The National Direct Service Workforce Resource Center has announced that the U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services, with other federal partner agencies, are jointly convening a National Symposium on Strengthening the Home and Community-Based Direct Service Workforce on May 8-9, 2008 in Baltimore, MD. This event will provide a forum for showcasing best practices in home and community-based direct service workforce development, highlight Federal and state workforce initiatives, and disseminate research findings and best practices. A primary theme of the event will be the importance of addressing workforce issues across age and disability consumer populations.

Information about the symposium agenda and registration will be forthcoming at
http://www.dswresourcecenter.org/index.php/dsw/dsw_symposium (and at the link below).

The DSW Resource Center was created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2006 to respond to the growing shortage of workers who provide direct care and personal assistance to individuals who need long term supports and services in the United States.

Contact information for the DSW Resource Center is:
email: info@dswresourcecenter.org
phone: 1-877-822-2647
web: http://www.dswresourcecenter.org