Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security Education Fund
The Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security Education Fund is a broad-based, non-partisan organization committed to creating and supporting outreach initiatives that facilitate popular understanding of and expand accessibility to the Catamount Health Plan and other publicly funded state health insurance programs. The Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security Education Fund also educates Vermonters on the affordability crisis in health care, and on the benefits of making health care available and affordable to every citizen, eliminating barriers to care, ensuring the adequate funding and financial sustainability of Vermont’s health care system, and improving the safety and quality of care. HCHCW Vermont has been working with the Campaign to inform direct-care workers and long-term care employers about available plans and enrollment procedures.
The RewardingWork.org Registry
The RewardingWork.org registry provides the only comprehensive and current list of people in Vermont who are ready to provide direct care in your home. This is a free service for everyone in Vermont who needs support to help them live independently. You can get names, telephone numbers, and availability of Direct Care Workers for full- or part-time work, and learn if they can work days, evenings, or weekends. PHI was involved in the development and recent launch of the Registry in the fall of 2008.
LEADS
In 2005, PHI launched the Northern New England LEADS (Leadership, Education and Advocacy for Direct care and Support) Institute in three states-Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine-with funding from Jane’s Trust and The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation. The goal of the LEADS Institute was to improve, over the course of three years, the quality of direct-care jobs by providing training, technical assistance, and cross-learning opportunities among 12 provider partners. The initiative offered long-term care employers a set of individual, team, and organizational skills aimed at creating truly person-centered care.
The evaluations report (pdf) produced by PHI presents findings from a mixed-method evaluation that included qualitative interviews with key stakeholders, pre/post job satisfaction and work environment surveys, pre/post data on turnover and absences, document review, and “lessons learned” discussions with PHI staff. The report documents the process of program implementation, successes and challenges. Most importantly, it provides measurable evidence that sustained attention, commitment, and resources can lead to improvements in organizational management, long-term care jobs, public policy, and the quality of communication within long-term care settings.
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