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  July 28, 2009
DOL logo$220 Million Grant Program Targets Health Workers

The U.S. Department of Labor has launched a $220 million competitive grant program aimed at training new workers for health care and other high-growth industries.

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report coverReport Explores Options for LTC in Health Reform

The Scan Foundation has released a policy brief titled Long-Term Care in Health Reform: Policy Options to Improve Both that presents four distinct policy options for including long-term care support and services in health care reform.

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protesterCalifornia to Cut $226 Million From Home Care

California's ongoing budget disaster edged nearer to some sort of resolution last week as state lawmakers approved a proposal to close the $25.3 billion gap.

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hearing photoPHI's Rodat Testifies for LTC at Congressional Hearing

Carol Rodat, PHI New York Policy Director, testified in favor of the Together We Care Act of 2009 and the Earnings and Living Opportunities Act at a Congressional field hearing held in New York.

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PRESS RELEASE: PHI Establishes National Office in DC

Thanks to funding from The SCAN Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies, PHI is pleased to announce the opening of a national policy/advocacy office in Washington, DC.

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Aaron Toleos, Online Communications Director
atoleos@phinational.org
718-874-9035

PHI works to improve the lives of people who need home and residential care-and the lives of the workers who provide that care. Our goal is to ensure caring, stable relationships between consumers and workers, so that both may live with dignity, respect, and independence.

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