workers work in the homes of their clients, they are not referred to as domestic workers but rather as “aides” who perform health care needs for the elderly such as bathing, toileting, grooming and meal preparation in the homes of their clients. Nearly all the women who are members of the 2008 – cooperative are African American or Latina. The Place of Origin 2011 typical entry-level trainee is a woman of color 42% Continental U.S. between the ages of 22 and 55. Most women are single, the mother or guardian of Dominican young children, and dependent on public 34% Republic assistance before participating in the training and employment program. Math and reading Puerto Rico 6% skills of these women range between the fourth Ecuador 3% and eighth grade levels. Below are some tables that illustrate the composition of CHCA. Jamaica 2% Origin of Organization Another Country 12% A nonprofit, Community Services Society (CSS), one of New York City’s largest nonprofit social service organizations helped found CHCA. CHCA was the initial cooperative started in the South Bronx. Home Care Associates is the first replication site started in Philadelphia in 1993, which now employs 70 aides. Cooperative Home Care of Boston is the second replication site, started in 1994, which now employs 60 aides. The Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), is a nonprofit that stemmed out of the cooperatives. The Cooperative Health Care Network is the informal federation that links together the three for-profit cooperatives. All three home care cooperatives are subcontractors within their local health care markets. In many urban areas, a home health agency – a visiting nurse association or a major hospital – will provide skilled nursing care and subcontract for paraprofessional services from an agency such as ours. The diagram below provides a clearer picture of the relationship between these organizations.
workers work in the homes of their clients, they are not referred to as domestic workers but rather as “aides” who perform health care needs for the elderly such as bathing, toileting, grooming and meal preparation in the homes of their clients. Nearly all the women who are members of the cooperative are African American or Latina. The typical entry-level trainee is a woman of color between the ages of 22 and 55. Most women are single, the mother or guardian of young children, and dependent on public assistance before participating in the training and employment program. Math and reading skills of these women range between the fourth and eighth grade levels. Below are some tables that illustrate the composition of CHCA. Place of Origin 2008 – 2011 Continental U.S. 42% Dominican Republic 34% Puerto Rico 6% Ecuador 3% Jamaica 2% Another Country 12% Origin of Organization A nonprofit, Community Services Society (CSS), one of New York City’s largest nonprofit social service organizations helped found CHCA. CHCA was the initial cooperative started in the South Bronx. Home Care Associates is the first replication site started in Philadelphia in 1993, which now employs 70 aides. Cooperative Home Care of Boston is the second replication site, started in 1994, which now employs 60 aides. The Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), is a nonprofit that stemmed out of the cooperatives. The Cooperative Health Care Network is the informal federation that links together the three for-profit cooperatives. All three home care cooperatives are subcontractors within their local health care markets. In many urban areas, a home health agency – a visiting nurse association or a major hospital – will provide skilled nursing care and subcontract for paraprofessional services from an agency such as ours. The diagram below provides a clearer picture of the relationship between these organizations.