This brief explores the challenges people with IDD and mental illness and their families face in accessing needed supports, including the need for training, systems change, and greater public awareness of this issue.

The National Supporting Families Community of Practice is working to help states and agencies develop and improve support systems for families of people with I/DD, including grants to states and a framework for improving supports to people and families.

This brief compares caregiving experiences of family caregivers of adults with IDD with other caregivers and finds important differences around the duration of caregiving and types of support provided.

This report, conducted by the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, provides a national snapshot of family caregiving in the United States.

This brief summarizes the findings around employment outcomes and paid leave usage of caregivers of adults with I/DD, including a number of negative economic outcomes they face.