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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.

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week

The U.S. Senate recently adopted the ANCOR-drafted resolution designating the week beginning September 8th as National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week.

Stakeholder Recommendations to Improve Recruitment, Retention, and the Perceived Status of Paraprofessional Direct Service Workers in Texas

June 2008 report from the Texas Direct Service Workforce Initiative includes recommendations to improve recruitment, retention, and the perceived status of DSW in Texas.


About the Database

The DSW Resource Center uses Google search technology to perform your search. Instead of searching the entire World Wide Web, the search engine performs a targeted search of the websites and resource databases of several leading organizations in the field. So the results of your search are narrowed to include only relevant resources from sources you can trust.

Popular Searches

Resources from the following websites are included in the database. You can also look through these websites on your own for more information.

Quality Mall

Research and Training Center on Community Living

HCBS: Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative

Better Jobs Better Care

National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce

National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals

UCSF PAS Center

Health Care for Health Care Workers