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January 31, 2011 | Program Result
Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative invested $3.4 million in a first round of grants for workforce programs that were expected to train and advance nearly 700 low-income and low-wage, entry-level and incumbent workers.
October 1, 2010 | Survey/Poll
Better Jobs Better Care sought to change public policy and management practice to improve recruitment and retention of high-quality paraprofessional direct care workers (DCW).
May 16, 2012 | Program Result
The Gateway Institute developed and launched a model to educate and prepare low-income New York City high school students for careers in the health professions, in partnership with a high school, a public hospital, and three public colleges.
National Program
To increase the stature and academic standing of nurse faculty and draw more nurses to teaching careers by creating a cadre of national leaders in academic nursing through career-development awards to outstanding junior nurse faculty.
National Program
To create changes in policy and practice that will lead to recruitment and retention of high-quality direct care workers in nursing homes and in home- and community-based settings.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Lasting changes to organizational culture in nursing homes must come via gradual changes to the organizations' cultural artifacts.
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article examined how basic supervision, job enhancements and concrete job rewards related to job commitment for certified nursing assistants.
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Using applied research initiatives, the Better Jobs Better Care (BJBC) demonstration addressed workforce improvement for direct care workers and the quality of care provided to those needing long-term care.
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article describes the Better Jobs Better Care (BJBC) initiative. BJBC focused on the area of workforce improvement for direct care workers and was the result of collaboration between the Atlantic Philanthropies and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study presents findings from a randomized, controlled evaluation of the Retention Specialist Program (RSP).