Recognizing the roles and the contributions of care workers in the United States and expressing support for the designation of April 2026 as "Care Worker Recognition Month".
Sponsored By: Representative Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
Introduced
Summary
Recognizing and elevating care workers would designate April 2026 as Care Worker Recognition Month and spotlight how childcare, home-based, and community care support families and the economy. It stresses that care workers enable paid work, independent living, and early learning.
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- Families: Would highlight that access to childcare and home- and community-based care helps people stay employed, pursue education, and avoid income drops from caregiving.
- Care workers: Would thank and promote early educators and direct care workers while noting median full-time earnings are under $40,000 and nearly 1 in 6 home care workers lives in poverty.
- Older adults and people with disabilities: Would recognize that home-based supports help them live independently and note more than 600,000 people are on Medicaid waiting lists for these services.
- Workers and the economy: Would frame care as crucial to growth, citing unpaid caregiving valued at over $1 trillion annually and a projected addition of more than 7 million home care jobs from 2024 to 2034.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Cosponsors
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 4/20/2026
Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
CO • D
Sponsored 4/20/2026
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