Jake McDonald, Senior Policy Advocacy Specialist for PHI and former member of our leadership team, recently published “Strengthening Maine’s Care and Support Systems: Turning Ideas into Policy.”
In this article, Mr. McDonald states, “The recommendations from Maine’s Essential Care & Support Workforce Partnership have given the state a clear framework for recruiting and retaining the direct care workforce Maine’s people and economy desperately need.” He continues by noting that this legislative vehicle is “based in the realities faced by workers and care recipients,” and that “If legislators pass this bill, it will help make Maine a leader in building the resilient, well-supported direct care workforce the state needs now and, especially, in the years ahead.”
PHI works to ensure quality care for older adults and people with disabilities by creating quality jobs for direct care workers.