Indpendence Care System (ICS) is a nonprofit, Medicaid-managed long-term care program generating $50 million in annual revenue through its commitment to helping adults with physical disabilities live in their homes independently. Established in 2000 by CHCA founder Rick Surpin, ICS addresses the severe constraints people living with disabilities face when coordinating their own health and social services.
The Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) is a national non-profit organization working to ensure a stable, valued direct-care workforce. Established in 1991, PHI supports and enhances CHCA's innovative workplace practices and promotes public policies to ensure Quality Care through Quality Jobs.
Home Care Associates (HCA) is a Pennsylvania home care agency ensuring Quality Care through Quality Jobs for residents of Philadelphia and surrounding counties.
Quality Care Partners (QCP) is a New Hampshire paraprofessional health care agency providing Quality Care through Quality Jobs.
The National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce is a central "on-line library" of news, research, best practices, and other vital information regarding the direct-care workforce.
The Direct Care Alliance (DCA) brings direct-care workers, consumers, and employer-providers into multi-staeholder dialogue to reform both public policy and healthcare industry practice. Recognizing that workers are the most important participants in this dialogue, the DCA helps them "care outloud" to make their voices heard in practice and policy reform efforts.
Moving Ideas Network is an on-line initiative dedicated to explaining and popularizing complex policy ideas to a broader audience, working both to improve collaboration and dialogue between policy and grassroots organizations, and to promote their work to journalist and legislators.
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