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		<title>Putting Your Heart in the Game: Calling for Change in Arizona</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Direct Care Worker Association has had an exciting couple of months. Before the election, several colleagues and I made visits to the offices of Sen. John McCain and Sen. Jon Kyl to seek support for the Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act. We explained our interest in the legislation and how it needs to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the ASA/NCOA Conference: How health care reform impacts DCWs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timothy Doe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I traveled to Chicago for the 2010 Aging in America Conference. It was a great event and I wanted to share my experience with you along with some thoughts on how health care reform impacts direct care workers.]]></description>
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		<title>I Don’t Do this Job to Win an Award – But It Sure Feels Good to Get One</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timothy Doe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You must first be a believer if you would be an achiever. Late last year, something happened that humbled me more than anything else in the five years that I’ve worked at the Catholic Community Services (CCS) Community Living Program in Tucson: I was chosen as our 2009-2010 Employee of the Year. I have been [...]]]></description>
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