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	<description>What direct care worker advocates are thinking, saying and doing</description>
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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>What Caring for Friends Taught Me About Direct Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/what-caring-for-friends-taught-me-about-direct-care-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/what-caring-for-friends-taught-me-about-direct-care-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meriam Jawhar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an advocate for people with disabilities, I’ve always realized that they need certain supports. But becoming a caregiver for two of my friends gave me a whole new awareness of just how much professional caregivers really do, and the huge responsibility they have for another person’s life. The first time I was put into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Honest Day’s Work Deserves Fair Pay</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/an-honest-day%e2%80%99s-work-deserves-fair-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/an-honest-day%e2%80%99s-work-deserves-fair-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mohan Varghese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A home care workers explains why we need to enact the proposed home care rule It is only just to give home health care workers the basic rights that are guaranteed by the Fair Labor Standards Act.  If you look at any other job that’s non-salaried, they have those rights. If you work at a [...]]]></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>Comment Update: Early Feedback on DOL&#8217;s Proposed Home Care Rule</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/comment-update-early-feedback-on-dols-proposed-home-care-rule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The comments on the Department of Labor’s proposed rule to extend Fair Labor Standards Act protection to home care workers are surging in faster than DOL staff can post them. Negative feedback seems to be in the majority at the moment, but there are plenty of eloquent comments from supporters of the proposed rule. We’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New DCA Resources Make It Easy to Comment on Proposed Rule</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/new-dca-resources-make-it-easy-to-comment-on-proposed-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/new-dca-resources-make-it-easy-to-comment-on-proposed-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By proposing to grant home care workers basic labor rights, the Department of Labor (DOL) has taken an important step to correct the longstanding injustice done to these crucial workers. Now it&#8217;s up to us to make sure that happens, by registering our support for DOL&#8217;s proposed rule to extend Fair Labor Standards Act protections [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Direct Care Workers Must Be Treated as Professionals</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/why-direct-care-workers-must-be-treated-as-professionals/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/why-direct-care-workers-must-be-treated-as-professionals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ameia Yen-Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been a long-term care nurse for over 25 years, most recently as a gerontological nurse practitioner. I started out as a nursing assistant, but it wasn’t until I went to graduate school in 2006 that I realized how many people, including us long-term care nurses, fail to give direct care workers the respect and [...]]]></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>Care, Committment and Coffee Series Concludes with Norman Thomas of New York</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/08/care-committment-and-coffee-series-concludes-with-norman-thomas-of-new-york/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/08/care-committment-and-coffee-series-concludes-with-norman-thomas-of-new-york/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:02:22 +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, Norman Thomas to discuss the most pressing issues facing direct care workers.  Mr. Thomas is a direct care worker at Beth Abraham Family Services in Bronx, New York. The DCA recently teamed up with Beth Abraham and [...]]]></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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