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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 303 

Recognizing the roles and the contributions of care workers in the United 

States and expressing support for the designation of April 2023 as 

‘‘Care Worker Recognition Month’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 18, 2023 

Mrs. DINGELL (for herself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. TONKO, Ms. CRAIG, 

Ms. JACOBS, Ms. BALINT, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. MENG, Ms. BUSH, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of 

Florida, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. VEASEY, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. DELUZIO, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. JAYAPAL, 

Mr. ALLRED, and Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the roles and the contributions of care workers 

in the United States and expressing support for the 

designation of April 2023 as ‘‘Care Worker Recognition 

Month’’. 

Whereas there is a growing need on the part of families and 

individuals for care and support, from childcare to services for older adults and people with chronic illnesses or 

disabilities; 


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Whereas childcare workers provide the essential service of 

taking care of a child’s basic needs while fostering a 

child’s early emotional, social, and intellectual development; 

Whereas direct care workers enable older adults, people with 

disabilities, and children with complex medical needs to 

remain in their homes and communities and live healthy, 

independent, and dignified lives by providing support 

with critical daily tasks such as eating, dressing, personal 

hygiene, and community activities such as working, going 

to school, and engaging with neighbors and friends; 

Whereas investment in care workers is vital to labor force 

participation and a strong economy; 

Whereas care workers give family caregivers the assurance 

their children, parents, and loved ones are in the hands 

of professionals and that their homes are being looked 

after; 

Whereas care work is a profession that particularly benefits 

women, who account for the majority of this workforce, 

and which enables other women to participate in the 

labor force; 

Whereas access to childcare and home and community-based 

care helps families boost their economic stability by working for pay, taking fewer days off, and pursuing opportunities to advance their education and careers; 

Whereas when families are forced out of the labor market due 

to caregiving responsibilities, they will experience diminished income, access to benefits, and retirement savings 

over their lifetimes; 


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Whereas children who receive high-quality childcare are 

healthier, more likely to graduate from college, and have 

higher incomes; 

Whereas older adults who have home care and services available to them have better health and a higher quality of 

life; 

Whereas substandard wages and poor working conditions 

continue to fuel shortages and high turnover in the care 

industry; 

Whereas the median annual earnings for full-time childcare 

workers and home care workers is less than $30,000, and 

as a result, nearly 1 in 6 home care workers lives in poverty, and 1 out of every 3 childcare workers is experiencing food insecurity; 

Whereas COVID–19 both heightened the existing challenges 

and placed new stress on care workers, leading to burnout and exhaustion; 

Whereas the demand for home and community-based care 

services is growing because the population of adults who 

are 65 and older will nearly double by 2050, while currently 10,000 people per day are turning 65; 

Whereas 88 percent of aging adults prefer to receive longterm supports and services in home and community-based 

settings; 

Whereas across the United States, approximately 656,000 

aging individuals and people with disabilities are on waiting lists to access home and community-based services 

through Medicaid; 

Whereas home care jobs are the jobs of the future, with this 

workforce projected to add more new jobs than any other 


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single occupation in the country and will add more than 

1 million new jobs from 2020 to 2030; 

Whereas home care is high-value work that provides services 

to millions of people deserving high quality jobs that reflect their value; 

Whereas unpaid caregiving economic value is estimated at 

$470,000,000,000; 

Whereas turnover and shortages in the care workforce are 

costly to the economy because they lead to higher costs 

for employers who need to continuously hire and train 

new workers; 

Whereas large-scale labor force exits due to childcare needs 

cost the economy an estimated $57,000,000,000 annually 

in lost income, productivity, and tax revenue; 

Whereas investing in care infrastructure will lead to fewer 

staffing shortages and higher productivity, while ensuring 

a more robust and stable pipeline of workers for businesses; and 

Whereas investing in direct care infrastructure specifically 

will result in savings because it costs approximately 

$58,000 per person per year to receive care and services 

in their homes in contrast to $90,000 per person per year 

in semiprivate congregate settings: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) expresses support for the designation of 

3 ‘‘Care Worker Recognition Month’’; 

4 (2) recognizes the roles and the contributions of 

5 America’s home care workers in providing the care 

6 necessary for older adults and people with chronic 


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1 illness or disabilities to live independently and in 

2 dignity; 

3 (3) recognizes the role and contributions of 

4 America’s early educators and childcare workers in 

5 providing a nurturing, enriching environment for 

6 children to grow and learn; 

7 (4) recognizes the roles and the contributions of 

8 America’s care workers in enabling caregivers the 

9 opportunity to pursue educational attainment, and 

10 to remain in or reenter the workforce; 

11 (5) recognizes that the care industry is crucial 

12 to economic growth; and 

13 (6) thanks and promotes the profession of care 

14 workers. 

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