HHS launches AI contest to support caregivers
By HME News Staff
Updated 11:00 AM CST, Wed November 26, 2025
WASHINGTON —The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a new $2 million Caregiver Artificial Intelligence Prize Competition to support the one in four Americans serving as caregivers for older adults and people with disabilities. “America’s caregivers carry our nation’s most vulnerable on their shoulders, and they do it with a strength and devotion that rarely gets the recognition it deserves,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “With the Caregiver AI Challenge, we are advancing the goals of the Make America Healthy Again Strategy Report by mobilizing innovation to lighten caregivers’ load and ensure every family has the support they need to care for the people they love.” The AI Prize Competition, through HHS’s Administration for Community Living (ACL) will fund and recognize innovators developing tools that:
- Support caregivers—including family, friends, and the direct care workforce—in providing safe, person-centered care at home.
- Support employers by improving efficiency, scheduling, and training in the caregiving workforce.
“Through this prize competition, we aim to identify technologies that empower caregivers and expand access to high-quality care at home,” said Acting Administration for Community Living Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging Mary Lazare. “ACL is committed to advancing scalable, practical solutions that improve the lives of the millions of Americans who give and receive care every day.”
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