The National Direct Care Workforce Resource Center

Report March 1, 2022

RAISE Act State Policy Roadmap for Family Caregivers: The Direct Care Workforce

This report gives overviews and examples of state strategies to support direct care workers as part of the RAISE (Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage) Family Caregiving initiatives. To view the original source, click here.

Key Takeaways

This report gives overviews and examples of state strategies to support direct care workers as part of the RAISE Family Caregiving initiatives.
The quality of direct care jobs needs to improved, which can be addressed by raising wages, improving management practices, and creating portable credentials.
There needs to be renewed focus on collecting accurate and complete data on the direct care workforce in states.
 
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National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)

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