Better Jobs, Better Care Grant

In 2003, North Carolina was named one of only five state-based coalitions to receive a “Better Jobs, Better Care” grant to create changes in policy and practice that will lead to the recruitment and retention of high-quality direct care workers in both nursing homes and home and community based settings.

Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies, the grant was awarded to the N.C. Foundation for Advanced Health Programs, Inc.

The Direct Care Workers Association of North Carolina is among the agencies that make up the partner team working to develop a pilot program that would demonstrate a link between job quality and care in nursing homes, adult day homes and home health agencies.

Program description
News release


Accomplishments
April 2005 Update