As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Care Workers Recognition Month activities and in support of President Biden's Executive Order on Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that 20 states have been selected to participate in two separate technical assistance programs that together will help participating states better recruit, train, and retain direct care workers, who provide home and community-based services (HCBS) for older adults and people with disabilities. Both programs are offered through the Administration for Community Living's Direct Care Workforce (DCW) Strategies Center. HHS also announced the first members of the advisory committee that will guide the center's work. Kate Murray, president of Applied Self-Direction is one of the twenty-six stakeholders selected to guide the work of the DCW Strategies Center.
Review the full list including primarily direct care professionals and people who receive HCBS who were selected to serve as members of the center's inaugural advisory council.