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	<title>News and Opinions « Direct Care Alliance &#187; as leaders</title>
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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>Making the Invisible Visible</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/02/making-the-invisible-visible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonila Vega</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago, my colleague Roy Gedat and I decided to start what is now this blog our e-newsletter, The Direct Care News. We saw a large void, in that there was no news being published by workers themselves about their work and barriers. We wanted the silenced voices of direct care workers to come through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Dr. King’s Legacy</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/celebrating-dr-king%e2%80%99s-legacy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/celebrating-dr-king%e2%80%99s-legacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Martin Luther King. Jr. Day approached, we here at the Direct Care Alliance found ourselves reflecting on Dr. King&#8217;s influence on our lives and work and wondering what he would think about today&#8217;s campaign for better jobs for direct care workers. We asked some of our current and past board members to share their thoughts [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/dca-to-build-on-momentum-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Dudzinski</dc:creator>
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		<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>A Landmark Day for Home Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/a-landmark-day-for-home-care-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Dudzinski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday was a big day in the history of the fight for direct care worker rights, and I was lucky enough to be right there in Washington, DC, representing DCA and my fellow home care workers when President Obama made the announcement. (That’s me in the video, right behind the President’s left shoulder). The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improving Care Quality by Developing Direct Care Worker Leaders</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/11/improving-care-quality-by-developing-direct-care-worker-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/11/improving-care-quality-by-developing-direct-care-worker-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Developing direct care workers’ leadership skills can be an effective way of improving job and care quality in long-term care, according to early feedback from a collaboration between the Direct Care Alliance and four New York City-area nursing homes. The program is part of a pilot being conducted by DCA, the Beth Abraham Family of [...]]]></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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		<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>Why We Stopped Offering Health Insurance to Our Home Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/why-we-stopped-offering-health-insurance-to-our-home-care-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/why-we-stopped-offering-health-insurance-to-our-home-care-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Dudzinski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some things just don’t make sense. As many of you know, I am an employee-owner of a supportive home care agency in Wisconsin that is a worker-owned cooperative. I chair the board of directors, which recently had to make a very difficult decision: We had to stop offering health insurance coverage to our employees. I [...]]]></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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		<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>DCA, Allies Host Senate Briefing on the Companionship Exemption</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/dca-allies-host-senate-briefing-on-the-companionship-exemption/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/dca-allies-host-senate-briefing-on-the-companionship-exemption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, direct care workers and their allies met with Senate staffers to educate them about the companionship exemption and the negative impact that it is having on home- and community-based services. The companionship exemption exempts home care workers from minimum wage and overtime protections under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Twenty-one states currently [...]]]></description>
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