If signed into law, California's AB-1993 would extend unemployment eligibility to more than 119,000 family caregivers, most of whom are low-income women of color. Why you can trust us By Claudia Boyd-Barrett 4 MIN READCathyleen Williams of Barstow, California, shuddered as she listened to the claims agent from the state’s unemployment insurance program. This week that quest appeared to be nearing an end, as a bill to extend unemployment compensation to family caregivers enrolled in the In-Home program and a similar one called Waiver Personal Care Services, headed to Gov. Supporters say that’s only fair, given that people employed as in-home caregivers who are not family members do receive unemployment benefits if they lose their job. According to Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles), who introduced the bill, the current policy of excluding family caregivers from receiving benefits is the product of outdated, discriminatory attitudes toward women.