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Speaker(s):
Robert Espinoza, PHI
Topic:
Direct care workers have struggled for decades in poor-quality jobs that threaten their livelihood and push many of them out of this field. As a result, long-term care employers struggle every year to meet growing demand. Recent federal developments, including a proposed $400 billion investment in HCBS, offer a window of opportunity to improve these jobs nationwide. But how should this funding be strategically invested? And what else should federal leaders do to strengthen this essential workforce and improve care for everyone?
This discussion will describe the key challenges facing direct care workers in this country, the potential impact of recent federal proposals on this job sector, and key policy recommendations for the White House, Congress, and key departments and agencies to transform the direct care workforce once and for all.
About the Speaker(s):
Robert Espinoza, Vice President of Policy, PHI
Robert oversees PHI’s national advocacy, research, and public education division on the direct care workforce, including its strategic direction and federal advocacy. In 2020, he was selected for the first-ever CARE 100 list of the most innovative people working to re-imagine how we care in America today and as one of Next Avenue’s 2020 Influencers in Aging. In 2021, he testified before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor on the need to improve funding nationwide for workforce interventions in direct care.
Robert is a nationally recognized expert and frequent speaker on aging, long-term care, workforce, and equity issues. For more than 20 years, he has spearheaded high-profile advocacy campaigns and written landmark reports on aging and long-term care, LGBT rights, racial justice, and immigration, among other topics. He has appeared in multiple media outlets, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, CNN, Forbes, and The Washington Post, and his writing has been published in The Huffington Post, The Hill, and POLITICO, among others.
Robert received his MPA from New York University, and his BA in English and BS in Journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is a 2013 graduate of the Rockwood Leadership Institute, and lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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