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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>Stimulus Funds Available to Support Direct-Care Workforce</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/stimulus-funds-available-to-support-direct-care-workforce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last winter, PHI made a strong case for using the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to invest in the direct-care workforce. That message got through, and in July, the US DOL&#8217;s Employment and Training Administration released a solicitation for grant applications (pdf) that offers great opportunities for long-term care providers and others who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ongoing State Budget Woes Result in More Health Cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In July PHI surveyed the spate of state budget troubles that was then wreaking havoc with human services spending around the nation. A month later, the situation has not improved. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities updated its report on the state budget crisis on August 12, and ended the report&#8217;s first paragraph with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$220 Million Grant Program Targets Health Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Labor has launched a $220 million competitive grant program aimed at training new workers for health care and other high-growth industries. Funded with dollars from the Recovery Act and administered by DOL’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA), the program will provide grants for both public and private nonprofit entities in order [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House, Senate Hash Out Details of Recovery Plan</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/house-and-senate-hash-out-details-of-economic-recovery-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the U.S. House and Senate reached a compromise on the economic recovery package, bringing the total cost to $789 billion. Complete details were unavailable as of press time. According to various news reports, even though the deal had been struck, lawmakers still had not seen a final summary of the bill, which emerged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Delays Vote on Sec. of Labor Amid Controversy</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/sec-of-labor-goes-unconfirmed-as-jobs-are-lost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate H.E.L.P committee once again delayed a vote Thursday on Obama&#8217;s pick for secretary of labor. As unemployment rates soar across the country and the promise of job creation looms in the federal recovery package, many have criticized the delay in confirming the nomination of California Democrat Hilda Solis. In the words of The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INTERVIEW: Rep. Moore Says Include Women in Recovery Package</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/congresswoman-strives-to-include-women-in-recovery-package/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Along with many economists and advocacy organizations, Rep.  Gwen Moore (D-WI) wants to see women&#8217;s poverty placed at the very top of the nation&#8217;s agenda. And she has exerted her political power as a U.S. representative to pursue this goal by advocating for the inclusion of women in President Obama&#8217;s economic stimulus package. Moore&#8217;s passion [...]]]></description>
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