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Family Caregiver Navigator (FCN)

About FCN

Father sitting on a the top of 2 steps with son on the bottom one. Fathers arms are wrapped around son who is very young with a house window in the background.

The Family Caregiver Navigator is a pilot project of the Idaho Caregiver Alliance, a coalition of individuals and organizations that have been supporting caregivers since 2012. The ICA received a 2-year grant to develop the Family Caregiver Navigator project in order to offer support and resource referrals to unpaid caregivers of Idaho.

The mission of the FCN program is to enhance resilience and systems of support by providing person-centered counseling, custom care planning and resource referral to family caregivers across the lifespan.

Goals of FCN

1) Help people identify as caregivers: Help people identify, accept and engage in their role as a caregiver so they can build a strong system of support for long-term sustainability.

2) Contribute positively to existing systems and services: Contribute to an integrated network of services for Idahoans; build systems with our community partners rooted in human-centered design.

3) Keep Idahoans healthy and at home: Keep Idahoans healthy and living in their homes as long as possible; enhancing quality of life in order to cut down use of crisis services and long-term care facilities.

Image with a block across the top that reads "Since our launch in September 2020...". There are four more vertical chunks of information on the page sharing "558 Caregivers have been in contact with a navigator" with a chat bubble. "454 cases have been entered into the T-Care system" with a computer and hands typing. "697 assessments have been conducted" with floating heads. "333 Care plans have been completed" with a click board, paper, and pencil.
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Family Caregiver Nagivator

In this video, learn about what it means to be a caregiver and the responsibilities of some. Captions and a video transcript are available.