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Welcome to our website! We are glad you are here! Sickness and illness may cause families to have to help each other. In your family, you may help your parent, grandparent, brother or sister with things they have trouble doing for themselves, like dressing or feeding. This type of help is called “caregiving” and it is an important job within a family.

 
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Some children help look after someone in their family by:

• Staying in the house a lot to be there for them.

• Helping them to get up, get washed or get dressed.

• Doing lots of the household chores like shopping, cleaning, cooking

...and maybe looking after younger brothers and sisters as well.

 
Kassi Feeding Joshua

Some young people look after one or both of their parents or grandparents. When there is a family health situation such as from an illness, disability or drug/alcohol problem, you might find that you are doing more to help with housework, cooking or looking after your brothers or sisters. You might even help your parent or grandparent with washing, dressing or going to the toilet. Children and young people who help look after someone with an illness or a disability are often called "caregiving youth" or "young caregivers" in the United States or "young carers" in England or Australia.
Last Updated on Thursday, 17 May 2012 11:52

American Association of Caregiving Youth

 

WELCOME!

What we do:

The American Association of Caregiving Youth (AACY®) mission is to recognize, support, and promote the awareness of dual role youth that are both students and caregivers within their families. AACY® strives to raise awareness through education, research and direct services in cooperation with social, education, healthcare, government and community corporations, organizations and agencies.

Caregiving Youth Project of Palm Beach County

Who are Caregiving Youth?

Caregiving Youth are children and adolescents who are 18 years of age or younger and who provide significant or substantial assistance, often on a regular basis, to relatives or household members who need help because of physical or mental illness, disability, frailty associated with aging, substance misuse, or other condition. Learn more!

 

 NEWSLETTERS

Treasure Talk is a free monthly exciting e-newsletter brimming full of activities and tips that are designed especially for and by Caregiving Youth but also of interest to other youth and adults.

You can sign up for Treasure Talk, view current and past issues, and even look at some of the our archived Newsletters by clicking here.

 

WHAT'S NEW

  

Dr. Connie Siskowski named as a CNN 2012 Hero

Read the Press Release Here

Check the Upcoming Events to see when it's on TV

Go to CNNHeroes.com to see more

 

For Pediatric Health Providers:

Caregiving Youth: Hidden among Your Patients

 

A LANDMARK DECISION! 

Click here for our latest Press Release
Landmark Decision by School District

The Palm Beach County School District let us know that we have approval to award Caregiving Youth Project students with Community Service Hours.   Hours will be calculated and awarded based on the kids Level of Responsibility.
 
We regard this, on behalf of the students, a Landmark Decision!  It gives them validation and recognition for the work they are doing and helps to level the playing field for them.  More details when they become available.

 

AACY Awarded Doyle Award for Nonprofit Excellence

 

NEW VIDEO -CAREGIVING YOUTH  - A HIDDEN POPULATION

Looking for older front page articles?  Click Here

 

 

"Kids as Caregivers", by Cristy Hom  appears in the May/June edition of Grand Magazine, an on-line magazine for Grandparents.  Check it out by following the link below.

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/grand/20110506_v3/#/32

 

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Caregiver Month Proclamation
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I am Chipsy

I am on a mission to help Caregiving Youth today and tomorrow.
Please join me by donating $10 right below and you too will help America's hidden heroes - child caregivers!

 

Small Connie
Connie Siskowski

As a child I took care of my Grandfather.
How I wish there had been an AACY for me then!

 

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