Announcements
To more fully explore the NC Caregiving Workforce Strategic Leadership Council’s direct care workforce recommendations, the NC Center on the Workforce for Health partnered with NC Institute of Medicine, NC AHEC and the NC Coalition on Aging to host a series of public workshops. Building North Carolina’s Direct Care Workforce, Report on 2025 Workshop Series summarizes the discussion and insights shared during these workshops.
Webinar Reference for Report’s Posting
Interested in learning more? Join either of the upcoming webinars, The NC Direct Care Workforce: Updates on Key Initiatives. The same information will be presented during both webinars.
Events
This webinar provided updates on key state-driven initiatives supporting NC’s direct care workforce. In 2024, the NC Caregiving Workforce Strategic Leadership Council, convened by the NC Department of Health and Human Services and NC Department of Commerce, released Investing in North Carolina’s Caregiving Workforce: Recommendations to strengthen nursing, direct care, and behavioral health workforce. This report identified action steps to support NC’s direct care workforce.
To more fully explore these proposed action steps with interest holders, the NC Center on the Workforce for Health partnered with NC Institute of Medicine, NC AHEC and the NC Coalition on Aging to host a series of workshops. The workshop culminated in the report, Building North Carolina’s Direct Care Workforce, Report on 2025 Workshop Series.
NC Public Sector Direct Care Workforce “Starting Place” Table, v1
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
2:00-4:00PM
Due to anticipated inclement weather, this meeting will now be online.
To attend, please join at: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/25729572111560?p=dp94FlU4YdLzM5pQ6O
Meeting ID: 257 295 721 115 60
Passcode: qx9YW3tr
For CART Services: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ncahec12826
Albemarle Building, Training Room 245
325 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC, 27603
The Purpose of the Meeting:
- Briefing original Council members on work completed since the report was issued
- Providing an update on state and federal landscape changes impacting this work
- Discuss the next phase of the Council’s work