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New from @NASHPhealth | National Academy for State Health Policy: How Colorado and Rhode Island Are Supporting Caregiving Youth. The brief examines how Colorado and Rhode Island are identifying and supporting Caregiving Youth, including AACY’s work in both states. In Colorado, the article highlights the Colorado Alliance For Caregiving Youth (CACY), an AACY affiliate, and its work with state partners to collect data through the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey and advance recognition and support for Caregiving Youth. In Rhode Island, the work has included AACY, researchers Emma Armstrong-Carter, Ph.D., and Elizabeth (Betsy) Olson, Ph.D., and the Rhode Island Department of Education, including Steve Osborn and Olivia Smith. Rhode Island added a caregiving question to its statewide student survey and now requires high schools to adopt policies supporting Caregiving Youth beginning with the Class of 2028. That work also led to the Guide for Understanding and Supporting Rhode Island’s Caregiving Youth, developed in collaboration with AACY, Armstrong-Carter, and Olson. NASHP also links to its national Resource Guide for Caregiving Youth, written by AACY and commissioned by NASHP with support from The John A. Hartford Foundation. The article includes comments from AACY Founder and President Connie Siskowski, RN, PhD, and CACY Founder and Executive Director Nadine Roberts Cornish. Read the full brief: nashp.org/how-colorado-and-r… #CaregivingYouth #KidsAreCaregiversToo #YoungCarers #Caregiving @RIDeptEd @BetsyThinking @AACYorg