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Addressing Direct Care Worker Shortages Through State Policy

Further, while a state's paid sick leave law applies to some direct care workers ... assistance, and resources to help workers find job ...

and Community-Based Services Workforce Shortages - MACPAC

The state acts as the employer for HCBS workers in self-directed plans, allowing them to pool benefits, including health care and retirement, ...

200,000 direct care workers eligible for $1,000 bonuses from state in ...

Employers must submit applications to the program by Sept. 30. The application process works in two phases. Phase 1, known as the employer ...

National Strategies to Overcome Direct Care Workforce Challenges

In collaboration with the Biden-Harris Administration and Health and Human Services (HHS), the Direct Care Workforce Strategies Center is ...

How States Can Better Care for Direct Care Workers - Inequality.org

Among the most urgent: increasing compensation by setting robust wage floors and providing benefits can help direct care workers, who've barely ...

ACL Proposes to Expand Their Direct Care Workforce Priorities

... assistance center to help strengthen the direct care workforce. With FY 2023 funding, ACL is beginning to build a hub through which state, private, and ...

Why Are Direct Care Workers So Crucial and What Can Be Done to ...

With an aging population and a push for shorter hospital stays, demand for DCWs has surged. In the United States, there are currently 4.8 ...

Addressing Wages of the Direct Care Workforce Through Medicaid ...

intermediate care facilities can apply for an extra ... reporting and enforcement approaches in the direct care workforce to help inform future state actions.

For Agencies and Other Employers - U.S. Department of Labor

Effective January 1, 2015, direct care workers employed by agencies and other third-party employers are entitled to receive at least the federal minimum wage ...

Direct Care Worker Pay and Benefits Are Low Despite High Demand ...

Eleven states currently allow direct care workers paid through Medicaid to organize and collectively bargain with the state or local government ...

Recruitment, Assessment, and Retention in the Direct Care ...

... direct care workers in the United States by 2040 (Osterman 2017). ... to reduce shortages in the direct care workforce and employ ...

Supporting and Sustaining the Home Care Workforce to Meet the ...

Home care workers are paid caregivers who provide essential medical and nonmedical assistance to older or disabled clients, enabling them to remain in their ...

Direct Care Workers are in high demand but face meager pay

... assistance of care workers can help them to live their lives to the fullest. ... state to provide the caregiver with compensation. Over the ...

Medicaid HCBS Direct Care Workforce Reform and Analysis

We are tackling this health care crisis using the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to recruit, support, and retain health care workers.

Measuring and monitoring the adequacy of the direct-care workforce ...

Encourage states to administer a survey to collect workforce data from providers, such as the. National Core Indicators—Intellectual and. Developmental ...

Experiences of Direct Care Workers and Family Caregivers of Home

In response to workforce issues, the federal and state governments have taken action to support direct care workers. ... qualify for Medicaid and ...

The Value of Statewide Direct Care Worker Training and ...

Many states are taking notice and investing in the direct care workforce to ... The WECARE (Workforce Engagement with Care Workers to Assist ...

Biden Proposal Aims to Address Direct Care Workforce Shortage

The state's waiting list for direct care funding assistance for ... Sign Up. Philadelphia. 123 Chestnut Street Suite 404. Philadelphia, PA ...

Supporting Direct Care Workers: Recruitment and Retention Strategies

Studies suggest that between 2018 and 2028, the direct care workforce will need to fill nearly 8.2 million job openings. State legislatures ...

California's Care Workforce

Thirty percent of ECE workers and 40 percent of direct care workers receive food assistance from CalFresh (in amounts of about $4,000 annually, on average), the ...