At the end of 2007, the Bureau of Labor Statistics at the U.S. Department of Labor released its latest national occupational projections for the 2006-16 period. In this fact sheet, PHI summarizes the data relating to the direct-care workforce.

Our analysis suggests that demand for direct-care workers over the next decade, particularly in home and community-based settings, will continue to outpace supply dramatically - unless policy-makers and employers work together to make these jobs competitively attractive compared to other occupations.