# Care Across Generations Act - Plain Language Summary

## What This Bill Does

The Care Across Generations Act creates a new federal grant program to help long-term care facilities (like nursing homes and assisted living facilities) set up or expand child care services on-site. The bill allows these facilities to either operate their own child care center or partner with an existing one. The goal is to bring together seniors and children through organized activities that benefit both groups, creating what's called "multigenerational" programs where the two age groups interact and engage together.

## Who Benefits

**Seniors** in long-term care facilities would gain social interaction and engagement opportunities with children, which research suggests can improve mental health and quality of life. **Working families** would benefit from having child care available at or near their elderly relatives' care facilities, making it easier to visit while also accessing affordable child care. **Long-term care facilities** would receive competitive grants to cover the costs of starting or expanding these programs, with grants lasting at least 3 years.

## Key Provisions

- The federal government will award grants through a competitive process to eligible long-term care facilities
- Facilities must conduct health screenings for visitors and follow all state/local infection control rules
- Each grant recipient must evaluate how well their program works and report results back to the government
- The government will then compile these findings and submit recommendations to Congress about whether this approach should be expanded
- The bill covers various types of senior care facilities, including skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and board-and-care homes

Care Across Generations Act

Strickland, Marilyn

Care Across Generations ActThis bill requires&nbsp;the Administration on Aging to award grants for long-term care facilities (including assisted living and nursing homes) to offer child care services and to coordinate multigenerational activities among long-term care and child care participants. In lieu of directly operating a child care facility, a long-term care facility may opt to contract with an existing child care facility. Grant recipients may also use the funds to build or expand a facility to accommodate child care and multigenerational events. &nbsp;