Lorien Health Services holds ‘Signing Day’ to help build pipeline of nursing assistants
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2024
Signing Day isn’t an event solely for student athletes to showcase their college commitment, at least in one Maryland school district.
HUD awards $32 million to fight discrimination
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 11, 2024
The Department of Housing and Urban Development last week awarded $31.7 million to support 75 fair housing organizations in their efforts against discrimination.
Employers can match student loan payments as contributions to retirement plan, IRS says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 21, 2024
The IRS on Monday issued interim guidance for employers who opt to make matching contributions to retirement plans on eligible student loan payments made by their participating employees.
Willow Valley Communities, Acts–Retirement Life Communities to end partnership
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 04, 2024
More than two years after forging a strategic alliance, Willow Valley Communities and Acts–Retirement Life Communities are parting ways.
Digital brokerage firm Offerd expands into senior living market
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 05, 2024
Digital brokerage firm Offerd has expanded into the senior living market, the Austin, TX-based company announced Wednesday.
New company, 603Healthcare, assumes management of eight Genesis HealthCare properties
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 04, 2024
603Healthcare has assumed management of eight former Genesis HealthCare-owned senior living and care properties in New Hampshire, 603Healthcare announced Monday.
Confidence, savvy about retirement savings a ‘promising sign’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 13, 2024
With inflation slowly easing, workers are more confident in their ability to reach financial goals in retirement than they were a year ago, according to the results of a survey recently released by Charles...
HUD proposes closing qualified contract loophole for LIHTC transactions
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 19, 2024
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has proposed guidance meant to close the qualified contract loophole in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program for Federal Housing Administration multifamily...
New updates to OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard in effect
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 22, 2024
Updates to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom) went into effect last month, with a compliance deadline set for 2026.
Educational, medical debt high among nursing home, home health workers: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 29, 2024
Healthcare workers may carry higher educational and medical debt than workers in other professions, and nursing home and home health workers are among those with the highest debt, according to a study...