Expressing support for the designation of the week of November 9 through November 15, 2026, as "National Caregiving Youth Week" to raise awareness and encourage national recognition of children and adolescents under 18 years of age who serve as a primary or secondary caregiver for family or household members.

• Caregiving youth and families: Raises visibility for an estimated more than 6 million young caregivers who perform tasks from personal care to medication management, and notes that 34 percent care for more than one person.
• Schools and educators: Encourages state education agencies, districts, and schools to use age-appropriate practices to identify caregiving youth and connect them with academic, mental health, and social supports.
• Health training and research: Promotes adding caregiving youth content to professional training for nurses, physicians, social workers, and educators and calls for updated nationwide research to fill data gaps and guide policy.

*This bill would not authorize new federal spending or create mandatory funding.*