Help Us Change the World: Apply to the DCA’s Voices Institute
Download the invitation letter and an application form you can mail or fax (PDF) Apply online “I would recommmend this training to anyone who wants to become a leader,” says Tracy Dudzinski, one of the...
View ArticleVoices Institute National Leadership Program Extends Deadline
Learn more about the Voices Institute, download an application, or apply online A few of the employers and associations who expressed interest in this year’s Voices Institute National Leadership...
View ArticleDCW Helps Fight Proposed Cuts to Critical Disability and Aging Services in...
“Bridget Siljander calls them the ‘invisible workforce.’ Without them, though, the fallout will be starkly clear,” begins a story that ran last week in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, one of...
View ArticleDirect Care Worker Leaders Find Home in the 2009 Voices Institute Leadership...
A conference call isn’t usually an easy way to get to know someone, but there was a lot of laughter, sharing, and mutual support last week when the 2009 class of the Voices Institute National...
View ArticleIntroducing Voices Institute Trainer and DCW Brenda Nachtway
In a few short weeks, the direct care worker movement will grow stronger and more unified when direct care workers come together in Racine, Wisconsin for the Voices Institute‘s second National...
View ArticleVoices Institute Welcomes Another Remarkable Class
The Direct Care Alliance’s signature program, the Voices Institute, is about to hold its second National Leadership Program. The week-long retreat is an intensive learning journey, and this year’s...
View ArticleA Call to Direct Care Leaders: Let’s bring our best selves to the cause
It is a critical time to become a leader… We’re starting to coagulate as a direct care worker movement, and it’s more important than ever that we unite to get things done. This is an exciting time, but...
View ArticleA Call to Direct Care Leaders, continued
This is part two of a post on working together to efficiently advance change in the direct care profession. Read the first part of the post here. Setting an example We direct care worker leaders have...
View ArticleThank you
It is with mixed emotions that I announce my departure from the staff of the Direct Care Alliance. It is an incredible organization that is building a movement for positive change in the direct care...
View ArticleFight for Direct Care Worker Raises Gaining Ground in Minnesota
Minnesota caregivers—also known as direct care workers or direct support professionals—have been fighting for many years to get the support that they need to continue doing the work that they love. Now...
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