EXHIBIT 24<PAGE>
                        
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director of STAFF BUILDERS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints David Savitsky or
Stephen Savitsky, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power to act for him and in his name, place and stead, 
in any and all power to act for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Corporation's
Annual Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
February 28, 1997, or any amendments or supplements thereto,
including without limitation on Form 8, with power where
appropriate to affix the corporate seal of the Corporation
thereto and to attest said seal, and to file such Form 10-K and
each such amendment and supplement, with all exhibits thereto,
and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his
name as of the 23rd day of April, 1997.



                                     /s/ Donald Meyers         
                                   Donald Meyers,
                                   Director of the Corporation
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                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director of STAFF BUILDERS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints David Savitsky or
Stephen Savitsky, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power to act for him and in his name, place and stead, 
in any and all power to act for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Corporation's
Annual Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
February 28, 1997, or any amendments or supplements thereto,
including without limitation on Form 8, with power where
appropriate to affix the corporate seal of the Corporation
thereto and to attest said seal, and to file such Form 10-K and
each such amendment and supplement, with all exhibits thereto,
and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his
name as of the 23rd day of April, 1997.



                                     /s/ Bernard Firestone       
                                   Bernard Firestone,
                                   Director of the Corporation
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                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director of STAFF BUILDERS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints David Savitsky or
Stephen Savitsky, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power to act for him and in his name, place and stead, 
in any and all power to act for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Corporation's
Annual Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
February 28, 1997, or any amendments or supplements thereto,
including without limitation on Form 8, with power where
appropriate to affix the corporate seal of the Corporation
thereto and to attest said seal, and to file such Form 10-K and
each such amendment and supplement, with all exhibits thereto,
and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his
name as of the 23rd day of April, 1997.



                                     /s/ Jonathan Halpert    
                                   Jonathan Halpert,
                                   Director of the Corporation