Improving the Evidence Base for Policy Initiatives to Strengthen the Direct Service Workforce
States implementing workforce improvement initiatives must have good data in order to show evidence of their progress. In this session panelists will present about federal data collection efforts underway such as the ASPE-sponsored National Nursing Assistant and National Home Health Aide Surveys and the Bureau of Labor Statistics' ongoing workforce data collection. Presenters from the DSW Resource Center will discuss a set of recommendations they have drafted for what workforce data states should collect and track. Participants will be engaged in a discussion of their own workforce data needs, their current data collection efforts, and challenges with regard to measuring workforce outcomes.
| Moderator: | Bernadette Wright, PhD, Direct Service Workforce Resource Center | Handout |
| Panelists: | Marie Squillace, PhD, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | Presentation |
| Dorie Seavey, PhD, PHI and Steve Edelstein, JD, PHI | Presentation |
