HFC (Hilarity for Charity) awards home care grants to those providing care to their loved ones living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias. The home care grants will be awarded across the United States and Canada. While there is currently no cure for Alzheimer’s, there is care. The goal of the home care grant is to provide exceptional home care to families affected by this disease, and to give these families support and rest.
HFC respite grants cover the cost of professional, care so you can feel confident about the care being provided to your person while you take some time for yourself.
We grant two types of awards:
- Recharge Grant - 100 hours total of respite care to be used within 3 months of being awarded
- Adult Day Center Respite Grant- 24 days of respite care to be used within 3 months of the first date of care
The HFC Application Review Committee will review applications monthly. After completion of the application review, you will be contacted within 60-90 days. All applicants will be notified of their status.
Only one application per person will be accepted on a quarterly basis. Respite grants provide in-home, professional care and have NO CASH VALUE. Cash awards cannot be issued in lieu of in-home care. HFC’s partners with Home Instead to coordinate the in-home care awarded through HFC’s respite grant program.
Learn more at www.wearehfc.org/care-grants
Guidelines
The HFC Review Committee will review all applications daily.
When completing the application, please provide a full narrative of your current situation. One-sentence and one-word answers do not give the review committee a full understanding of your situation. If one or two-sentence answers are provided, your application will likely not advance in the review process. Please provide as much detail as you can so that we can learn more about you and your loved one. Be sure to review your information for accuracy before submitting your application.
Once you submit your application, you will be contacted by email within one week with the review committee's decision. All applicants will be notified of their status via the email used to register for your Submittable account. You may also sign in to Submittable.com at any time and check the status of your application.
**Please add care@wearehfc.org to your contact list to receive your application status emails promptly. If you are not receiving our emails, please check your spam, junk, or clutter folders.**
When registering to complete the application, the email you use to register is the email that will be used for any notifications regarding grant status. If you are assisting a family caregiver to complete the application, use their email address when registering. One application per household will be eligible for acceptance.
Eligibility
You must be able to answer YES to all the following:
- Has the person you are caring for been professionally diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Lewy body dementia (LBD), vascular dementia, mixed or other dementias, or Parkinson’s related dementia?
- Have you or your loved one living with ADRD been displaced or has care been interrupted as a result of the LA Wildfires?
- Are you facing financial and emotional hardships due to the LA Wildfires?
- Is your primary place of residence in the state of California?