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Jan 26 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Today, @SenBobCasey & @RepDebDingell reintroduced the Better Care Better Jobs Act, a historic investment that addresses the direct care workforce crisis and invests in services for older adults and disabled people 👏

Here’s why this is important 🧵
The Better Care Better Jobs Act would strengthen and expand access to Home and Community Based Services by extending eligibility to more than 3 million additional people.
It would also create hundreds of thousands of new, high-quality jobs by increasing wages and benefits and protecting the right to organize.
Support for family caregivers would also be expanded, including respite care and training opportunities, and make it possible for family caregivers to maintain employment and make ends meet.
The act would also require states to increase availability of personal care services, and improve programs that help disabled workers join the workforce and keep their Medicaid-funded Home and Community Based Services.
Everyone deserves to receive care where and how they want, and Caring Across Generations applauds this effort because #CareCantWait.
“We’re in a moment where labor markets are tight as they are; we’re losing workers so quickly from this workforce.” - @aijenpoo

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Jan 27
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Jan 26
Following today’s reintroduction of the Better Care Better Jobs Act from @SenBobCasey & @RepDebDingell, @aijenpoo shared the following statement:

“The Better Care Better Jobs Act represents a historic investment in a long undervalued and underfunded care industry… 1/8
…and will address waitlists and other barriers that disabled people, older adults and family caregivers face when trying to access the services they need in their homes and communities. 2/8
We cannot expand access to services without addressing the fact that the direct care workforce is in severe crisis with workers who aren’t paid fairly even though they do the vital work of caring for our loved ones. 3/8
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Jan 26
Our Statement responding to @GovWhitmer's 2023 State of the State.

“We were pleased to hear Governor Whitmer’s proposal for pre-K for all four-year-olds, building upon the historic early childhood education investments passed last year.

🧵(1/5)
"We were also happy to hear how the Governor is standing up for Michigan workers through so many of her proposals. Care work makes all other work possible, & our direct care workforce must not be forgotten in any effort from Lansing to improve the lives of working families. (2/5)
"We call on our elected leaders to make historic investments to increase wages for direct care professionals across Medicaid Home and Community Based Services programs. (3/5)
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Jan 22
Today, on what would be the 50th Anniversary of #RoeVWade, @aijenpoo shared the following statement:

“Everyone should have the opportunity and means to care and make decisions for themselves, their families and futures. 1/8
No matter what it looks like or the role we play, family is at the heart of what we value most. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn #RoeVWade has taken away one critical way people can manage their lives, health, and wellbeing. 2/8
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The truth is hundreds of millions of queer and trans people across the country — and the world — feel unsafe in their communities every day. 2/4
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