[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-586083-105":59,"doc-detail-586083-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","building-a-stronger-workforce-april-2025","Building a Stronger Workforce - April 2025","","Building a Stronger Workforce (April 2025) explains why care workers need skills training, career pathways, and supportive services to remain employed and deliver reliable childcare and long-term care. The brief describes workforce shortages driven by affordability barriers, limited access to training, and job quality that contributes to high turnover. It presents national need and demand estimates, and highlights policy solutions that expand training access and improve pathways to good jobs, supported services, and equitable outcomes for families and communities.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":40,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/building-a-stronger-workforce-april-2025/586083/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/building-a-stronger-workforce-april-2025/586083.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Jordan Avery","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-30","2026-10-15",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":24},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What workforce challenges does the issue brief focus on?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"It examines the difficulty of accessing childcare and long-term care, chronic understaffing, limited training opportunities, and job quality that drives high turnover among childcare and direct care workers.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How does the brief describe the scope of the care workforce in the U.S.?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"It states that more than 6 million people are employed as care workers, including home care workers, nursing assistants, and early childhood education and childcare providers.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"Why are skills-focused policies important, according to the brief?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The brief argues that improved training, clearer career pathways, and supportive services help care workers thrive, strengthen retention, and support the essential care that workers, families, businesses, and communities rely on.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},586083,1792192560,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":24,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":24,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":144,"preview_page_count":4},1099523882367,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_9964176cb1d06d4a9deccf72a44ae3dc","BUILDING A STRONGER WORKFORCE  \nAPRIL 2025  \nWhy Care Workers Need Skills Training, Career Pathways, and Support Services  \nBY ROBERT ESPINOZA AND AMANDA BERGSON-SHILCOCK  \nA  \ncross the United States, millions of workers in every industry rely on the availability of childcare and long-term care for their loved ones in order to stay employed and financially stable themselves. Unfortunately, these vital services are often difficult or even impossible to access, both because they are out-of-  \nreach and unaffordable to many, and because the childcare and long-term care industries are chronically understaffed due to a lack of investment in the workforce. Even though childcare and direct care workers are essential, these sectors experience high turnover due to poor job quality, which fails to reflect the skills, dedication, and expertise these dedicated caregivers bring to their work. When workers have access to the adequate training, career pathways, and support services they need to thrive, they can continue to provide the essential care that workers, families, businesses, and communities rely on.  \nThis issue brief examines the challenges facing both childcare and direct care workers and describes why skills-focused policies can strengthen this essential workforce. It highlights why workforce development leaders should improve training and career pathways and expand access to these crucial services. Finally, the brief illustrates how National Skills Coalition is taking action to ensure care workers have access to skills training, career pathways to good jobs, and supportive services, especially in an everchanging economy where working people increasingly need care to prosper.  \nDID YOU KNOW?   \n5.6 MILLION  \n4.8 MILLION  \nDID YOU KNOW?  \nMORE THAN  \nSIX MILLION  \nPEOPLE ARE CARE WORKERS2  \nMEDIAN EARNINGS FOR DIRECT CARE WORKERS ARE JUST  \n$25,015  \nPER YEAR.3  \nBY 2060, THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS OVER AGE 85 WILL NEARLY TRIPLE —GROWING TO  \n17.5 MILLION 4  \n.  \nTHE REALITIES OF CARE WORKERS  \nMore than 6 million people are currently employed as care workers in the United States. They include about 5 million home care workers, nursing assistants, and other direct care workers,5 and 1 million early childhood education and childcare providers.6 The vast majority of direct care and childcare workers are women and people of color, with a significant share being immigrants and older workers aged 55 and above. These care workers bring a wealth of experience, cultural knowledge, and caregiving expertise to their work, yet they are often underpaid and face limited opportunities for formal education and training beyond high school. Care workers play a foundational role in supporting our economy by making it possible for others to work. Investing in their contribution is essential to building amore equitable and prosperous future for everyone.  \nThe demand for direct care workers is expected to surge in the years ahead.  \nResearchers estimate that between 2022 and 2032, a total of 8.9 million  \ndirect care jobs will need to be filled. This includes new positions as well as vacancies resulting from workers transitioning to other occupations, leaving the field (primarily because of low-quality jobs in direct care), or exiting the labor force.7  \nDemand for care work is widespread and growing nationwide as more families rely on skilled care. For example, there are 23 million children age five and under in this country, and 71 percent live in households where all parents are working—making access to childcare essential.8 In the direct care context, more than 20 million adults aged 55 and older need assistance with activities of daily living (e.g., bathing, dressing, eating, etc.),9 which direct care workers provide. As the US population ages, the need for care workers will continue to rise. Between 2022 and 2060, the number of adults aged 65 and older is projected to increase from 57.8 million to 88.8 million, while the number of people aged 85","cbCailrj5XoP4osU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailrj5XoP4osU","pdf",407503,"English","# Why Care Workers Need Skills Training, Career Pathways, and Support Services\n## The Realities of Care Workers\n## Why Skills Policies Matter to Care Workers","[{\"question\":\"What workforce challenges does the issue brief focus on?\",\"answer\":\"It examines the difficulty of accessing childcare and long-term care, chronic understaffing, limited training opportunities, and job quality that drives high turnover among childcare and direct care workers.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the brief describe the scope of the care workforce in the U.S.?\",\"answer\":\"It states that more than 6 million people are employed as care workers, including home care workers, nursing assistants, and early childhood education and childcare providers.\"},{\"question\":\"Why are skills-focused policies important, according to the brief?\",\"answer\":\"The brief argues that improved training, clearer career pathways, and supportive services help care workers thrive, strengthen retention, and support the essential care that workers, families, businesses, and communities rely on.\"}]","Building a Stronger Workforce - April 2025 | PDF",1792056888,13]