PHI is working to improve the quality of eldercare and disability services by improving the jobs of direct-care workers.

Grantee Profile

At the heart of the work of PHI (formerly the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute) is the notion of Quality Care through Quality Jobs, or a system of long-term care in this country that balances creating decent jobs for low-income individuals with providing high-quality care to the elderly, ill, or disabled. PHI places a special emphasis on hiring women who are unemployed or transitioning from welfare to work, and seeks through all its programs to develop models that can be replicated nationwide in the direct care field. With an annual budget nearing $8.5 million and a staff of 45, PHI assists employers, consumer groups, labor organizations, policymakers, and educators to foster understanding of workforce issues and develop solutions to sustaining a respectful and robust direct-care system.

About Our Grants

The Foundation’s 2009 grant of $125,000 is the first installment of a three-year, $375,000 effort to expand PHI’s communications capacity following the organization’s participation in the Foundation’s BeHeard! communications initiative.  Additionally, and in response to growing demand among healthcare providers, their clients, and their employees, PHI will also use Woodcock funds to develop online training curricula for direct-care workers.