There’s Still Time to Join the LeadingAge Kansas Workforce Collaboration Group
Join our internal workforce collaboration group to network with other providers, brainstorm ideas or possible solutions for the aging services workforce, and listen to presentations on workforce apprenticeships in Kansas. Meetings take place the...
Participants Needed: Workforce Collaboration Group
We’ve been working to identify workforce issues and develop strategic initiatives for the aging services field. We are looking for individuals to participate in an internal, membership only collaboration group and provide feedback on...
Participants Needed: Workforce Collaboration Group
We’ve been working to identify potential workforce issues and develop strategic initiatives for the aging services workforce. We are looking for individuals to participate in a collaboration group and provide feedback on these strategies....
New Workforce Snap Poll
To better understand the workforce challenges in provider member organizations across the continuum, LeadingAge has released a new quarterly Workforce Snap Poll. The survey will be useful in our advocacy with members of Congress...
Hospice CAHPS Exemption Deadline December 31, 2022
Hospices that served fewer than 50 survey-eligible decedents/caregivers in CY 2021 (January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021) can apply for an exemption from participation in the CAHPS Hospice Survey for CY 2022. To view or...
New LeadingAge Workforce Crisis Resource Document
LeadingAge advocates can access a new resource, a “Workforce Crisis: American Needs Caregiving Professionals Now” two-page document that provides updated statistics on the population of the United States that is rapidly aging, and the steadily...
DOL Announces $90 Million Funding Opportunity to Support Pre-Apprenticeship Program for Young People
To help remove academic and training barriers faced by young people, on November 30, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a $90 million funding opportunity in YouthBuild Program grants to support pre-apprenticeships in high-demand industries including healthcare...
DOL Nursing Expansion Program Funding Opportunity Announcement Amended: The Nursing Career Pathways Track’s Lead...
On October 11th, LeadingAge asked the Department of Labor (DOL) for a clarification on whether the DOL’s Nursing Expansion Grant Program’s Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) requires nonprofit healthcare organizations, who are one of the...
Have You Seen the New LeadingAge Workforce Recruitment Tools?
Backed by recent national research among potential employees, LeadingAge prepared new workforce recruitment tools. LeadingAge members can access communications strategies, message frames, messenger guidance, and tips for crafting recruitment communications. These tools are part...
Department of Labor Resources on Workplace Stress
Approximately two-thirds of workers surveyed characterized work as being a very or somewhat significant source of stress, each year from 2019-2021. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has created a Workplace...
LeadingAge LTC Coalition Letter to Congress: Prioritize Aging Services Workforce
On October 18th, LeadingAge joined Argentum and the American Senior Housing Association (ASHA) in co-signing a letter to the Senate and House Congressional leadership, and to the co-chairs of the House 21st Century Long-Term Care...
EWA Webinar: Key Member Reports on Workforce and Caregiving
On October 11th, LeadingAge participated in an Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) webinar titled, “Key Member Reports on Workforce and Caregiving.” The panelists at the session highlighted important reports on workforce data, shortages, career ladders,...