How Cash and Counseling Affects Informal Caregivers: Findings from Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey

This report estimates the effects of Cash and Counseling on caregivers who were providing the most unpaid assistance to adult beneficiaries at the time beneficiaries volunteered for the demonstration. Despite variations in design and implementation across states, all three demonstration programs positively affected the well-being of caregivers. On average, caregivers of treatment group members were less likely than their control group counterparts to report high levels of physical and financial strain. They were also less likely to say caregiving impinged on their privacy, social lives, and job performance.