Steven Edelstein
PHI National Policy Director
(718) 402-7413
SEdelstein@PHInational.org
Karen Kahn
PHI Director of Communications
(978) 740-9844
KKahn@PHInational.org
PHI
349 East 149th Street, 10th Floor
Bronx, NY 10451
tel: (718) 402-7766
fax: (718) 585-6852
email: Info@PHInational.org
See the Staff Page for additional contact information.
PHI is headquartered in Bronx, NY.
A national strategy center for the direct-care workforce.
PHI has national and regional staff across the country.
Improving wages is critical to recruitment and retention.
Nearly 30% of direct-care workers are uninsured.
Improving direct-care jobs will rebuild our economy.
Quality care requires an investment in better training.
States need hard data to make effective policy choices.
Providers should be rewarded for superior performance.
Workers & consumers need support to make consumer direction work.
Key statistics on the direct-care workforce.
Direct-care jobs constitute a $56 billion economic engine.
The workforce is projected to reach 4.3 million by 2018.
1.2 million workers will be age 55+ by 2018.
