The Hill: Medicaid Providers Need a More Sensible Approach to Labor’s Overtime Proposal
Workforce Crisis
Post-Gazette: Marjie Stuber — The State’s Budget Reveals What the State Thinks of People With Disabilities and Autism
The State of America’s Direct Support Workforce Crisis 2023 Briefing to Be Held by ANCOR
PA L&I Announces Availability of $2.8M in Grant Funding to Improve Job Quality for Direct Care Workers
On January 8, 2024, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) announced the availability of $2.8M in reemployment funds for the Direct Care Worker Job Quality (DCWJQ) Grant. The grant funding is to be used to boost PA’s direct care workforce by improving job quality and increasing career advancement opportunities. Applicants may request awards of up to $600,000 each.
Additional information about this funding is posted on the L&I grant opportunity web page. This information includes the grant itself, the application form, project summary, budget form, and the Worker Protection and Investment Certificate form.
The application deadline for the DCWJQ Grant is February 29, 2024, at 4:00 pm ET.
ANCOR Releases Jan. 5 Weekly Update: Media Coverage of the Workforce Crisis and More!
Workforce Shortage Featured in PBS NewsHour
SUD Treatment Staffing Flexibilities Signed Into Law; DDAP to Provide Guidance
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RCPA Signs Letter With PA Provider Advocacy Coalition to Promote Medicaid Funding
The PA Provider Advocacy Coalition, an organization that constitutes a variety of PA providers and advocates across all fields, recently sent a letter to the Shapiro Administration regarding the FY 2024/25 budget. RCPA signed onto the letter, which calls for rate adjustments and investments in Medicaid services in order to address the current workforce crisis. The Coalition states in the letter:
We recognize that addressing these workforce challenges will require a sustained, coordinated, multi-faceted public and private sector response. Earlier this year, our coalition met with representatives of your administration to recommend the creation of a Health Care Workforce Council to help lead this multiyear effort. However, there is one aspect of this overall problem that is relatively straightforward—chronic underpayment by the Medical Assistance program.
RCPA will continue to keep our members informed of updates. If you have any questions, please contact your RCPA Policy Director.
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