On March 31, President Joe Biden proclaimed April 2024 as Care Workers Recognition Month. Home care workers, long-term care workers, and childcare workers are acknowledged for their extraordinary contributions as care workers in the proclamation, where the President makes a commitment to support them with better pay and better benefits.

Additionally, the proclamation highlights President Biden’s proposed FY 2024 budget, which calls on Congress to invest $150 billion over the next decade to improve and expand Medicaid home and community-based services, making it easier for older adults and people with disabilities to receive care in their own homes, noting how this funding would improve the quality of jobs for home care workers and support family caregivers. 

The proclamation also promotes the use of apprenticeship programs and the importance of partnering with employers, unions, and others to recruit, train, and keep long-term care workers on the job while also helping them advance their careers as registered and licensed nurses.