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When income limits exclude middle-class caregivers from support

I've been caring for my disabled adult son for twenty years and the government says I make too much money to qualify for assistance programs.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Means-testing creates arbitrary thresholds that can leave you without help despite genuine need and ongoing sacrifice.

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