Two agencies in Philadelphia have been awarded federal funding for home health aide training through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Read the full story

Tatia Harris

The Greater Philadelphia Caucus of the International Caucus of Women of the African Diaspora (ICWAD) honored “African American Health Care Professionals” for the first time, at its 18th Chisholm Award Ceremony. Read the full story

They call it “heartwork,” because “if you don’t do it from the heart, it makes it hard to do,” Terrell Cannon recently told a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist about the job of a direct-care worker.

Cannon was featured in a recent column called “While helping others, investing in themselves,” which examines the work of Home Care Associates, an employee-owned cooperative and affiliate of PHI located in Philadelphia.

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