The story of care: a snapshot of the care narrative change landscape
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Parthasarathy, Padmini, author
- Contributor(s):
- Kashen, Julie, issuing body Asset Funders Network. Care for All with Respect and Equity (CARE) Fund. Disability & Philanthropy Forum. Early Childhood Funders Collaborative. Economic Opportunity Funders. Grantmakers in Aging. Grantmakers in Health, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Grantmakers in Health, [2023]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Caregivers -- economics Fund Raising Narration United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In June 2021, Asset Funders Network (AFN) and Economic Opportunity Funders (EOF) jointly released “Why Care About Care: Our Economy Depends on It,” a brief, webinar, and video aimed at deepening funders’ understanding of the intersectional and intergenerational issues related to the care economy and the need to build a robust care infrastructure--a publicly funded system that recognizes care as both an individual and social responsibility, values care workers, and supports family members to both care and provide financially for each other. The project highlighted key policies and programs that address the economic inequities arising from these issues and proposed a diverse set of impactful investment strategies, including progressive policy and programmatic solutions. To build on this effort, a group of six philanthropy support organizations (PSOs)--AFN, EOF, Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, Grantmakers In Aging, Grantmakers In Health, and Disability & Philanthropy Forum--began meeting in late 2021. Through discussion about shared interests and priorities, and with input from members and field partners, the PSOs agreed to collaborate to develop a national landscape analysis of care economy narrative-change efforts, including child care and early learning, paid leave, long-term services and supports for older adults and people with disabilities, unpaid family and friend caregivers, and supports for paid care workers, including higher wages, benefits, and workplace rights and protections. Their goals were to learn and share with funders what kinds of narrative change strategies and tactics are being employed, which care funders and grantees are already supporting and using them, where the most significant gaps and opportunities are, and how philanthropy can best support this work. Using grant funding secured from the CARE Fund, the PSO collaborative hired consultants Padmini Parthasarathy, Sāmya Strategies, and Julie Kashen, Kashen Consulting, to conduct this research and analysis. This report describes (1) the framework for this landscape analysis, (2) its methodology, (3) key findings from online and qualitative research, and (4) areas for further learning and action.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (25 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918734087606676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918734087606676