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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...

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Voices 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...

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DCW 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...

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Direct 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...

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Introducing 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...

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Voices 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...

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A 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...

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A 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...

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Thank 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...

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Fight 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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