Engaging the Public Workforce Development System: Strategies for Investing in the Direct Care Workforce (Issue Brief)


 

Publication Date: January 2006

Publisher: Institute for the Future of Aging Services, Washington, DC; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Author(s): D. Seavey

Research Area: Health

Type: Report

Abstract:

Although long-term care is one of the fastest growing fields in the national economy, state and local workforce, development systems often do not invest in direct care occupations. The issue brief explores the reasons for their reluctance, as well as highlights several examples of successful partnerships between workforce development networks and employers.