PHI’s Health Care for Health Care Workers campaign has released its first Health Reform Fact Sheet in a series that describes how key provisions in the new Affordable Care Act affect direct-care workers and their employers.

Health Reform Facts 1 details several federal grant opportunities for states, community colleges, and individual employers that could have a major impact on training and education for the direct-care workforce.

The fact sheet also describes two new workforce commissions that will convene in the coming months. Once formed, the commissions will address many issues facing the direct-care workforce, such as wages, benefits, recruitment, and retention.

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– by Matthew Ozga