It is not too early to think about the upcoming tax season and ways that direct-care workers can get a bigger refund and keep more of their money at tax time.
It is not too early to think about the upcoming tax season and ways that direct-care workers can get a bigger refund and keep more of their money at tax time.
PHI has released a fact sheet on Michigan’s direct-care workforce (pdf). The eight-page document reveals that while demand for workers is at a historic high and growing, the labor pool is shrinking and poor job quality is adding to the difficulty of attracting and keeping new workers.
These factors, warns the fact sheet, are leading [...]
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.