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Insights and Innovation: How a Local Public-Private Partnership is Building Home Care

Journal Article Training & Advanced Roles
January 2, 2023

This article describes a public-private partnership in a Virginia county that aims to bolster the direct care workforce in this locality. To view original source, click here.

Key Takeaways

Public-private partnerships, with invested stakeholders, can be effective in improving home care.
Factors that enable learning for personal care aids (PCAs), such as providing transportation, childcare, career coaching, food subsidies, and stipends, were crucial in enabling PCAs to finish the training course.
The personal investment of the county administrator of this public-private partnership was critical to its success.
 

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