Overview
- HHS outlined a three-phase process—design, testing, and scaling—for developing and deploying selected AI solutions.
- Target use cases include on-demand guidance, risk prediction and monitoring, and automation of paperwork to free up time for care.
- The competition invites tools for both family caregivers and the direct care workforce, with emphasis on scheduling, efficiency, training, and reducing administrative strain.
- Officials cited mounting pressure on care networks, noting about 63 million Americans provide unpaid care and spend roughly $7,200 annually out of pocket as workforce shortages persist.
- Announced during National Family Caregivers Month, the initiative was presented by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., joined by VA Secretary Doug Collins and Assistant Secretary for Aging Mary Lazare, and linked to the Make America Healthy Again strategy and a White House directive to expand AI in health.