National Family Caregivers Month, 2022, 66527-66528 [2022-24166]

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• Executive Office of the President

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 212 (Thursday, November 3, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 66527-66528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24166]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 212 / Thursday, November 3, 2022 / 
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                Proclamation 10488 of October 31, 2022

                
National Family Caregivers Month, 2022

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Family Caregivers Month, we recognize 
                the love and sacrifice of more than 50 million 
                Americans providing crucial care and medical assistance 
                to parents, children, siblings, and other loved ones, 
                ensuring their health and dignity.

                Today, far too many Americans find themselves 
                sandwiched between the enormous tasks of supporting 
                aging parents, raising young children, and earning a 
                living. Others bear the responsibility of caring for 
                loved ones with a disability or looking after wounded, 
                ill, or injured service members and veterans who have 
                sacrificed so much for us all. The truth is, at some 
                point in our lives, each of us will likely need to be a 
                family caregiver--but the burden falls especially hard 
                on those who cannot afford support. Women, people of 
                color, and immigrants shoulder a disproportionate share 
                of the obligation, sometimes forced to leave good jobs 
                to instead provide care. Their work is a profound 
                service to their families and to our Nation, but they 
                are still too often unseen, undervalued, and unpaid.

                No one should have to choose between a paycheck and 
                looking after a loved one. My Administration is 
                committed to easing that squeeze on working families 
                and getting caregivers the resources and respect they 
                deserve. The Department of Health and Human Services' 
                National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers outlines 
                nearly 350 actions the Federal Government can take to 
                support family caregivers' health, well-being, and 
                financial security. Our American Rescue Plan provided 
                $145 million to help the National Family Caregiver 
                Support Program deliver counseling, training, and 
                short-term relief to family and other informal care 
                providers. We have expanded the Department of Veterans 
                Affairs Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family 
                Caregivers so more veteran caregivers have the 
                financial and mental health support they deserve, and 
                we helped launch the ``Hidden Helpers'' initiative to 
                serve the 2.3 million children now living with a 
                disabled veteran. Meanwhile, we have pushed the 
                Congress to lower child and elder care costs across the 
                country and provide paid family and medical leave. We 
                have more to do to win that fight, and I will not give 
                up.

                Family caregivers are the backbone of our Nation's 
                long-term care system, doing essential work with 
                devotion, often at great emotional and financial cost. 
                We owe them. It is time to bring their service out of 
                the shadows and celebrate and support them in living 
                their own happy, healthy, and fulfilling lives.

                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 2022 
                as National Family Caregivers Month. I encourage all 
                Americans to reach out to those who provide care for 
                our Nation's family members, friends, and neighbors in 
                need, to honor and thank them.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                seventh.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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