The DC Coalition on Long Term Care’s 2023 Long Term Care Direct Care Workforce Survey, released on February 14, shows that the direct care workforce crisis has not abated.  Providers are still struggling to recruit and retain workers.  The dire shortage of workers is driving up costs and reducing access to care for seniors and[…]

In a letter sent February 8, 2023, the DC Coalition on Long Term Care is calling on the DC Department of Transportation to reengineer ParkDC, a system to issue free parking permits to home health aides via an on-line portal. The system is supposed to help HHAs avoid parking tickets when they are working in[…]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2022 On September 30, the Department of Health Care Finance (DCHF) published three separate notices that outline its approach to paying out more than $17 million in ARPA funds for direct care worker retention, recruitment, conversion and vaccine bonus payments. Due to the approach taken by DHCF, the DC Coalition[…]