California Workforce Development Board grants $14M for CNA, LVA apprenticeship program
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 21, 2022
The California Workforce Development Board has granted $14 million to the Center for Caregiver Advancement to launch a statewide certified nurse assistant registered apprenticeship program and to pilot...
Proposed LTSS legislation in PA, NY modeled after controversial WA program
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 07, 2022
New York and Pennsylvania are considering long-term care legislation similar to the controversial WA Cares plan in Washington state.
Assisted living caregivers in line for payments from $1.2 million relief program
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 25, 2022
Assisted living direct care workers are among those eligible to receive hardship payments from a $1.2 million caregiver relief program in New Jersey.
As long-term care job vacancies approach 30 percent, report suggests solutions
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 08, 2022
As workforce vacancies near 30% among Wisconsin long-term care operators, a new report from a coalition of provider organizations recommends funding sustainability, certification flexibility and compassion...
$25 million in COVID-19 payments will support 211 long-term care organizations
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 08, 2022
One-time payments totaling $25 million will be issued to 211 long-term care organizations in Maine to help them recover from the pandemic, Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Thursday.
1.2 million frontline workers apply for share of $500 million ‘hero pay’ bonuses
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 27, 2022
More than 1 million Minnesota frontline workers have applied for a share of $500 million in “hero pay” offered by the state for staying on the job during the pandemic.
1.2 million workers apply for ‘hero pay’ ahead of state deadline
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2022
Close to 1.2 million workers applied for a cut of $500 million in “hero pay” made available under Minnesota’s Frontline Worker Pay Law.
New Minnesota healthcare law fails to address assisted living’s most pressing challenge: staff wages
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 22, 2022
A new Health and Human Services policy law passed by legislators in the final hours of the 2022 Minnesota legislative session fails to address the state’s most pressing challenge for assisted living...
New law requires dementia-specific training for assisted living staff
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Amy Novotney
Jun 14, 2022
Colorado lawmakers recently passed legislation mandating dementia-specific training for professional caregivers in assisted living communities and some other long-term care settings.
Law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional, judge rules
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 20, 2022
A California law requiring corporate boards to name at least three women as directors is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled May 13. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis said that the...