PHI’s research and policy analysis provide policymakers and providers with objective information to effectively lead initiatives that strengthen the direct care workforce. Our research examines facts and trends related to direct care workers, including their training, compensation, career advancement opportunities, health insurance coverage, and demographic profile. Our policy analysis highlights the policy barriers facing this workforce and the broader long-term care system, and informs our response to policy proposals at the local, state, and federal levels.
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STATE STRATEGIES
States around the country are acutely aware of the untenable pressures facing their long-term care systems and direct care workers. But there’s good news: recent developments at the federal level could finally improve this situation, providing states with significant resources to transform these jobs.
Yet for many state leaders, this opportunity begs the question: how precisely should additional federal funding be invested to improve direct care jobs?
We’re here to help. We can work with your state to create a tailored direct care workforce strategy rooted in our field’s best thinking. From surveying the direct care workforce to making a business care for investing federal dollars in your state—and much more—we can help you create the best possible plan for your state’s direct care workforce.
KEY SERVICES
If you need support with developing a state-level direct care workforce plan or intervention, we can partner with you to:
Survey the direct care workforce to understand their needs, experiences, aspirations, and various factors related to their jobs
Develop a recruitment and retention strategy to inform how states support employers to meet growing demand
Advise the creation of a data collection infrastructure that can produce the best insights on direct care workers in all parts of the state
Produce rigorous fact sheets, research briefs, and landscape studies that describe the direct care workforce and the challenges they’re experiencing
Inform the design of direct care workforce policy interventions like compensation strategies, matching service registries, and more
Launch a social media public education campaign to raise awareness about this workforce and improve recruitment
Make a powerful, data-driven business case for the importance of investing public and private dollars in this essential, rapidly growing workforce
Diagnose direct care training infrastructure needs, accounting for all legal requirements and the best training methods
Bring expertise to convening a statewide direct care worker task force that can create short- and long-term strategies
Contact Us
Interested in working with PHI? Complete our online contact form or email us at info@PHInational.org. We’ll follow up to schedule a consultation, understand your needs, and discuss various pricing options.
