Omarion Calloway released a free guide, “More Than Survival: A Guideline for Young Caregivers,” drawing on his own experience, according to a 2025 press release. The release describes Calloway as a first-generation college student, writer and advocate from Montgomery, Alabama, and cites an estimate of more than 5.4 million young caregivers in the United States.
Education and advocacy
Calloway’s education has also drawn attention: BlackNews.com reported that he was accepted to 21 colleges and received more than $1.3 million in scholarships in 2022. He later studied film and television at New York University and earned his degree in 2026 at age 23.
Caregiving responsibilities at home
In the Business Insider essay, Calloway described his mother working hospital shifts and cleaning offices while raising her sons, as well as caring for her mother during cancer and for a paralyzed uncle. BlackNews.com reported that Omarion helped care for his younger brother. Calloway wrote that his grandmother and uncle died in 2022.
According to the Business Insider account, Tiffany Calloway moved from Alabama to Albany in 2024 to be closer to her sons. The essay says Omarion plans to pursue journalism and filmmaking.
What caregiver estimates and programs can show
The 5.4 million figure is a projection, not a count of children surveyed: the American Association of Caregiving Youth explains that it was calculated from AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving’s 2020 report, which surveyed adult caregivers. The estimate does not establish educational effects or describe any one young person’s experience, including Calloway’s. A past school-district example comes from Palm Beach County, where the district’s 2014-15 annual report listed 309 Caregiving Youth and 475 care receivers in its Caregiving Youth Project and detailed services including school sessions, home visits, academic support, camps, meals and scholarships.
