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Direct-Service Workforce: Needs, Challenges and Intervention Strategies

Gas Prices and Transportation Challenges Webinar

September 23, 2008 at 3:00 pm Eastern.

State Chart Book on Wages for Personal & Home Care Aides

A new publication from PHI looks at the decline in inflation-adjusted wages for personal and home care aids.

DSW Symposium Follow-Up Call

All attendees of the Symposium are invited to participate in a follow-up call on August 4 to discuss themes that emerged from the Symposium and ideas for next steps.


2008 Symposium on Strengthening the HCBS Direct Service Workforce, May 8-9, 2008

The National Direct Service Workforce Resource Center, with the support of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor, hosted a National Symposium on Strengthening the HCBS Direct Service Workforce on May 8-9, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland. This event provided a forum for showcasing best practices in home- and community-based direct service workforce development, highlighted Federal and state workforce initiatives, and disseminated research findings. A primary theme of the event was the importance of addressing workforce issues across age and disability consumer populations.

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Symposium Evaluation Results