiver handbook says the program may pay for respite in the home or approved out-of-home settings, including qualified service providers, qualified family members, and approved facility settings.
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 Dakota?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Does your relationship to the person — spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, other relative, or non relative — count for this program?
- 03
Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
- 04
Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
- 05
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.
- 06
What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- 07
Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?