Presidential Document2021-24120
National Family Caregivers Month, 2021
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November 3, 2021
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October 29, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 210 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 60543-60544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24120]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 210 / Wednesday, November 3, 2021 /
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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 Nation's 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.
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 home- and community-based services (HCBS)
program. My Administration's 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 Nation's paid
caregivers, including the majority of home health care
workers and over 90 percent of child care workers who
are women--disproportionately women of color--have 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 Nation's 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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NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2021
as National Family Caregivers Month. I encourage all
Americans to reach out to those who provide care for
their family members, friends, and neighbors in need,
to honor and to thank them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
sixth.
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