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AHCA/NCAL Announces Efforts to Strengthen LTC Workforce
- By: Anna Black
- On: 09/11/2025 10:02:44
- In: Workforce
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) have announced a new initiative, Caregivers for Tomorrow, which pushes solutions to grow and support the workforce in the following four key areas:
Recruitment & Retention
- Develop incentive programs to recruit workers to long term care, such as loan forgiveness, tax credits, affordable housing, and childcare support.
- Offer grants to support partnerships between nursing homes and higher learning institutions that include student scholarships or employment of students at LTC facilities.
Training & Career Growth
- Expand and expedite career ladder programs in nursing to increase the availability of registered and licensed nurses, with a focus on upward mobility from entry-level roles.
- Provide grants to support the development of skills and ongoing training for the nursing workforce, including the expansion of apprenticeship programs and accessible education programs.
Technology & Innovation
- Extend telehealth flexibilities to improve access to care, especially in rural areas.
- Advance federal health information technology and AI clinical policies to include long term and post-acute care providers, to streamline processes for and reduce burnout among caregivers.
Building The Pipeline
- Allocate funding to nursing schools that both address faculty shortages and promote graduate placement in nursing homes.
- Pass common-sense immigration reform that expands and streamlines legal pathways for international caregivers to work in the long term care profession.
AHCA/NCAL's press release can be found here:
Staff contact: Ablack@mehca.org