John, more people need care than ever. But without workers in the long-term care system for older adults and disabled people, there is no access to care. Now is the time for action to fix it!

Decades of underinvestment, low wages, lack of benefits, and lack of worker protections have led to a crisis in our care workforce – but a new bill in Congress can help turn the tide. The Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act was recently introduced, and now we need to make sure our elected leaders support the bill!

In honor of International Workers' Day, take action now to ask your Congressmembers to support care workers by sponsoring this bill!

Take Action [[link removed]]

The care crisis cannot be solved without a well-trained, well-compensated workforce. There are currently an estimated 1.8 million unfilled caregiving jobs. But right now, direct care workers earn less than $24,000 on average a year, about $15 an hour. And nearly a third of direct care workers also provide unpaid caregiving for someone in their own lives.

Direct care workers — disproportionately Black women, immigrants, and women of color — are leaving the field after being paid poverty wages with no benefits. And it’s leaving us all with fewer options when it comes to finding care.

We need to make sure that care jobs are good jobs. That means:

* Increasing funding to increase wages for direct care workers 
* Supporting recruitment and retention efforts
* Creating better career paths for care workers
* Protecting care workers in the workplace

The Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act will help do just that – but first, we need it to pass. There’s no time to waste – Reach out to your electeds today and ask them to co-sponsor this bill. [[link removed]]

We need our leaders to step up and invest in care work, the work that makes all other work possible. Though Care Month of Action and Care Worker Appreciation Month may be over, our fight to support care workers continues.

With care,

Nicole Jorwic, Chief of Campaigns & Advocacy
Caring Across Generations

A gift to Caring Across Generations helps us win affordable child care, paid leave, and accessible long-term home and community care for all. Because #CareCantWait for families in the U.S.

Donate → [link removed]

Facebook [[link removed]]
Twitter [[link removed]]
Instagram [[link removed]]

Caring Across Generations
228 Park Avenue South, Suite 93898
New York, NY 10003
United States
unsubscribe: [link removed]