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	<description>PHI works to improve long-term care -- by improving the jobs of home health aides, certified nurse aides, &#38; personal care attendants.</description>
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		<title>Sen. Harkin Expresses National Need for a Strong Direct-Care Workforce</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced a "sense of the Senate" resolution on May 10 expressing the need for a comprehensive approach to expanding and supporting a strong direct-care workforce.]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative Town Hall Supports Investment in Caring Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caring Across Generations, a multi-stakeholder effort to promote quality care, is hosting a legislative town hall on Capitol Hill on May 21.]]></description>
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		<title>ANALYSIS: Direct-Care Workforce Projected to Be Nation&#8217;s Largest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 19:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By 2020, the direct-care workforce is projected to be the nation's largest workforce at 5 million workers, according to a new PHI analysis.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts Discuss Improving Training and Employment for Direct-Care Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 19:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Aspen Institute Workforce Strategies Initiative convened an expert discussion on the challenges that direct-care workers face and strategies that workforce development leaders can use to improve their job quality.]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Senate Endorses Direct-Care Worker Professionalization with Budget Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A budget bill passed by the Iowa Senate last week would support training standards and career paths for the state's direct-care workforce.]]></description>
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		<title>ASA Conference Will Include Forum on Building Direct-Care Workforce</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Society on Aging's annual conference in Washington, DC, will feature a "National Forum on Building a Workforce to Care for an Aging Society."]]></description>
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		<title>PHI Launches the &#8220;Action Alert&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-launches-the-action-alert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Action Alert will be sent to subscribers when timely action is needed on direct-care workforce issues.]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin&#8217;s Direct-Care Workforce Examined in New PHI Fact Sheet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Direct-care workers comprise Wisconsin's largest occupational grouping, yet many earn wages low enough to qualify for public benefit programs, according to a fact sheet released by PHI this month.]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing Held on Bill to Establish a Massachusetts Direct-Care Workforce Task Force</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/hearing-held-on-bill-to-establish-a-mass-direct-care-workforce-task-force/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts lawmakers heard testimony on November 15 on a bill to establish a task force to ensure that there is an adequate direct-care workforce to meet the rising demand for long-term services and supports.]]></description>
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		<title>PHI Launches Michigan-Focused Website Expansion</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-launches-michigan-focused-website-expansion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHI Michigan provides comprehensive coverage of Michigan's direct-care workforce and highlights PHI's efforts to promote quality care through quality jobs throughout the state.]]></description>
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