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Program of General Caregiver Support Services (PGCSS)

Generated from the gc-benefits catalog. It lists what the owner record states. It is not an eligibility decision; confirm current rules with the program.

This program may be right for you if all these descriptions are true for you:

  • You care for a Veteran who is enrolled in VA health care, and
  • You provide personal care services to the Veteran, and

  • You want to connect with other caregivers, get more support from a professional care team, or grow your skills as a caregiver

  • Owner record: us/program-of-general-caregiver-support-services

  • Jurisdiction code: US
  • Frame: caregiver
  • Review by: 2026-11-11
  • Authority: va-pgcss
  • Also called: PGCSS

Offering 1: caregiver_support

Caregivers participating in PGCSS have access to a variety of supports and benefits including individual and group support, workshops and trainings, peer support, respite, and more.

  • Availability (owner codes): {"checked": null, "intake": "unknown", "type": "unknown"}
  • Amounts (as stated by the owner): []

Conditions:

  • All of these:
  • Fact rule: recipient.enrolled_va_health_care is true
  • Any one of these:
    • Stated condition, not checked automatically: "Is unable to perform an activity of daily living"
    • Stated condition, not checked automatically: "Needs supervision or protection based on symptoms or residuals of neurological or other impairment or injury."
  • Stated condition, not checked automatically: "Provide the personal care services to the Veteran."
  • Stated condition, not checked automatically: "The Veteran must agree to receive care from you and have you listed as their caregiver in their health care record."

Access route 1.1

  • Where: US
  • How: Contact the local CSP Team and participate in a brief intake process. There is no application, and clinical evaluation is not required.
  • Url: https://www.va.gov/resources/caregiver-support-teams/
  • Phone: null

Evidence

  • /name: "# Program of General Caregiver Support Services (PGCSS)" (source, capture a5ed283b69615d294b5cfee2cdac23723bd52be3bef476d00852cbd92ecdbb7b)
  • /caregiving_effect: "* You care for a Veteran who is enrolled in VA health care, and\n* You provide personal care services to the Veteran, and\n* You want to connect with other caregivers, get more support from a professional care team, or grow your skills as a caregiver" (source, capture 18430e09b1e7fe9e13301d7e6fd5593e1a6b79a997ad108363d925d840a13d9b)
  • /offerings/0/summary: "Caregivers participating in PGCSS have access to a variety of supports and benefits including individual and group support, workshops and trainings, peer support, respite, and more. See the full range of opportunities available: PGCSS and PCAFC Supports and Benefits." (source, capture a5ed283b69615d294b5cfee2cdac23723bd52be3bef476d00852cbd92ecdbb7b)
  • /offerings/0/rules: "The Veteran must: • Be enrolled in VA health care, and \n • Need personal care services because the Veteran: \n • Is unable to perform an activity of daily living, or \n • Needs supervision or protection based on symptoms or residuals of neurological or other impairment or injury." (source, capture a5ed283b69615d294b5cfee2cdac23723bd52be3bef476d00852cbd92ecdbb7b)
  • /offerings/0/rules: "The caregiver must: • Provide the personal care services to the Veteran." (source, capture a5ed283b69615d294b5cfee2cdac23723bd52be3bef476d00852cbd92ecdbb7b)
  • /offerings/0/rules: "You’ll then complete an intake with the caregiver support team or the caregiver support coordinator. The Veteran must agree to receive care from you and have you listed as their caregiver in their health care record." (source, capture 18430e09b1e7fe9e13301d7e6fd5593e1a6b79a997ad108363d925d840a13d9b)
  • /offerings/0/access/0/how: "Contact the local CSP Team and participate in a brief intake process. There is no application, and clinical evaluation is not required." (source, capture a5ed283b69615d294b5cfee2cdac23723bd52be3bef476d00852cbd92ecdbb7b)
  • /offerings/0/access/0/url: "Contact the local CSP Team and participate in a brief intake process. There is no application, and clinical evaluation is not required." (source, capture a5ed283b69615d294b5cfee2cdac23723bd52be3bef476d00852cbd92ecdbb7b)