Summary - US Care Policy Scorecard - Assessing federal unpaid and underpaid care policies in the US

The US Care Policy Scorecard seeks to assess the US care policy environment at the federal level by adapting and implementing the Care Policy Scorecard Framework and Tool in the US context. [...] This is a summary of the report “US Care Policy with the aim to determine the existence of color and immigrant women who are Scorecard: Assessing federal unpaid and of the policy as well as to evaluate the most harmed by the US’s failure to fully underpaid care policies in the US.” For more performance and progress of the policy support working families, caregivers, and information on the research. [...] ABOUT THE SCORECARD It is followed by criteria grouped by topic, The main findings of the report are: The US Scorecard looks at 30 federal pol- including legislation and ratification; icy indicators related to both unpaid care accessibility and reach/inclusivity; • The US receives an aggregate score of and underpaid care work (UUCW): budgeting and administration; regulation 43%, meeting less than. [...] Lower scores for design and mechanisms for grievance redressal, inequity within the US federal care impact assessment criteria indicate and data collection and publication for policy landscape that is tied to income, that many of these policies were not care-supporting programs and policies gender, race, and immigration and designed in a consultative manner, nor partially exist. [...] • By contrast, the US scores the worst on • The US scores somewhere in the middle the assessment criteria tied to legis- on budget and administration, and lation and ratification (only relevant for design and impact assessment criteria.