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Center for Equity Releases Research Findings on the Voices of Black Women as Long-term Caregivers

Systemic Racism Believed to Have Impact: A Qualitative Evaluation of How Caregivers Feel They are Viewed and Treated

New York, N.Y – On the heels of a hard hitting WaPo article entitled “Black Women are Underpaid and Over Represented in Healthcare’s Toughest Jobs” by Julianne McShane, The Center For Advancing Racial Equity and Job Quality In Long-Term Care (Center for Equity) partnered with

We Stand with Caregivers’ National Call to Action Today: “Care Is Essential”

Today, The Center for Equity is inspired to see home care workers across the country taking to the streets in a day of action calling on the White House and Congress to invest in the nation’s care economy as a matter of racial and gender justice.

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The CenterFor LTCequity

The Center for Advancing Racial Equity and Job Quality in Long-Term Care (The Center for Equity) is a national hub for developing innovative workforce policy and fostering narrative change in long-term care (LTC).  Our work centers the majority Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) women and immigrant caregiving workforce and confronts the links between systemic racial and gender inequities and poor job quality.  We unite diverse stakeholders in service of building the equitable caregiving infrastructure our nation needs.

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The Center for Equity is an initiative of the Healthcare Career Advancement Program (H-CAP), a national labor/management organization which works with employers, unions and workers to raise standards across the healthcare industry. The initiative is generously funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

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