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News about the direct-care workforce
  November 18, 2009
SolisLabor Secretary Solis Gives Nod to Building a Trained Direct-Care Workforce

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis's keynote remarks at a recent conference were music to the ears of advocates for quality care through quality jobs.

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Helen HansonDirect-Care Workers Speak Out on Health Reform
The PHI Health Care for Health Care Workers campaign has launched a weekly advocacy effort emphasizing why health reform is so critical for direct-care workers.

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ANCC logoAmerican Nurses Credentialing Center Accredits PHI Training Programs
The newly accredited training programs help to build the skills necessary to create a supportive, respectful workplace culture within home- and facility-based care.

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Bar graph excerptData Highlights Importance of Health Reform to Direct-Care Workers
PHI's analysis of the 2009 Current Population Survey data on health insurance coverage shows that an alarming number of direct-care workers lack health insurance.
MoneyDirect-Care Workers Can Save on Taxes
It is not too early to think about the upcoming tax season and ways that direct-care workers can get a bigger refund and keep more of their money at tax time.

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Deane Beebe, Director of Public Education and Media Relations
dbeebe@phinational.org
718.928.2033

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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