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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.


North Carolina

North Carolina has taken a broad-based approach to addressing the direct care workforce. The Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services seeks technical assistance to support the NC DHHS Frontline Worker Initiative. The goals of this task include 1) developing a cross-population, cross-divisional, statewide stakeholder group; 2) identifying the positions comprising workforce across agencies and populations, gaps and needs, and trends; 3) identifying successes and evidence-based practices; 4) determining core competencies for training and assistance in coordinating venues for training; 5) implementing social marketing campaign; and 6) developing a broader public education/marketing strategy relative to NC NOVA.


Populations Served: Aging, MR/DD, Physical Disabilities, MI, Medically Fragile Children


For More Information Contact:

Pheon Beal, MPH

Special Advisor to the Secretary on Workforce Development

N.C. Department of Health and Human Services

2501 Mail Service Center , Raleigh, NC 27699-2501

(919) 733-4534 (ph)

(919) 715-4645 (fx)

pheon.beal@ncmail.net