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Arizona needs 190K direct care workers in next seven years

Guest Opinion//August 11, 2023//

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Arizona needs 190K direct care workers in next seven years

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Arizona needs 190K direct care workers in next seven years

Guest Opinion//August 11, 2023//

By 2030, Arizona will need more than 190,000 new direct care workers. Those results, from a 2021 survey from the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), concluded that, without intervention, the caregiver...

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