Building North Carolina’s Direct Care Workforce

Published September 29, 2025

Between January and April 2025, the North Carolina Center on the Workforce for Health, in collaboration with the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC), the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS), the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM), North Carolina Coalition on Aging (NC COA), and the Piedmont Area Health Education Center (AHEC), hosted a series of workshops designed to advance the direct care workforce recommendations of the North Carolina Caregiving Workforce Strategic Leadership Council. This series was made possible through NC DHHS Division of Public Health sponsorship.

This report outlines key findings and takeaways from this workshop series.

Abstract

Between January and April 2025, the North Carolina Center on the Workforce for Health, in collaboration with the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC), the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS), the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM), North Carolina Coalition on Aging (NC COA), and the Piedmont Area Health Education Center (AHEC), hosted a series of workshops designed to advance the direct care workforce recommendations of the North Carolina Caregiving Workforce Strategic Leadership Council. This series was made possible through NC DHHS Division of Public Health sponsorship.

This report outlines key findings and takeaways from this workshop series.