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Arizona
California
Effective date: In effect
Maximum benefit: $1,620 a week
How it works: California was the first state to enact paid family leave, launching its program in 2004. Employees can receive 60 percent to 70 percent of their weekly earnings, up to the maximum benefit for up to eight weeks within any 12-month period, to care for an ill spouse, registered domestic partner, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild or sibling.
Find resources for California:
The 11 nonprofit California Caregiver Resource Centers (CRCs), serve family caregivers of adults affected by chronic and debilitating health conditions, degenerative diseases, or traumatic brain injury.
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Senior Care
In California, there are several programs that will pay family members to provide non-medical, hands-on assistance for a loved one. But, it’s important to realize that not everyone will be eligible to participate in these programs.
Colorado
Effective date: Benefits begin Jan. 1, 2024. Employer and employee contributions to finance the program began Jan. 1, 2023.
Maximum benefit: $1,100 a week in 2024; 90 percent of the state’s average weekly wage thereafter.
How it works: Approved by voters in a 2020 ballot measure, Colorado’s program gives employees up to 12 weeks in a 12-month period to care for a seriously ill family member, defined as a spouse, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, sibling or other individual with whom the worker “has a significant personal bond that is or is like a family relationship.”
The benefit calculation is 90 percent of a worker’s pay up to half the state average weekly wage, and 50 percent of any earnings beyond that.
Connecticut
Delaware
Effective date: Benefits begin Jan. 1, 2026. Employers and employees begin paying into the system Jan. 1, 2025.
Maximum benefit: $900 a week in 2026 and 2027, increasing annually after that based on inflation.
How it works: Workers will be able to get up to six weeks of paid leave over any 24-month period to care for a spouse, parent or child with a serious health condition. The benefit amount will be 80 percent of the employee’s average weekly wage, up to the maximum.
In order for you to get paid for being a caregiver, the person who you care for must be eligible for and enrolled in a Personal Attendant Services program. There are several Personal Attendant Services programs in Delaware.
District Of Columbia
Georgia
Indiana
Illinois
Maine
Effective date: May 1, 2026
Maximum benefit: 100 percent of state average weekly wage, $1,103.71 as of July 1, 2023.
How it works: Both public- and private-sector employers and employees will contribute 0.5 percent each of a worker’s weekly wages to a fund starting Jan. 1, 2025. Employees who have earned enough — a calculation of six times the average weekly wage — in the previous year before the May 1, 2026, start date will be eligible for a portion of their weekly wage for up to 12 weeks within a 52-week period.
Maryland
Massachusetts
Effective date: In effect
Maximum benefit: $1,129.82 a week
How it works: Employees can get paid leave for up to 12 weeks within a 52-week period to care for a spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild or sibling with a serious health condition. Benefit payments are 80 percent of weekly earnings up to half of the state’s weekly average wage, $1,765.34 in 2023, and 50 percent of any earnings above that.
Michigan
Through MI Choice, eligible adults who meet income and asset criteria can receive Medicaid-covered services like those provided by nursing homes but can stay in their own home or another residential setting. The waiver became available in all Michigan counties October 1, 1998. Each participant can receive the basic services Michigan Medicaid covers, supports coordination, and one or more of the following services in the waiver.
Minnesota
Missouri
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Effective date: In effect
Maximum benefit: $1,025 a week
How it works: Workers can receive 85 percent of their average weekly earnings, up to the maximum, for up to 12 consecutive weeks or 56 days of intermittent caregiving in a 12-month period. The time can be taken to care for a spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, child, grandchild, “chosen family” or “any other individual related by blood or that you consider to be family.”
New York
Oregon
Effective date: In effect.
Maximum benefit: $1,523 a week.
How it works: Workers who have been with a company for at least 180 days can take up to 12 weeks every 52 weeks to care for a family member — defined as any person related by blood or “who is connected to you and has a family relationship” — with a serious health condition. Companies with fewer than 25 employees are not required to provide paid family leave, but they may be eligible for state grants if they opt to apply for them.
Pensilvania
Rhode Island
Texas
Virginia
Effective date: Jan. 1, 2025. Employers and employees begin paying premiums in 2024.
Maximum benefit: Benefits can’t exceed 80 percent of the state of Virginia’s average weekly wage, which is adjusted annually.
How it works: Virginia residents can receive up to 80 percent of their average weekly wages for 12 weeks in a year to care for a spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild or sibling who is seriously ill. Benefits can’t exceed 80 percent of the state of Virginia’s weekly wage, which is $1,343 in 2023; 80 percent is $1,074.40.
Vermont
Effective date: July 1, 2024, for private employers; July 1, 2025, for individuals who don’t receive coverage through an employer.
Maximum benefit: 60 percent of the Social Security taxable wage maximum, which is adjusted annually.
How it works: Vermont residents will receive up to 60 percent of their average weekly earnings for six weeks each year to care for a seriously ill family member including a spouse, domestic partner, parent or child. When calculating benefits, wages are capped at the Social Security taxable wage maximum — $3,080.77 a week for 2023. So using 2023 numbers, benefits will be limited to $1,848.46 a week, $11,090.77 for the total six weeks.
Washington
Effective date: In effect
Maximum benefit: $1,427 a week
How it works: Workers can receive up to 90 percent of their weekly pay, up to the maximum, for up to 12 weeks a year to care for a seriously ill spouse, domestic partner, parent, in-law, grandparent, child, grandchild, sibling or “someone who has an expectation to rely on you for care.”
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Caregiver Resources
Find free resources in the country for caregivers! These resources help find the help you need in your community.