From birth to end-of-life, we all share the need for care — for ourselves and our loved ones. And we all want our aging family and friends and those who have disabilities to be able to live at home with dignity and independence. But critical home and community care services aren't always accessible to everyone — they sometimes can be too expensive and there just aren’t enough caregivers.

Care is the most valuable resource in our country yet care workers – including caregivers, nannies, and house cleaners – are undervalued and overlooked.

At NDWA we firmly believe that those who care for our loved ones and our homes — predominantly Black, Latina, and Asian immigrant women — also deserve to be cared for. We also believe that care must be at the center of our economy in order to move our country forward.

That’s why we’re calling for care workers to at long last be respected, protected, and paid for the essential work they do every single day with our Care is Essential campaign.

Join us in this movement: add your name to call on your representatives to invest in home care and professional caregivers who embody the future of work.

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Imagine if all the current home care jobs, and the millions more that are needed in the next decade, were good union jobs with family-sustaining wages, basic benefits, and training to provide the highest standards of care.

The Care is Essential campaign calls for the investment of $450 billion to expand access to home care services, create 1.5 million new home care jobs and build a sustainable workforce to those who need care by:

• Increasing pay to a minimum of $15 an hour,
• Providing benefits such as healthcare and paid sick leave,
• Expanding opportunities for job training,
• Establishing a process for workers to have a union and stronger voice to advocate for their families, their clients and their communities,
• Creating a process so qualified current and future home care workers who are undocumented have a pathway to citizenship and help fill the care gap.

Building the care infrastructure families need now means over the long run, families, communities, and the national economy can thrive. Add your name to call on your representatives to invest in home care and professional caregivers who embody the future of work.

Thanks for all you do,

Celeste Faison, Director of Campaigns
National Domestic Workers Alliance