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From Numbers to Action: Using Data to Strengthen the HCBS Direct Care Workforce

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NCOA has been awarded a 5-year, $6.5 million grant from the U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL) to establish a new technical resource center to support the nation’s direct care workforce, enabling older adults, people with disabilities, and their families and caregivers to lead healthy and independent lives.

This webinar will demystify how states can leverage what they have today, pinpoint what they need next, and connect datasets across systems to forecast demand for direct care workers and guide smarter investments and policy change to build the workforce. 

Speakers:

  • Kezia Scales, Vice President of Research & EvaluationPHI. As the Vice President of Research & Evaluation, Kezia leads PHI’s strategy for building the evidence base on state and national policies and workforce interventions that improve direct care jobs, elevate this essential workforce, and strengthen care processes and outcomes. This role involves leading PHI’s program of workforce and policy research as well as overseeing the evaluation of PHI’s own field-leading interventions and initiatives.
  • Julie Bershadsky, Director, Community Living and Employment Research AssociateUMN - ICI. Dr. Bershadsky has more than a decade of professional experience in the design of research and analysis of demonstration projects of national significance in support of people with disabilities. Her professional background and training include health services research, public health, and statistics. Dr. Bershadsky has expertise in supporting organizations to analyze, improve, and monitor the delivery and outcomes of services and supports for people with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities. Prior to joining ICI, she served as the senior director, lead methodologist and analyst for the National Core Indicators–Aging and Disabilities (NCI-AD) program, a multi-state, multi-partner collaboration that measures performance of publicly-funded programs for older adults and adults with disabilities across participating states, as well as lead methodologist and analyst for the National Core Indicators (NCI) program.

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