Funding for Healthcare Workforce Research

Posted by on December 13, 2002

“Better Jobs, Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce” is a
new 4-year program, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and
The Atlantic Philanthropies. Up to five demonstration grants totaling as
much as $7 million will be awarded to teams of long-term care providers,
workers and consumers, working in concert with state and local officials, to
develop and implement policy changes and workplace interventions at the
state or regional level that support the recruitment and retention of a
quality direct care workforce. Up to 12 applied research and evaluation
grants totaling as much as $3.7 million will be available to generate
practical, empirical knowledge about the strategies and practices that work
best to attract and retain a high-quality direct care workforce. Letters of
intent (online) are due December 10, 2002 and full proposals are due
February 14, 2003. For more information, see
http://www.futureofaging.org/proposals.shtml.