On April 27, Senators Tom Kaine (D-VA), Robert Casey (D-PA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Jack Reed (D-RI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the Supporting Our Direct Care Workforce and Family Caregivers Act.

The bill would direct the Department of Health and Human Services, through the Administration of Community Living (ACL), to award grants to states or other eligible entities for initiatives to build, retain, train, and otherwise promote the direct care workforce and for educational and training support for both paid and unpaid family caregivers. The bill would also direct ACL to develop a center to offer technical assistance to grant awardees and other entities interested in direct care workforce development and in supporting family caregivers.