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News about the direct-care workforce |
 Nearly 30 Percent of Direct-Care Workers Lack Health Care Coverage, New Analysis Finds
Roughly 1 million direct-care workers were uninsured in 2009, according to a new PHI fact sheet.
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 SCAN Releases Curricula for Direct-Care Workers
The SCAN Foundation has released the first two curricula in a series designed to enhance the skills of California's direct-care workforce, including one designed by PHI. Read more... |
 New from PHI's National Clearinghouse
The newest additions to PHI's National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce address health reform, immigration, and the recession's impact on nursing facilities.
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 Online Tax Resource Center Helps Employers Help Direct-Care Workers
Direct-care workers and their employers can still take advantage of PHI's online tax resource center designed to help workers get the tax credits they are entitled to receive and access free tax preparation assistance sites.
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Deane Beebe, Director of Public Education and Media Relations
dbeebe@phinational.org718.928.2033 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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