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		<title>DCA Members, Allies Comment on Proposed Rule</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/02/dca-members-allies-comment-on-proposed-rule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that we&#8217;re about two-thirds of the way through the public comment period on the proposed rule to extend Fair Labor Standards Act protections to home care workers, the comments are beginning to give a sense of the range and sheer number of home care stakeholders who support the rule&#8211;and the depth of their passion about this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DCA to Build on Momentum in 2012</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/dca-to-build-on-momentum-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Dudzinski</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=4572</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends, Thanks to the hard work of our direct care worker leaders and allies, we made a lot of progress in 2011, and there are many opportunities for continued success in 2012. As DCA’s board chair, I am incredibly proud of the leadership and vision of DCA’s executive director, Leonila Vega, as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Temporarily Blocks 20% Pay Cut for Family Caregivers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/judge-temporarily-blocks-20-pay-cut-for-family-caregivers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/judge-temporarily-blocks-20-pay-cut-for-family-caregivers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As home health agency owner Tim Plant explained in a September 20 DCA blog post, Minnesota’s new budget included a 20 percent pay cut for personal care assistants who provide care to a relative. The cut was to have gone into effect October 1, but a dedicated group of activists worked hard to convince lawmakers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conference Inspires and Informs Florida Caregivers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/conference-inspires-and-informs-florida-caregivers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/conference-inspires-and-informs-florida-caregivers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Nachtway</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=4334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 16th annual Florida Professional Association of Care Givers (FPACG) conference, which was co-sponsored this year by DCA, was inspirational from the start. After a welcome and invocation by CNA/HHA Rita Andrews and CNA/HHA Nancy Strebel, the Air Force junior ROTC from Lake Brantley High School presented the colors. What a thing that was to witness! Next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stumping for the Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/stumping-for-the-direct-care-job-quality-job-improvement-act/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/stumping-for-the-direct-care-job-quality-job-improvement-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Leah</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=4285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I returned home after attending this year’s Voices Institute, I made a commitment to myself. I committed to not waste the investment made in me by DCA; the confidence placed in me by my association, the Florida Professional Association of Care Givers, when they recommended me for the training; or the commitment I made to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Honors Exceptional Direct Care Workers and Employers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/wisconsin-honors-exceptional-direct-care-workers-and-employers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/wisconsin-honors-exceptional-direct-care-workers-and-employers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Dudzinski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year here in Wisconsin we honor four direct care workers, one supervisor of direct care workers, and one administrator in long term care. I was honored to present the awards last week to my fellow direct care workers. I got to visit with most of the winners before the presentation, which was at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PA Caregivers Invited to Free Training, Board Meet</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/09/pa-caregivers-invited-to-free-training-board-meet/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/09/pa-caregivers-invited-to-free-training-board-meet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=4211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania Direct Care Workers Association invites all interested direct care workers in Pennsylvania to two free training sessions and a PaDCWA board meeting, to be held at Arden Courts in Allentown on October 27. The first training will be on the subject of caregiver burnout. It will be conducted during a working lunch (provided at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Care, Commitment and Coffee with Naomi Smith of Michigan!</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/06/care-commitment-and-coffee-with-naomi-smith-of-michigan/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/06/care-commitment-and-coffee-with-naomi-smith-of-michigan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the 2011 Voices Institute Leadership Training, DCA communications director, Josh Sabato sat down to speak with direct care worker, Naomi Smith to discuss the most pressing issues facing direct care workers and how other activists can get involved in direct care advocacy in Michigan.  DCA Speaks with Naomi Smith at 2011 Voices Institute Training.]]></description>
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		<title>Woo-Hoo, Our Co-Op Toolkit is Finished! Or Is This Just the Beginning?</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/03/woo-hoo-our-co-op-toolkit-is-finished-or-is-this-just-the-beginning/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/03/woo-hoo-our-co-op-toolkit-is-finished-or-is-this-just-the-beginning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Dudzinski</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=3466</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was approached to write a toolkit about starting a worker-owned home care cooperative, I wasn’t sure where to start.  But if you have read some of my previous blog posts, you know I say that you can’t grow as a person if you don’t step out of your comfort zone. I have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humble Heroes: Caring and Supporting Beyond the Care Plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/03/humble-heroes-caring-and-supporting-beyond-the-care-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/03/humble-heroes-caring-and-supporting-beyond-the-care-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonila Vega</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meeting with direct care workers whether they work in nursing homes, assisted living or providing care and supports to elders and people living with disabilities in their homes, is both humbling and profoundly inspiring.  The stories I hear or moments I witness are examples of exemplary heroism and personal sacrifice.  These are the kind of [...]]]></description>
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