The CSG National Long-Term Care Workforce Network (2023-24) is comprised of state legislative and executive branch officials from around the country, academic researchers, subject matter experts and representatives from a variety of stakeholder groups in the long-term care space. In 2023 and 2024, the network convened multiple times to discuss shared goals and strategies for addressing long-term care workforce challenges. Topics included:

• The work of the Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition
• The dementia care workforce
• The nursing home clinician workforce
• The home care workforce
• How states are building and expanding career pathways for those in long-term care
• Workforce development initiatives
• Workforce challenges and opportunities explored by state affiliates of the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living
• State and local strategies to support family caregivers
• State spending for home and community-based services with funds from the American Rescue Plan Act
• Multisector plans for aging

The network’s discussions expanded on a number of the state strategies to support long-term care workers identified in the CSG Long-Term Care Policy Guide, including:

• Increasing compensation and employment supports
• Enhancing training and education
• Facilitating career advancement, including the development of career ladders and lattices
• Expanding the pipeline of potential workers through more aggressive recruitment and retention initiatives
• Improving data collection
• Identifying state strategies to support informal family caregivers