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Volume 34, Number 2 | 2021\u003Cbr>Social Policy Report |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\nThe United States should recognize and support caregiving youth  \nEmma Armstrong-Carter, Stanford University  \nCatherine Johnson and Julia Belkowitz, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Connie Siskowski, The American Association of CaregivingYouth  \nElizabeth Olson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  \nABSTRACT  \nIn the United States, more than 5.4 million children and adolescents under age 18 provide care for family members who are aging or have chronic illness, disability, or other health conditions that require assistance. In this policy report, we describe youth’s care for the family, and highlight the increasing prevalence, global challenges, and uneven successes of measurement and categorization. We briefly summarize research on how caregiving affects youth’s academic, social, and emotional well-being. Next, we present novel, emerging evidence from the public school-based 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey for the State of Florida, which suggests that as many as 24% of middle school students and 16% of highschool students provide at least some care to the family on a regular basis. Drawing on this evidence, we discuss targeted social programs which have been shown to promote the well-being of caregiving youth outside of the United States, as well as a 13-year-old schoolbased intervention in The School District of Palm Beach County, Florida. We conclude with specific recommendations for a path toward recognizing and supporting caregiving youth via policy and practice in the United States. Our aim is to increase the awareness and feasibility of identifying and supporting caregiving youth and their families via governmentorganized data collection and targeted social policies.  \nCorrespondence  \nEmma Armstrong-Carter ([emmaac@stanford.edu](emmaac@stanford.edu) )  \nSocial Policy Report | 1  \nSocial Policy Report  \nVolume 34, Number 2 | 2021 ISSN 1075-7031  \nSocial Policy Report is published three times a year by the Society for Research in Child Development.  \nEDITORIAL TEAM  \nLead Editor  \nEllen Wartella, PhD  \n[ellen-wartella@northwestern.edu](ellen-wartella@northwestern.edu)  \nAssociate Editor  \nFashina Aladé, PhD  \n[alade@u.northwestern.edu](alade@u.northwestern.edu)  \nEditorial Board  \nP. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, PhD Sandra Waxman, PhD David Figlio, PhD Craig Garfield, MD Neil Jordan, PhD Terri Sabol, PhD David Uttal, PhD Diane Schanzenbach, PhD Dedre Gentner, PhD Matthew M. Davis, MD Amelie Petitclerc, PhD Rachel Flynn, PhDOnnie Rogers, PhD  \nSRCD Policy Staff  \nKelly R. Fisher, PhD Nighisti Dawit, M. Sc. Rose Ippolito  \nManager of Publications  \nRachel Walther  \nFROM THE EDITOR  \nThis Social Policy Report offers a discussion and analysis of a group of children that is rarely talked about in the U. S.—children who are caregivers for their parents, grandparents, siblings, or other family members. The interdisciplinary team of authors includes Emma Armstrong Carter, Ph. D. Candidate at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, Catherine Johnson, MD/MPH student at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Dr. Julia Belkowitz, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Dr. Connie Siskowski, founder of the American Association of Caregiving Youth, and Dr. Elizabeth Olson, Professor of Geography and Global Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Though they span several universities and disciplines, they share a passion for bringing attention to this largely overlooked group of children who care for others, either solely or with another family member.  \nAs the authors point out, while caregiving youth have received growing attention in many other countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, they have not been in any way on the U. S. policy or research agenda. 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