Studies & Reports

There is a wealth of research and data supporting our position on DCW compensation.

Emergency Preparedness Facilitators Guide and Workbook (7/24)

IMPART Alliance Facts about the Direct Care Workforce in Michigan (07/24)

Michigan Home Care Workers United - Letter to Lawmakers on SBs 790 & 791 (06/2024)

Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services – A Guide for States to the Fee-For-Service Provisions of the Final Rule (07/2024)

Medicaid Direct Care Workforce Resources (07/2024)

Five Trends in Public Thinking about Care Work | Frame Works and the Work/Shift Project (05/2024) - National

Elevating the National Dialogue on Care (2024) - National

CWS Crosswalk of National Behavioral Health Workforce Recommendations (05/2024) - National 

Direct Care Workforce Strategies Center | ACL Administration for Community Living

MALA/Incompass Workforce Survey (03/2024) - Statewide 

Medicaid Bulletin MMP 24-11 discusses Home Health Electronic Visit Verification and is issued on February 29, 2024.

NCI State of the Workforce Survey Results (2022) - National

Addressing DCW shortage: Bipartisan Call to Action (12/2023) - National

ANCOR State of DSP Crisis Report (2023) - National

KFF Payment Rates for HCBS Workforce (10/2023) - National

PHI DCWs in the U.S. Key Facts (09/2023) - National

OCHN FY23-24 Financial Report (09/2023) - Oakland County 

HMA MDHHS DCW Workforce Final report (08/2023) - Statewide

FY24 Milliman Client Report (07/2023) - Statewide

ANCOR Relias DSP Survey Report (2023) - National 

MALA/Incompass Workforce Survey (03/2023) - Statewide

MHC MI Healthcare Workforce Index (2023) - Statewide

PHI Resource Guide for DCW State Advocacy (2023) - National

PHI 5 Pillars of Direct Care Job Quality (2023) - National 

MALA/Incompass Workforce Survey (08/2022) - Statewide 

ANCOR State of America’s DSP Workforce Crisis (2022) - National

PHI DCW State Strategies (2022) - National 

MDHHS Section 904 FY21 CMHSP Report (05/2022) - Statewide

Direct Care Wage Increase FY22 Appropriation (03/2022) - Statewide

CHCS Forging a Path Forward to Strengthen DCWs report (12/2021) - Statewide

CHCS Strengthening the DCW workforce and State Strategies (12/2021) - Some States

Great Lakes DCW Economic ROI Report (09/2021) - Statewide (Commissioned by our coalition)

PSC Workforce Turnover Cost Analysis (08/2021) - Statewide

ALICE Financial Hardship Study (2021) - Statewide

PIHP Projected FY19 Revenue Report (2019) - Statewide

DCW Crisis report to President (2017) - National

Section 1009 Report (2016) - Statewide 

NCI State of the Workforce Survey Results (2022) - National

Addressing DCW shortage: Bipartisan Call to Action (12/2023) - National

ANCOR State of DSP Crisis Report (2023) - National

KFF Payment Rates for HCBS Workforce (10/2023) - National

PHI DCWs in fthe U.S. Key Facts (09/2023) - National

OCHN FY23-24 Financial Report (09/2023) - Oakland County 

HMA MDHHS DCW Workforce Final report (08/2023) - Statewide

FY24 Milliman Client Report (07/2023) - Statewide

ANCOR Relias DSP Survey Report (2023) - National 

MALA/Incompass Workforce Survey (03/2023) - Statewide

MHC MI Healthcare Workforce Index (2023) - Statewide

PHI Resource Guide for DCW State Advocacy (2023) - National

PHI 5 Pillars of Direct Care Job Quality (2023) - National 

MALA/Incompass Workforce Survey (08/2022) - Statewide 

ANCOR State of America’s DSP Workforce Crisis (2022) - National

PHI DCW State Strategies (2022) - National 

MDHHS Section 904 FY21 CMHSP Report (05/2022) - Statewide

Direct Care Wage Increase FY22 Appropriation (03/2022) - Statewide

CHCS Forging a Path Forward to Strengthen DCWs report (12/2021) - Statewide

CHCS Strengthening the DCW workforce and State Strategies (12/2021) - Some States

Great Lakes DCW Economic ROI Report (09/2021) - Statewide (Commissioned by our coalition)

PSC Workforce Turnover Cost Analysis (08/2021) - Statewide

ALICE Financial Hardship Study (2021) - Statewide

PIHP Projected FY19 Revenue Report (2019) - Statewide

DCW Crisis report to President (2017) - National

Section 1009 Report (2016) - Statewide