Welcome to the Partnership

WHO WE ARE

We are a broad partnership led by the Maine Council on Aging, the Maine Center for Economic Policy and PHI, working to increase access to quality direct care and support in Maine by changing the way we value workers and the work they do. We are working to create a resilient and empowered direct care and support workforce equipped to provide care and support services to older adults, those with behavioral health needs, and people with physical and/or intellectual disabilities wherever services are needed. Our work is partially funded by a generous grant from the Maine Health Access Foundation.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

Every person who needs care and support services in Maine should be able to receive consistent and predictable care and support from an empowered and valued worker who is trained to deliver quality services, regardless of the setting in which services are delivered.  A well-trained and appropriately compensated direct care and support workforce is essential to the health and well-being of Maine’s people and economy.

WHAT WE DO

We engage in advocacy, research and coalition building to increase the number and kinds of people who are advocating for sufficient investments in Maine’s “care economy” – both the workforce and the care infrastructure, collaborating on innovative solutions and initiatives to grow and more efficiently deploy a quality workforce, and promoting care as a valuable and honorable profession.