LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation Recognized for Advancing DEIB Efforts

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Anna Mowry

The LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation was recognized in PHI’s Top 23 Moments from 2023 for work to assess diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) practices, challenges, and opportunities among member organizations across the state.

Advancing DEIB in Long-Term Care

In 2023, the LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation partnered with PHI, a national organization working to transform eldercare and disability services by fostering dignity, respect, and independence—for all who receive and provide care. As the nation’s leading authority on the direct care workforce, PHI promotes quality direct care jobs as the foundation for quality care.

Through expert research, member interviews, and surveys, PHI assessed the current DEIB landscape in Minnesota's long-term care organizations. This assessment culminated in actionable recommendations for how LeadingAge Minnesota can continue to best support member organizations in their DEIB efforts moving forward.

More resources and reports from PHI

PHI works to ensure quality care for older adults and people with disabilities by creating quality jobs for direct care workers. PHI has several reports and other resources for providers, stakeholders, educators, and policymakers:

• Direct Care Workers in the US: Annual Report – Provides essential data on this workforce, including demographics, occupational roles, job quality challenges, and projected job openings. The report shows that between 2021 and 2031, the direct care workforce is projected to add more than 1 million new jobs.
• Direct Care Workforce State Index – Designed to help policymakers, advocates, and leaders understand and improve support for direct care workers across states. The index ranks all 50 states on policies supporting these workers and their economic status.
• Direct Care Workforce State Advocacy Guide – Recognizing the importance of building advocacy momentum for direct care workers, this resource guide provides 60 clear action steps across 20 strategic areas to help state advocates move forward policies that enable workers to thrive in their jobs and everyone to access the quality services and supports they need.
• Immigrants in the Direct Care Workforce – This new report underscores the importance of immigrants to the direct care workforce, especially as the long-term care sector struggles to fill an estimated 9.3 million job openings in direct care in the decade ahead.